345, Arthur Weasley

Jul 16, 2007 20:38


Three years on lj, four years in fandom, and five, well that's the most important, and weirdest of the lot. I've been labeling myself Orthodox for about five years now, but honestly it feels like I've been doing it so much longer a lot of the time. Maybe 'cause it crept up on me, maybe 'cause it was always in my plan, or maybe just 'cause. I find ( Read more... )

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kerosinkanister July 17 2007, 01:50:26 UTC
Hey, nice to see you post! Family stuff has somewhat interfered with fandom, as I related to you in the email, but I did get to see the movie with slytherincess on Friday and we're planning on picking up the book together Saturday morning. Also, I'll probably be taking my grandmother to see it on Thursday. Same family stuff made her not want to see it last week but things are looking a bit more positive. I should probably just email with instead of this vague dancing around here ( ... )

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story645 July 17 2007, 02:19:41 UTC
Email away. I've got new family stuff, though for a slight change it's on my father's side. (Oh and he's gonna be in town tomorrow, which may get me embroiled in more divorce drama. Gah, it's been about 10 years and yet...)

Honestly I admire Arthur for not taking a shinier job, 'cause he's doing it 'cause he really believes in what he does. He thinks muggle tech is cool and once to protect muggls from the mean spirited and sometimes quite harmful spells wizards can put on things. In some ways it's just as important as any of the other law and order jobs, but it gets nowhere near as much attention 'cause it's so buried and seems so dull and bureaucratic.

I think I noticed it 'cause I'm kind of like that. The director of honors once introduced me to a student saying "This is Hannah, she knows everybody" and I kind of do. Or I know everybody who knows everybody, or three people removed, or something similar, but when it comes to lots of situations, I usually know who/where to direct people to.

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kerosinkanister July 17 2007, 03:45:46 UTC
I was talking to a friend about divorce and she's got an older stepsister still bitter about her parents divorce. In the 1960s. I guess somehow or another it never goes away. Will you be seeing your dad tomorrow?

Yeah, it is an important job and it's good for him to be doing something he believes in. I've heard some people say Arthur is condescending to Muggles but I don't think fascination and curiosity necessarily means that, even if he doesn't always approach the situation in the best manner. I know Hermione's parents seemed uncomfortable with him in COS or maybe that was due to the fight he got into with Lucius. Which is understandable but the WW seems to have a much more accepting and even sometimes cartoonish level of violence than ours. Do you think Arthur is condescending or views Muggles as somehow inferior?

Do you get asked often, then, because of a knows everybody reputation? For help and stuff like that.

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story645 July 18 2007, 01:12:00 UTC
Yeah, had dinner with him.

He's just a nice guy. He was so nice to Winky, asking questions, showing concern, it was oh so sweet. I just think Arthur's just kind to everyone, 'specially people who he thinks have the bad end of the stick in a situation.

Not often, more that I tend to be a busy body 'cause I know the answers.

*eek* Kind of, sort of, got spoiled for the epilogue of HBP 'cause of an off hand comment somebody else made about it, but is it a spoiler if it's not at all surprising? *eek* Gonna be so hard to avoid spoilers 'cause everyone has a different tolerance.

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caboca July 17 2007, 07:41:41 UTC
Hiluv. Are you generally okay? Quite apart from the season and anniversaristicism ( ... )

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story645 July 18 2007, 01:19:48 UTC
Sort of. End of semester stress plus some minor family stress, but basically stable. You?

Poor Percy. I felt so bad for him, doing all that work yet Crouch couldn't even remember his name, but was on good terms with his father. That's gotta be so frustrating, trying your damn hardest to stand out and yet dad's got more just 'cause of personality. (And being around for a million years -old boys club and all- but no meritocracy, which is really where Percy's at.)

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semi_hitokiri July 26 2007, 17:51:42 UTC
Hey, I'm back from hiding from the internet. You should be doing that for spoiler related stuff. I've just finished the book and wow, it was quite a book, althought I wasn't that shocked on some of the spoilers (while reading the book that is) because they were previous theories ( from Fiction Alley Park in particular) about the characters and story, whatnot.

Did you start reading it? Did you finish? Let me know when you finish it or you can always post up an entry.

What kind of minor family stress are you experiencing? I'm just curious, sorry, if you don't want to answer that's okay.

You're right about Arthur, he reminds me of amateur science/engineer trainees or physicist working on string theory, he's a lovable sort of character,optimisti and a good backbone to be raising so many children.

I've decided to go see the movie with a group of friends. Everyone said it was the best one yet, did they cut too much from the book?

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story645 July 29 2007, 06:35:13 UTC
*shrugs* Managed to pretty much avoid spoilers. Finished it tonight, may post entries later, once everything doesn't have to be in spoiler cuts.

It passed, but it was a combo of grandma in hospital and dad/divorce drama. (Been divorced since I was in fourth grade, separated since I was in third, but there's still drama. Just look through my angst tags if you want TMI)

They cut a lot from the book, so it's choppy, but in terms of characterizations it's incredibly solid.

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semi_hitokiri July 31 2007, 00:35:49 UTC
Oh, it's pretty much the same with my family. My mom divorced my dad when I was in the sixth grade. We tried to get together again by negotiating and compromise, he didn't follow (Financial and abuse problems) and I never saw him again after last year. I hope your grandma getting better or is it too serious?

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story645 July 31 2007, 03:08:03 UTC
I figure most divorced families have those issues. My grandma is fine now, or at least her heart is. She's obese, diabetic, and has a whole host of related healthy problems, so she's in good condition for where she's at.

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