OH NO!!! (+ What aunt_zelda Thinks: HBP the Movie)

[aunt_zelda]

OH MY GOD THEY FOUND US!!!
HIDE!!!


In other news, I saw HPB today in a very bad theater. (Sound quality was horrendous, the seats squeaked, and I sat all the way in the back because I came just as the previews were showing and couldn't see at all and just found the nearest empty place. Luckily I didn't sit on anybody.)

So ... the movie was ... actually quite good. It felt very rushed, but they got most of the important things and still managed to make me scream (I knew the Inferi were coming, but I screamed when one grabbed Harry all the same ... they kinda looked like Gollum, but whatever, STILL MAKE ME SCREAM!) and cry (Dumbledore ... *sniffles*) and now I feel emotionally drained and upset. It's bad enough that Dumbledore dies in the books, quite another to SEE IT ONSCREEN, and quite another for Richard Harris, who played him in the first two movies, to die in real life himself. R.I.P., Mr. Harris. You are missed.

The overall dark mood of the movie - THEY BURNED DOWN THE WEASLEY'S HOUSE!!! That wasn't in the book! *staves off another bout of tears* - contrasted quite harshly with the flippant crushes and bouts of love running around. Say what you will about the movie, but it really managed to capture the tone of the 6th book. And, in spirit, we get blinding flashes of light and fire and squint-inducing shadowy scenes. These must have been a bitch to film, but let me tell ya, it paid off.
I liked how instead of having Fudge meet with the Muggle Prime Minister, they SHOWED the bridge breaking and people getting carried off from Diagon Alley. I also liked how there was barely any talking for the first five or so minutes. I really felt that we were going into an older, darker world, in a way that I didn't even get from watching OotP, which is saying something.

I also liked how, despite getting very few and very short scenes, Draco's character achieved all of the sympathy and horror and tension that his behavior in the books did. That one bit where he rushes into the bathroom, leans over the sink, just barely begins to cry ... and then Harry cuts in and they start fighting - really struck me. I was half ready to start wibbling over Draco like the anti-hero fangirl that I am, and then the mood was changed and the scene yanked out from under my feet. Very good.

Things I didn't like ... hrrrrm ... well, I'm mad that Remus only got one scene. Really, really mad. And suddenly he and Tonks are together? What the hell? I didn't like the Remus/Tonks relationship, but I did like how it developed! I expected Tonks to hint a bit at Remus over Christmas, Harry to feel awkward at seeing that, and then at the end of the movie they'd be a couple. While I did like the cornfield scene, I felt cheated. We got some build-up with Fenrir hanging around, Remus sensing him, Tonks mentioning that it's almost the full moon ... and then nothing. (Well, the Death Eaters BURN DOWN THE WEASLEY'S HOUSE HOW DARE THEY YOU BASTARDS ON CHRISTMAS YOU'RE GOIN' 
DOOOOOWN!!!) I wanted Remus and Fenrir to have a knock-down drag-out werewolf fight while Bellatrix taunted Harry and Ginny in the cornfield. Is that so much to ask? Because they cut out the first Battle at Hogwarts and had no Fleur in the movie, they could have made the movie slightly more true to the book and had Bill intervene in Remus and Fenrir's fight and get sliced up by Fenrir. *sighs* But no.

That's ok, though, and while the movie may have fared better had it been split into two (I know GoF would have ...) I feel that as a single movie it did pretty well. I didn't feel any of the anger or resentment or annoyance that I felt after watching PoA or GoF, and it stayed true to the book despite having cut out a good deal of material and changed a lot of things. I haven't felt like that about one of the movies since Chamber of Secrets.


P.S. The fight workshop today was a lot of fun! It was great to see the fight instructor again (he's seen Children of Earth already, lucky bastard!) and we learned rapier-style stage combat, which is different from broadsword-style stage combat, the later of which I prefer because the footwork is easier and makes more sense. Still, had a lot of fun and as we weren't using real swords, just air-swords (as a lot of the group were beginners, and real swords are expensive and a liability) I got to move around like Azula! That was cool! And I've memorized my speech! Huzzah!

Comments

[pyrocrastinator.livejournal.com]

F-found? What?

(I loved that Draco scene you mentioned, BTW. The one where he's hiding in the bathroom.)

[pyrocrastinator.livejournal.com]

*edit*

Hol(e)y fucking shit. ...Sorry.

Er. Er. Er... I maaaaay be deleting my comments from that fic. I - you know, so I don't have to kill myself. I still like it, though.

[aunt-zelda.livejournal.com]

Don't panic! Don't panic! I did enough panicking this afternoon for all of us!

*headdesk* I hate deleted comments. They make me sad.

So ... fuzzywezzy is freaking out too. I'd say ... friend-lock any TGWTG-fic-releted posts you make, if you want to feel safe. They won't be able to see them unless you friend them. I'm keeping mine open, for now. They may not do anything, you know. However, if we garner a mention in a vid, or we start seeing trolls in comments, I'm friend-locking my stuff.

No killing! No! *grabs your hands* Fannish suicide is not the answer!

(If you think about it, they really haven't done anything but freak us out. That might be all they wanted to do. They might leave us alone. Or the sky may turn burnt orange and Gallifrey will return. You never know.)

[pyrocrastinator.livejournal.com]

Sorry - sorry, sorry, I panic easily and OMGosh AUGH. *jumps in cold lake, crawls to shore and is slightly better*

I - the panic? Yeah. It already made me delete the comments. Argh. I'm... sorry, I'm a coward D:

Thank you for stopping the suicide XD

Gallifrey? :D Yay!

*ponders offering still in-the-works Linkara-babysitting-the-blob-creature fanfic to Linkara as a peace-offering*

*but has nothing to offer Marzgurl D:*

[aunt-zelda.livejournal.com]

*gives you a backrub* It's ok, honey, it's going to be ok ...
Don't worry about the commments. we've still got my half of the conversations, after all.
Welcome!
Hurray for Gallifrey!
That fic would be nice! I eagerly await it!
Let me worry about traumatizing Marzgurl. *gulps*

(Hey, remember, YOU had the courage to talk to him! Now at least we can breathe easy, eh? *slumps* OhgodIapologizedtohimjustnowohgod.)

[pyrocrastinator.livejournal.com]

Courage, yes, let's go with that XD

*is still banging out the rough shape of the plot with a hammer*

[aunt-zelda.livejournal.com]

Courage, yes, let's go with that XD
Hey, you survived, right? Hence: you are brave! If you were dead, you'd be called 'stupid.' *hopes you get the Dresden Files reference*

*is still banging out the rough shape of the plot with a hammer*
That ... sounds like fun! (Or at least consuming enough to take your mind off of this ... thing.)

[aunt-zelda.livejournal.com]

Yes, I've heard. And I know about Ianto. I'm gonna cry and throw things, aren't I?
*still going to see it*
Maybe ... this weekend, but most likely next weekend or in three weeks time. Shakespeare is sucking my soul! Hurray!

[aunt-zelda.livejournal.com]

Cry and throw things? Why yes, yes you are.
*crash-proofs the house*

But the Ianto part isn't even the saddest part, the saddest part(s) are in the last episode.
Buwhuh? *is REALLY nervous now*

Enjoy it when you watch it.
I shall ... no idea when I'll be able to watch it, though. I've got lines for my workshop to memorize this weekened, then next weekend I'll have more, for the play itself ... dear oh dear, at this rate I won't catch up on Torchwood and DW until September!

[bubosquared.livejournal.com]

... I am entirely too calm about this new development. This may be because no one's commented on my fic (... yet. And hopefully EVER), or it might be because I've not had enough coffee yet to panic properly, or because I've not read the actual comments (... yet?) but. *zen* Wax on, wax off. Or something like that.

(*pets you* i'm sorry you had to take this one for the team, Athos. D: )

[aunt-zelda.livejournal.com]

Now that I've read his new comments, I'm feeling a little zen myself. *slumps in relief*

(*pets you* i'm sorry you had to take this one for the team, Athos. D: )
*slumps* I'm sorry too.

[bubosquared.livejournal.com]

See, now I feel like I should go read the comments and yet I know it will harsh my zen. Dammit. D:

[emeriin.livejournal.com]

When I found the initial comments, I was just as terrified as you were. But he's a nice guy (no wonder you/we fangirl him :P) and everything should be fine. I believe I will FLock my sex-pollen and Kid!Fic, though, seeing as how the former is pretty smutty anyway and the latter has turned into my 10,000 word Big-Bang. ;)

[bubosquared.livejournal.com]

Yaye, you're back! *clings to your leg* SEE WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU LEAVE US?

[emeriin.livejournal.com]

*giggles* We need to see what happens when either you or Athos leaves the country. If something bad/mortifying happens, then we know we need to stay in our respective countries forever. ;)

[bubosquared.livejournal.com]

Well, I'm likely to go visit my parents mid-August, so. Er. Watch this space? D:

[aunt-zelda.livejournal.com]

Hey, I don't plan on goin' anywhere without internet access for a good long time! *hunkers down into my purple swively chair* My next extended leave of absence will be sometime in October, if that ...

If something bad/mortifying happens, then we know we need to stay in our respective countries forever. ;)
Hee hee! That'd sure be interesting ...

[aunt-zelda.livejournal.com]

*flings arms around you* You're back! We missed you dreadfully!

But he's a nice guy (no wonder you/we fangirl him :P) and everything should be fine.
Having gotten actual words out of him, I think I'm crushing on him even harder than before. *turns beet red* It's wrong when a '^_~' (not even used in a flirtatious manner or context!) makes your insides dance, right? (Oh god, this is so wrong there aren't even words to describe it. The first time I 'talk' to him is when I'm apologizing fearfully about writing a twisted fanfic concerning him and another guy! That isn't even FUNNY, it's just SAD!)

I believe I will FLock my sex-pollen and Kid!Fic, though, seeing as how the former is pretty smutty anyway and the latter has turned into my 10,000 word Big-Bang. ;)
Whatever makes you comfortable!

P.S. This is probably a bad time to ask, but ... how are those fics coming along?

[emeriin.livejournal.com]

*hugs* I missed my fellow Musketeers too.

Having gotten actual words out of him, I think I'm crushing on him even harder than before.

He's lovely, isn't he? Makes me wish more Conservative Americans were like him. ;)

And the fics are going much better than I expected them to. They're both pretty long (obviously the Kid!Fic has to be but you know what I mean) and the smutty sex-pollen should be up soon. Just needs to be typed up. XD

[bubosquared.livejournal.com]

the smutty sex-pollen should be up soon. Just needs to be typed up. XD

Yaaaaaaye! :D

Now, to think of a suitable clichéfic for me to write, as it's now my turn ...

[emeriin.livejournal.com]

May I suggest Hooker!Fic (you just know that Ask That Guy has to be one of the pimps :P), Vampire!Fic or even Vampire Hooker!Fic? ;)

[aunt-zelda.livejournal.com]

May I second those suggestions?
I know we all want Ask That Guy and Spoony (ala Spooning with Spoony) to be pimps in this ... but what if we switch things around and have the TGWTG girls be the pimps and all the guys be the hookers?

[fuzzywezzy.livejournal.com]

your suggestion made me laugh so hard and now I have a distubing image of the girls dressed like real pimps and the guys....you now like a hooker and will you excuse me I gonna find a wall and bang my head against it

[aunt-zelda.livejournal.com]

No no, no wall-banging! *grabs you* Don't hurt yourself because of my deranged lunacies!

[fuzzywezzy.livejournal.com]

if you know me it's not a suprise I always imagine crazy things or when somebody suggest something my mind always wanders into that special place and you and I kinda share the same mind so it's ok it's not those kinda things thats gonna made my brain explode

[emeriin.livejournal.com]

*giggles* That idea is way better and hotter than it has any right to be. :D

[aunt-zelda.livejournal.com]

My idea about the female pimps, or just the general idea?
Both are fun to imagine ...

[emeriin.livejournal.com]

Both are appealing but the former idea... well, you can just blame my kink for toppy-females on my love of that, can't you? ;)

[aunt-zelda.livejournal.com]

well, you can just blame my kink for toppy-females on my love of that, can't you? ;)
Yes, yes I can. And yes, yes I will.
*imagines Nostalgia Chick pimp and promptly passes out due to the extreme wrongness and hotness of said idea*

[bubosquared.livejournal.com]

May I suggest Hooker!Fic (you just know that Ask That Guy has to be one of the pimps :P)

... Oooh. Well now. *ponders*

(The problem with vampire!fic is that it's been so long since I've read any vampire fic or books that if I tried to write it right now it would be ... a Twilight parody. Which would require me to read the Twilight books, which I'm not willing to do even for this wonderful fandom.)

[emeriin.livejournal.com]

I used to be a big fan of Buffy (early series only, and not much more because Joss Whedon is a twat) and my first idea of vampires cames from that; dark, sadistic and sexy but with a lot of fun and personality too. And I remember there being some great fanfic admist the crap. ;)

[bubosquared.livejournal.com]

See, somehow, I'm having a lot of problems trying to think of Buffy!vamp!fic in this fandom. Even though I love(d) Buffy fandom and it's still one of my comfort fandoms sometimes. (Yes, I read dark!fic for comfort. Look, they're my issues, and I like them, mkay?)

[aunt-zelda.livejournal.com]

*owns all the seasons* Ah, yeah ... heh heh ... Joss Whedon stuff is what got me into the world of fandom, actually. I read a summary of Serenity online and wanted to check it out, a friend pushed me to watch it, I loved it, then I watched Firefly, then I got into Buffy and Angel, and then someone suggested Heroes and the rest, as they say, is history.

my first idea of vampires cames from that; dark, sadistic and sexy but with a lot of fun and personality too.
Yeah, that's how it was for me too, actually ... now I write my own kinds of vampires in novels! *grinz*

[aunt-zelda.livejournal.com]

You haven't read the books? You lucky, lucky woman ... *gulps*
See, before all the hype, I read the first two. They were ok. Nothing special, just ok. Some good bits hidden in a lot of pointless slog, and a REALLY annoying main character (whom I later identified as a Mary Sue.)
Then the hype came, I read Book 3, got madder because of my escalating love/DESPISE relationship with the series ... and then Book 4 came out.
Book 4 is one of the signs of the apocalypse, I kid you not.
DON'T READ THE BOOKS!

(Though 'The Host,' another book by the same hellish author, is actually surprisingly good. Give that a try, I highly recommend that.)

[bubosquared.livejournal.com]

I've not actually read the books, but I did read Cleolinda's summaries and stuff, so I know the horrifying stuff. ("He TOOK THE ENGINE OUT OF HER CAR?" "... Yes." "And this is supposed to be this wonderful, ideal, romantic relationship?" "Twilight means never having to say you're kidding. D:")

[aunt-zelda.livejournal.com]

Oh yeah, those summaries are FANTASTIC.
And yes, he DID take the engine out of her car. I was leery of their relationship from the start, but it was Edward's control-freak behavior in Book 3 that made me give up.

"And this is supposed to be this wonderful, ideal, romantic relationship?" "Twilight means never having to say you're kidding. D:")
Basically, yeah. *sighs* Alice, Jasper, and Carlisle are ok, though ... well, they don't have much to do, but they're the reasons I kept reading: because I hoped THEY'D get some more stuff to do! *headdesks angrily*

[bubosquared.livejournal.com]

Seriously! And then there was the book from Edward's perspective, where he sits and watches her sleep, and that just gave me nightmares! D:

And you know, it could've been a kind of awesomely creepy story about a girl and her creepy vampire stalker, except ... SMeyers really, truly thinks Edward is the perfect boyfriend. There is not enough D: in the world. D:

[aunt-zelda.livejournal.com]

Seriously! And then there was the book from Edward's perspective, where he sits and watches her sleep, and that just gave me nightmares! D:
*shudders* Ugh ... those books are not safe for tween or teenage girls. A stalker who dictates who you can be friends with, where you can go, and controls all aspects of the relationship is NOT the man you should even CONSIDER going out with, much less MARRYING.

[bubosquared.livejournal.com]

Adnd the truly frightening thing is, the books wouldn't be this popular, and Edward not such a Paragon of Romance or whatever, if this whole "it's romantic when a guy won't take no for an answer and keeps persuing the girl he loves!" crap wasn't so all-pervasive in the media. (See: romantic comedies. DO NOT GET ME STARTED!) Twilight is just an extreme example. :/

[aunt-zelda.livejournal.com]

*sighs* Yeah ... I like CERTAIN romantic comedies, but most of them I'm just 'meh' about ...
I'm just as happy watching 'Shakespeare in Love' as I am watching 'Kill Bill.' I'm weird like that.

[bubosquared.livejournal.com]

See, I wouldn't have even thought about SiL as a romantic comedy, I admit. Possibly because it was actually vaguely romantic and reasonably funny, ironically enough.

"Romantic comedy," to me, means movies like There's Something About Mary, or that current one with Gerard Butler (The Ugly Truth, I think?) and that ilk, filled with sexist stereotypes and stalking behavious presented as romantic because hey, taking no for an answer is for losers, and persuing a girl no matter how many times she turns you down just shows how much you love her! And then there's the heterocentrism and the ever-present message that you're not a whole, adult person until you're part of a couple (this is a particular hobbyhorse for me, I admit), and ugh. >:(

Couple that with the fact that the "comedy" in romantic comedies is of the sitcom vaiety, and I cannot watch sitcoms because of my embarassment squick, and yeah.

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[aunt-zelda.livejournal.com]

Yay, hugs!

We're all together again! Huzzah! *strikes a Musketeer pose*

He's lovely, isn't he? Makes me wish more Conservative Americans were like him. ;)
*swoons* Yes, yes he IS lovely ... wait, whut? He's a conservative? Where did you learn this?!

I eagerly await your fics! *rubs hands together expectantly*

[emeriin.livejournal.com]

Ah, I think it was in a thread in either his forum or his videos, I'm not sure. It possibly came out as a response to one of those "You're a feminist so do you actually like women?" questions he always seems to get asked. *eyeroll* And oh God, I sound like a stalker, don't I? *blushes*

[aunt-zelda.livejournal.com]

I'm still a little confuzzled ... did he say he's conservative or a conservative Republican or what? *scratches head*

And oh God, I sound like a stalker, don't I? *blushes*
At least you didn't write fic about him getting it on with Dr. Insano! I'm STILL beet-red over that! *headdesk, headdesk, headdesk*

[prettyarbitrary.livejournal.com]

Is an air-sword an inflatable fake sword or an imaginary sword?

[aunt-zelda.livejournal.com]

Oh, an imaginary sword. You basically hold out your pointer and middle fingers like Azula, and just 'fight' like that.

(It's nice to have a comment NOT pertaining to the almost-crisis that has been going on since yesterday afternoon. *filngs arms around you* Thankyouthankyou for that.)

[prettyarbitrary.livejournal.com]

Hey, no sweat. I figured you might like to hear about something else, and I was wondering. :)

I've always wondered about theatre school. If you'd like to continue thinking about something besides fannish almost-crises, I'd love to hear more about what it's like.

[aunt-zelda.livejournal.com]

Well, currently I'm in a workshop, which basically means you play some improv games (like what they do on 'Whose Line Is It Anyway') and mess around with text and speeches. There are semi-seasoned actors (like myself) and newbies who have no experience in the theater whatsoever. We're having a showcase of our scenes this Friday and I can't wait! (Hopefully we'll get a big crowd ...)
Also this week the rehearsals for the summer play start. That's about three hours of read-throughs, working on scenes, fight workshops, and so on. Then we preform for a live, paying audience. Exciting and nerve-wracking and adrenaline-inducing and the best thing EVER, all at the same time!