Adela's Interview

[sistermagpie]

adela711 is doing this lovely interview thingie where she asked me five questions to be answered here.



1. If you were to be sent to a lonely island and were allowed to take only three books with you, which ones would you choose and why?

This question is SO hard. Usually I skip it whenever it comes up anywhere, but I'll try.

1. "Remembrance of Things Past" by Marcel Proust because it's so long and thick it takes an insane amount of time to get through. Also I really did like it and Proust's ability to turn several seconds into many pages of intense impressions would help make it last. Also, as weird as he is, he's the only person I've ever read who describes some of the same weird things that I do trying to understand the world.

2. "The Short Stories of Ray Bradbury," by Ray Bradbury. Usually I don't go in for short stories but I love his and each one can bring me to another place for a long time after I read it.

3. A book with blank pages and a pen attached so I could write myself!!


2. What's your opinion on Celine Dion and her music? (I'm asking because many people here seem to hate her and I don't really get why)

I have absolutely no opinion on Celine Dion or her music whatsoever! I don't particularly like her voice but she's so removed from the kind of songs I would ever intentionally listen to it's hard for me to even judge her. It surprises me too when people really hate her. She's seems pretty boring to me.

3. In 99% from the Harry/Draco fics, Draco chooses to change sides in order to come together with Harry. Do you think that the other way around (i.e. Harry deciding to join the Death Eaters because he loves Draco) would be possible as well? Who from both of them would be more likely to change sides?

I don't think Harry would ever join the DEs to be with Draco or anybody. I don't think it would even be an option for him, really. I could easily see Harry turning away from what we consider the good guys and forming his own order. Given the right circumstances Draco could be part of the incentive there, like if Harry decided both he and Draco were pawns for their respective sides. But yeah, I think people are kidding themselves to think there's only one dark path open. Harry would never be a DeathEater but he could be Voldemort. Draco's the one that must choose to join or not to join something imo. Harry's choice is where to lead--he's never really a member of anything, imo. Plus Harry's got incentive to be on his side while staying on the side he's on seems to be promising only trouble for Draco. Has it ever worked to his advantage? I don't think so. Time for Draco to bet on the winning horse.

4. Harry/Luna or Ron/Luna - which ship would be more plausible? Which have better chances for happening in canon?

I'd go for Ron/Luna. Ron's used to going with the flow of things and giving people space to be their crazy selves. He lets Harry's rantings and ravings and Hermione's bossiness roll off him in OotP, but I think he could get some private enjoyment out of Luna. Plus she'd be more likely to see specialness in Ron and I can see them getting really into conspiracy theories together. Harry, imo, is way too narrow-minded and focused to really deal with somebody like Luna on a regular basis. I can't see them together at all. But I've never actually thought about this question until just this minute.

5. Do you think that Sirius/Remus is canon, like so many people do?

I see the Marauders in general as four straight guys who were pals in high school, with James and Sirius having the most intense friendship at the center of it. When I think of Remus and Sirius together again in OotP my mind doesn't immediately leap to a romance--heh, maybe I just think Sirius would have been less bunged up all the time if he'd been having sex! I think there's great S/R out there and great stuff in canon Sirius and Remus to work with for slash, but I don't think they were having an affair in canon.

Those are my answers. :-)

Comments

[http://users.livejournal.com/_rp_zeal_/]

Re #3: Harry's choice is where to lead--he's never really a member of anything, imo.

Spot on =0!! *in awe*

Time for Draco to bet on the winning horse.

*Snort*. That is so not our Draco.

Re #5: ..with James and Sirius having the most intense friendship at the center of it.

I was hoping you would say that because, well I myself think that way. Though, wormtail could swing both ways, or preferrably he was asexual.

[sistermagpie.livejournal.com]

Good point on Peter--he did swing both ways when it came to loyalty, certainly!

[ackonrad.livejournal.com]

Great answer on the third question. Harry is a leader - if he stays on his side, he's going to lead the others to conquer Voldemort, and if he decides to switch sides, he'll become the new Voldemort. Draco has to choose. We can only hope he'll choose the right side and stay true to himself nonetheless. I don't want him to become too dependant of Harry in their relationship - he's dependant enough in canon.

I've never seen the allure of Sirius/Remus, that's why I asked you about them. I've always regarded them as straight.

[sistermagpie.livejournal.com]

I think there's a lot of really passionate stuff in the kind of straight guy relationship J/S and S/R might have had so I can see the appeal of slash. Plus there's such great tension surrounding The Prank and they're the last Marauders left, both of whom seemed to really like James. There's a lot of stuff to work with. I haven't read too much S/R but the bad stuff probably makes one of them a woman--Remus, probably.

I don't want him to become too dependant of Harry in their relationship - he's dependant enough in canon.

Yeah, one of the interesting things about Draco is that, unlike Harry, he's both a leader and a follower. He's wonderful coming up with plans to help the cause--like his Dementors idea in PoA, the Weasley is Our King song in OotP, the Potterstinks buttons, but he honestly doesn't seem to want to be the lone leader on a throne like Voldemort or Harry could be. The kid wants friends and approval in ways Harry and Voldie the sociopath doesn't. Not that Harry doesn't want or need friends, but in a different way. Harry seems to get most enjoyment about knowing he's supported while Draco, imo, looks more to the impression he's making.

[yourpoison.livejournal.com]

why do i always agree with you?? why god, why??

er. anyway -.-
i just love it that you see things unsentimentally and yet with an understanding of emotion. usually people do either one or the other-- unsentimental "this is all bullshit" or sentimental "awww, look, they're in luuuuuurve". that's it, i think. that's what made sense to me about your answer re: sirius/remus. i'm an s/r shipper, but i definitely see the truth, which is that there's much more room for sirius/james (not that i think that -is- the truth, but there's more passion and intensity there in canon).

also, love your reason against harry/luna. people always have stupid flimsy reasons against pairings, have you noticed? no one actually takes the time to examine without prejudice, most of the time. *grrs in the general direction of fandom* yeah, i always had the sense that luna's too much for harry. but then, everyone's too much for harry. or too little. hee. no one's as full-rounded as harry and are mostly much more archetypical/stereotypical, so it's really hard to find him a "true match".

also,
Harry's choice is where to lead--
is BRILLIANT.
every dark!harry writer has to blook EMBLAZON THAT ON THEIR GODDAMN WALL. i will be happy if i never saw another "harry gets tempted by voldemort" fic EVER AGAIN. i just want those fics to die a horrible bloody death. with chainsaws. CHAINSAWS. hee.

anyway, a number of people do realize this axiom about harry (he's a -gryffindor-; yes he's also got slytherin attributes, but the -leader- part, he's got down), but mostly it doesn't get well-used. sigh. it's one of the most unlikely scenarios EVER, and it REALLY pisses me off for some reason. i dunno why, but it just really does. i think it's this urge to "dirty up harry" and pin some conflict upon him as if he has no natural conflict already there. they need to make him "bad" in the most -easy-, conventional sense without any sensitivity to his character. HATE THAT.

okay, better now~:)

[sistermagpie.livejournal.com]

why do i always agree with you?? why god, why??

Because we're both soooo smart!:-D


i'm an s/r shipper, but i definitely see the truth, which is that there's much more room for sirius/james (not that i think that -is- the truth, but there's more passion and intensity there in canon).

Although with James dead there's nothing to stop S/R developing later in life! So much angst...

It's funny that I'd really never considered the Luna question--suddenly I was seeing people saying they could see one or the other and I thought...huh? I guess my thing also is that I don't always look for it the way some do. Like, when I thought about the question I didn't think about which one Luna seemed to be more interested in or which boy seemed to be more interested in her. I just thought of them all as individual characters and realized that Luna and Ron did have something to offer each other in a romantic way while Harry and Luna didn't. They could have an interesting relationship, though, if Luna was Ron's girlfriend.

I don't get how anybody could ever think Harry would be tempted by Voldemort! It's not like Voldemort's even tried to tempt him. This isn't Luke and Darth Vader here, there's no underlying love on Voldemort's part or need to see his father redeemed on Harry's. And why would Harry ever be attracted to Voldemort's ideology? Harry's got his own hot button issues that could lead him down the dark path but despite his own childhood's superficial resemblance to to Voldemort's, wanting to purify the wizarding world of muggles and muggleborns isn't one of them.

*glomps magpie*

[ferrisblue.livejournal.com]

3. In 99% from the Harry/Draco fics, Draco chooses to change sides in order to come together with Harry. Do you think that the other way around (i.e. Harry deciding to join the Death Eaters because he loves Draco) would be possible as well? Who from both of them would be more likely to change sides?

Hey, I had a question like this on the Slashers' Coven...I honestly don't see it happening either way, partly because of my Draco-Hate Theory, and partly because it doesn't seem like either of them would give up their values so easily. My thoughts are basically that Harry would never join the DEs, but that the books would be a lot more interesting if something like that were to happen.

I think there's great S/R out there and great stuff in canon Sirius and Remus to work with for slash, but I don't think they were having an affair in canon.

Forsake my ship, dahling!!! *cries* Um, kidding. I can see this, but I do think they had some evidence going. Sort of JKR going "I can't actually put them together (because the church might beat me with sticks), but it's too loffly an opportunity to pass up!" Or maybe I'm just really desperate...yeah, that's it. I like S/R and S/J, but remember, James went off and got married. Perhaps after that, S/R got together, then broke up (post-Halloween) and during OotP it was all tense...Yeah, I'm pretty desperate. ^^;;;

maybe I just think Sirius would have been less bunged up all the time if he'd been having sex!

*does nerdy snorting laugh* I shall cherish that line forever...

Re: *glomps magpie*

[sistermagpie.livejournal.com]

Forsake my ship, dahling!!!

LOL! Never! For me, a good juicy straight male friendship great fodder for slash! Plus I never see the possibility of something happening in canon as that important for a ship to be valid. I can't, you see, because I'm such a rabid H/D shipper. I don't think I'll be seeing that anytime soon!:-)

[shadowluck.livejournal.com]

1. Love Bradbury. He's a brilliant short story writer, and I'd say that even if I weren't a science fiction nerd.

Always gotta write, baby.

3. Good points. Harry's certainly not the type to follow.

.....I could easily see Harry turning away from what we consider the good guys and forming his own order

Hmm. I've always thought of Harry as the lone ranger type, rather than a leader - it was Hermione who was the driving force of the DA. Harry's not particularly good at taking initiative when it comes to long-term, preplanned actions.

So yes, I could see him forming his own order, but not without a collaborator.

4. I'm not big on Luna in general. She's a character I couldn't really get a feel for (not uncommon in OotP), and I think JKR would have to do some characterisation tweaking to make either of the pairings believable.

But Ron/Luna does seem more plausible, and some LJ pals have read subtext in the book.

5. Ditto, my dear. I agree with you so often it frightens me sometimes. :)

[sistermagpie.livejournal.com]

Isn't Bradbury great? Sometimes I'm just in awe of him. What's funny is I avoided stuff like The Martian Chronicles for so long because I'm not really into sci-fi, but I ended up reading all the short stories without realizing they were it.:-)

Hmm. I've always thought of Harry as the lone ranger type, rather than a leader - it was Hermione who was the driving force of the DA. Harry's not particularly good at taking initiative when it comes to long-term, preplanned actions.

This is a totally excellent point. For a long time I kept meaning to write a post on what I saw as the differences in dynamics between the two Trios (H/R/H and C/D/G) and the main thing was just this, that Harry didn't strike me as a leader but a loner. I thought that was sometimes his problem with Ron, that Ron is like a total beta male, he's the sidekick, but Harry often let him down in that regard because he didn't want to lead. In OotP I was frankly surprised to see Harry become a leader, but I think my (and your) original thoughts still hold. When I say Harry has to choose where to lead it's not that I see him wanting to lead others just that he chooses where he's going and others WILL follow. By the end of OotP he's beginning to like that but still his leadership style is very very different than Draco's. With Harry it's always very clear that he can take or leave his group. If they're ready to follow they can come along but if they don't he'll go on alone. I can still see him forming his own order because, as in OotP, he does have people like Hermione who see his charisma and know how to exploit it. I mean, am I the only one who was a little nervous at her basing anything at all about the DA on DE procedure?

Interestingly, though, perhaps Tom Riddle is the same way. He's a sociopath who only uses people. Not that Harry is that, by any means, but I can't see him doing anything to woo supporters either.

I had a very similar feeling about Luna when I read OotP--this is the first time I ever really felt anything about her. When I read the book it was more that in a distanced way I thought I knew what type Luna was and thought I would have been friends with or at least been friendly to her in school. I certainly wouldn't have stolen her stuff!!>:O

[shadowluck.livejournal.com]

I mean, am I the only one who was a little nervous at her basing anything at all about the DA on DE procedure?

*dashes to OotP*

Oh, yes.

*rushes off to do more meta brainstorming*

I love you.

By the way...

[http://users.livejournal.com/_rp_zeal_/]

If you shall feel like to, I'm very interested in seeing you list your favorite authors and books!

Re: By the way...

[sistermagpie.livejournal.com]

I have not forgotten this question...I'm thinking!