Meme!

[lightofdaye]

In the grand tradition of memes, I stole this one from nearlyconscious who stole it from gamma_x_orionis who probably stole from someone else for all I know. Anyway its a chance to quiz me on my fandoms. Leave a comment.

[My fandoms : Harry Potter, A Song Of Ice And Fire, The Dresden Files, Buffy The Vampire Slayer/Angel]

Name a character in any of my fandoms, and I'll answer these questions;-


Do you love/hate/don’t feel strongly about this character?

What’s your favorite trait of this character?

What’s your favourite moment/event involving this character?

If you could have one power/attribute/etc. of this character, what would it be?

Have you ever pictured this character naked?

When did you fall in love/hate with this character? I you don’t have any strong feelings toward them, why not?

What’s your OTP for this character?

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[lightofdaye]

Quite a challenging one really.

Do you love/hate/don’t feel strongly about this character?
I feel quite positively, about Ron. Definitely closer to love that hate. Or love to neutrality. And most definitely more than is expressed by a lot of the fandom I’ve seen.

What’s your favourite trait of this character?
His fallibility. This is not admirable in him as a person but it is my favourite trait that makes him an interesting character. And really who cannot sympathise with him when he’s tired of playing second fiddle to Harry? Or is worried about his family, or is finding a neverending quest for objects they know nothing about difficult.

The thing is, though he fallible, his bravery and loyalty to his friends always comes through in the end and he’s capable of immense bravery and self sacrifice as seen at the end of the first and third books. I often feel sad, that Ron never got more moments to really shine in later books.

And that makes him more interesting than characters that never really grow or change and mostly seem to succeed. (Hello, Hermione)


What’s your favourite moment/event involving this character?

Thinking about it: I’m a sucker for nervous, self-doubting people succeeding and getting recognition and find self worth and all that. So maybe that final rendition of “Weasley Is Our King” as sung by the Gryffindors.

If you could have one power/attribute/etc. of this character, what would it be?
Would it be cheap to say the ability to use magic? Because duh.

Otherwise the aforementioned ability for great bravery.

Have you ever pictured this character naked?
Well I’ve not just pictured him nude, pin-up style for the picture of it. But I have written sex scenes for him, which by necessity does include a certain amount of mental imaging.

When did you fall in love/hate with this character? I you don’t have any strong feelings toward them, why not?
I don’t think I could pin down a real singular moment and would just like the point to the whole series please.

What’s your OTP for this character?
I don’t think I get attached to OTPs really so I think I will have to be boring canon with this one and say Hermione. But I’ve also read cool/interesting stories with him paired with Pansy or Susan

[tamlane.livejournal.com]

Yes to Ron's fallibility! That's what makes him one of the most endearing characters to me.

His loyalty is my favorite. In seven years, he only turns his back on Harry twice, and both of those times, I can fully empathize with him. And both times he comes back stronger and more loyal than ever. There are plenty of other times throughout the series when I probably would have told Harry to go screw himself, but Ron patiently sticks by him. Even though being Harry's best friend means he'll never get the glory he's always craved. In fact, when he does finally get some recognition (making Prefect, for example), he actually plays it down for Harry's sake. OMG I LOVE HIM SO MUCH.

Gotta agree with you on that final rendition of "Weasley Is Our King". Although the scene where he destroys the locket is not too shabby.

Ron/Pansy is always fun. :D

[lightofdaye]

I can't remember being too impressed with the locket scene in the book. It just sort of dragged out a bit too long with the hesitation bit before the sword comes down. I remember liking actually liking the film version a lot though. And not just for topless Hermione make outs. It was the addition of the scuttering spiders and stuff that made me go, woa! the locket is really trying the scare the shit outta him now.

Pansy with just about anyone is fun :D