Quidditch photos from rural India

Feb 24, 2016 19:06



I suspect this may be the happiest thing of the week! Seriously, I love these photos. You can see that the kids are taking it really seriously! Beautiful ( Read more... )

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arwensommer February 24 2016, 19:53:25 UTC
How culturally accurate to India should this fic be? ;)

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oloriel February 25 2016, 08:38:28 UTC
About as culturally accurate as HP is to Britain? :D

(So would a wizarding school in India be part of the colonial heritage? I SUSPECT SO. Oh dear.)

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arwensommer February 25 2016, 17:50:19 UTC
I suspect it would certainly have traces of colonial heritage. My question would be more along the lines of how pervasive the caste system would be? Would that be their equivalent of pureblood mania? How would they deal with the different languages spoken in India? Do they have spells that are unique to India or even South-east Asia?

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oloriel February 25 2016, 18:04:05 UTC
All of these questions are why I want to read that (non-existent?) fic! :D

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cowboy_r February 25 2016, 00:30:03 UTC
I saw those pictures as well, and yes, they were exceedingly well done... except for the one with the kid who was flying without a broom. 8)

I was rather sad that the shoebox project just kind of petered out without resolution.

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oloriel February 25 2016, 08:47:14 UTC
Yeah, that keeper seems to have jumped off his broom in his eagerness to catch the Quaffle. XD

It's always sad when that happens. I completely understand it - it sometimes takes me three years or more to pick up my own fandom projects again - but it's still terribly unsatisfying from the fannish perspective. :/

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hhimring February 25 2016, 04:47:57 UTC
I recall that Avanti90 started a fic featuring Padma Patil as the heroine and making more of her Indian background. But that is not quite what you want, I think--it was fairly dark, not cheerful like the Quidditch photos!

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oloriel February 25 2016, 08:50:31 UTC
It's not quite what I'm looking for, but it still sounds interesting.
The fic could be fairly dark too (not GRIMDARK dark, but it doesn't have to be all happy), just not set in the familiar British setting.

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elenbarathi February 25 2016, 05:43:06 UTC
Woohoo, what great pics! They definitely deserve some great fic to go with them.

Sorry to hear you got sick; hope you're on the mend now!

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oloriel February 25 2016, 09:13:15 UTC
Don't they just!

Still slightly sick, but not as violently as it was yesterday. So yes, on the mend, thank you!

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