I really didn't know what to make of those two when they first came on the scene: for a while I feared that Jin's repressive and paranoid treatment of Sun was going to be attributed to conservative Christianity (since there is a fairly strong Christian church in Korea). Fortunately that didn't turn out to be the case, but I did spend a few episodes hating on Jin for being ZOMG SO MEEN to his poor longsuffering wife.
Well. Boy howdy did the writers turn THAT around. I didn't think there could be another side to the Sun/Jin story, but now that I've seen the impossible position that Jin was placed in back in Korea, I really sympathize with him. I was thrilled when the two of them resolved their estrangement and got back together (I'd been rather dreading a Sun/Michael affair) and now I just adore them both. The island seems to have brought out the worst in most people, but I think it's brought out the best in Sun and Jin (so far, at least). I look forward to the next episode featuring them.
I wasn't sure if I really liked Luna Lovegood when she first showed up in OotP -- I found the introduction of new significant characters like Luna and Tonks a bit of a shock at such a "late" juncture in the series -- but somehow in between OotP and HBP she really grew on me... particularly, I think, because by then I'd realized the endless comedic potential of pairing her with Snape
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I don't know how intuitive Luna is. She's certainly empathetic, and she may be gulliable... believing in some pretty unbelievable things (and looking for proof, hence her summer trip). She's creative, she sees solutions (the thestrals, posted notes for her belongings) and she's a Ravenclaw.
Where do I begin? From the moment I first saw the Fourth Doctor, Sarah Jane and Harry in "The Ark in Space", at the tender age of eight or so, I was hooked. Something about the Doctor, the whole concept of this irreverent bohemian character who was unimaginably old and yet somehow childlike, just grabbed me and ate my brain. I instantly wanted to be his companion, to travel through time and space and see the universe through a Time Lord's eyes.
I loved Tom Baker, but when the Fifth Doctor came along, I was thirteen and I'd already liked Peter Davison in All Creatures and... boom. To my general Doctor Who fixation, add a heaping dose of Mad Fifth Doctor Crush. I watched every episode of Davison's tenure faithfully, most of them three or four times. I was crushed when he decided to leave, but "Caves of Androzani" was a great story, and I decided it would be only fair to give this Colin Baker guy a chance
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I actually find him somewhat interesting now, post-HBP. I always thought the idea of his redemption ridiculous wishful thinking on the part of the Malfoyistas, but now that Jo's actually pointed us in that direction, I find it doesn't bother me after all. As of this last book I actually care what happens to him, which is certainly a new and interesting development. I've found myself intrigued by the Snape-Draco mentor relationship, as well, which I never really believed in before Book Six.
Here's a confession, though: I do get a kick out of Cassie's Draco, in spite of the fact that he in no way resembles the Draco in canon. And I also have a long-standing weakness for Draco/Ginny, for which Arabella and Jedi Boadicea's "The More Is My Unrest" is entirely to blame.
I'd have to re-read "Owlswater" to clarify my feelings about Shan/Melanie, and I don't have the story in my possession at the moment, so that'd be difficult. My feeling off the top of the head, from what I do remember, is that it's like rubbernecking at a really spectacular conflagration that could be a terrible accident or a splendid bonfire or both.
Ron/Pansy is a pairing on which I lack any particular opinion, seeing as it has literally never crossed my mind. It's a bit like asking me what I think of Hagrid/Umbridge. I did plan to write Pansy into a story once, but it was purely as a plot device: as a character she doesn't interest me at all. I quite like Ron, though. :)
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Well. Boy howdy did the writers turn THAT around. I didn't think there could be another side to the Sun/Jin story, but now that I've seen the impossible position that Jin was placed in back in Korea, I really sympathize with him. I was thrilled when the two of them resolved their estrangement and got back together (I'd been rather dreading a Sun/Michael affair) and now I just adore them both. The island seems to have brought out the worst in most people, but I think it's brought out the best in Sun and Jin (so far, at least). I look forward to the next episode featuring them.
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I loved Tom Baker, but when the Fifth Doctor came along, I was thirteen and I'd already liked Peter Davison in All Creatures and... boom. To my general Doctor Who fixation, add a heaping dose of Mad Fifth Doctor Crush. I watched every episode of Davison's tenure faithfully, most of them three or four times. I was crushed when he decided to leave, but "Caves of Androzani" was a great story, and I decided it would be only fair to give this Colin Baker guy a chance ( ... )
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Here's a confession, though: I do get a kick out of Cassie's Draco, in spite of the fact that he in no way resembles the Draco in canon. And I also have a long-standing weakness for Draco/Ginny, for which Arabella and Jedi Boadicea's "The More Is My Unrest" is entirely to blame.
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(sorry for the repost, I temporarily spaced her real name)
Or, failing that, Ron/Pansy.
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Ron/Pansy is a pairing on which I lack any particular opinion, seeing as it has literally never crossed my mind. It's a bit like asking me what I think of Hagrid/Umbridge. I did plan to write Pansy into a story once, but it was purely as a plot device: as a character she doesn't interest me at all. I quite like Ron, though. :)
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