The Potter Meme Day 19 (and 18 revised)

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Day 1 How did you get into Harry Potter
Day 2 Favourite book
Day 3 Least favorite book
Day 4 Favorite female character
Day 5 Favorite male character.
Day 6 Least favorite female character
Day 7 Least favorite male character
Day 8 Thoughts on fanfic
Day 9 Favorite Hogwarts Professor
Day 10 Dead character you want to bring back most
Day 11 House that you would be in
Day 12 Hogwarts subject you would most like to take
Day 13 Spell you wish you could work without a wand
Day 14 Thoughts on fanart (+ A favorite fanart)
Day 15 Favorite movie
Day 16 Least favorite movie
Day 17 Books vs. films
Day 17 Trying to avoid the 'What made you cry' question through MM/SS R-rated snark.


Day 18 A part of the books/movies that makes you cry.

Well, yesterday's little ruse clearly didn't help much. minervas_eule, kellychambliss, and tetleythesecond, while perfectly sanguine on the issue of hot sex between two respectable teachers with a considerable age-difference in an AU where one of them is resurrected, objected strongly to my not answering the meme question.

They were right, I didn't. Frankly, I was going to confess that I didn't cry at all while reading the books, not even when my favourite character died a beautiful, noble, heroic, and romantic death (black eyes looking into green ones, and for once that's a justified description of the iris).

And then I thought of all your touching answers, and the compassion and sorrow I should have felt. I was afraid you wouldn't want to play with me no more once you found out how cold-hearted I am.

I'll be perfectly honest. I didn't cry over the books.
And now the totally embarrassing bit. I did cry in the cinema, but at the end of the second movie, when Hagrid walks back into the Great Hall after his stay in Azkaban, and everyone screams and shouts and hugs him. I know that's a stupid moment to tear up. But I did. So there. Now you all know. Do your worst. I can take it - I'm a Shrieking Shack Survivor.

Day 19 Favorite 'ship(s).

I'm going to answer the next one, too, just as if nothing happened.
I've always had a soft spot for Poppy/Minerva. To me, it's so glaringly canon that it outdoes Albus/Gellert in in-textuality. And it was the first fanfic pairing I ever wrote.

Then Kelly drew my attention to Wilhelmina Grubbly-Plank, and I loved her. Willa, I mean. Well, and Kelly for pointing her out. And the idea of her (Willa) and Minerva. When it comes to writing, that's the couple I enjoy most.

As a reader, I love anything that is really well-written. But if I mention which pairings in particular, they're going to kick me for copying Tetley's essay. And I'm in trouble as it is.



Day 20 Your favorite villain.
Day 21 Favorite location.
Day 22 Thoughts on wizard rock.
Day 23 Character you think you are most like.
Day 24 Horcruxes vs. Hallows?
Day 25 Something you wish JKR had written about more.
Day 26 Marauders vs. Snape.
Day 27 The Invisibility Cloak, The Resurrection Stone or The Elder Wand.
Day 28 The Next Generation.
Day 29 How have you participated in the fandom over the years?
Day 30 In general, the effects of Harry Potter on your life.