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kennahijja) wrote2005-02-17 08:05 pm
kennahijja) wrote2005-02-17 08:05 pm
Memes, one fandom, one just exhibitionism :)
The Love/Hate Meme
(gacked from![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
millefiori)
1. The pairing you first fell in love with:
Harry/Draco: I'm an utter sucker for love/hate relationships, and this is perhaps the ultimate example. Rhysenn's 'Irresistible Potion' hooked me way back, but I still like and read the pairing a lot, although I've grown quite picky about quality. When I discovered Harry/Lucius, it eclipsed H/D in my reading (and writing), though.
2. The pairing you never expected to love as much as you do now:
Harry/Snape: I honestly could not see the appeal of it for a long time, but I tried it out when it got recced more frequently by people whose opinions I trust. I think what really lured me in was the incredible quality of most of the HP/SS fic out there.
3. The pairing everyone else loves that you don't:
Sirius/Remus: I don't actively *dislike* it. I've read more than a handful of fics that knocked my socks off, but I wouldn't pick up a random fic without someone telling me to. It just very often has too little conflict to interest the love/hate fanatic in me :). And puppyfluff turns my stomach.
4. The pairing you love that everyone else hates:
Ron/Lucius: well, I've no idea whether everybody *hates* it, but nobody writes it :). I just believe that Ron deserves some torture too, and it has fascinating dynamics, and two of my favourite characters... I'd just be a happier person if there were a handful more stories out there!
5. The pairing you used to love but don't any longer:
none, really... I tend to stay in love with favourite pairings. Well, Hermione/Snape, perhaps, of which I read quite a bit in my earlier fandom days, and then kind of shunned. But it would be lying to say I don't love it any longer – I've just gone on another reading spree...
Boring Meme because I have too much to do and am procrastinating
(gacked fromcalliope14)
1. First grade teacher:
Frau Eichhorn – well, she taught mathematics and I don't really remember her, just the name, which means 'squirrel' (we don't have one first grade teacher for all subjects).
2. Last word you said
'Thank you.' (to the supermarket cashier after shopping)
3. Last song you sang:
Runrig's 'Every River' – yep, I sing a lot :).
4. Last person you hugged:
hummelchen, last night
5. Last thing you laughed at:
The cat, lying on her back while washing her ears with one paw
6. Last time you said, "I love you":
tohummelchen on the phone recently
7. Last time you cried:
Only remember it was an occasion that made me perk up and think 'damn, *that* time of the month again...'
8. What's in your CD player:
Don't have one – but the CD in my computer is Jim Steinman's Bad for Good
9. What color socks are you wearing:
grey
10. What's under your bed:
carpet; dust :-)
11. What time did you wake up today:
around noon
12. Current taste:
milk coffee
13. Current hair:
brown, as usual; messy as usual after walking through a minor snow storm
14.Current clothes:
blue jeans, black sweater, black scarf, boots
15. Current annoyance:
distinct lack of coffeine
16. Current longing:
more coffee
17. Current desktop picture:
the piece of fanartsiamkatze drew me for Cat!Harry
24. Favorite place to be:
bed :)
25. Least favorite place:
um... dentist
26. Time you wake up in the morning:
depends – 8 if it's a workday, about 2pm if it isn't
27. If you could play an instrument, what would it be:
harp; and the piano
28. Favorite color:
grey and black equally
29. Do you believe in an afterlife:
No idea. I'll find out.
30. How tall are you:
169 cm
31. Current favorite word/saying:
'Asmodis is a squirrel!' (which is a weird running gag on the German phrase 'the devil is a squirrel', being remotely equivalent to Murphy's Law)
32. Favorite book:
duh, *one*? You've got to be kidding! One of them is Patricia McKillip's Riddlemaster trilogy; or Guy Gavriel Kay's 'A Song for Arbonne', or Frank McGuinness 'Observe the Sons of Ulster', or Daragh Carville's 'Observatory', or Christa Wolf's 'Kassandra', or MZB's 'The Heritage of Hastur', or...
33. Favorite season:
autumn
34. One person from your past you wish you could go back and talk to:
My grandmother; to ask her all the things I never thought to ask as a child, about her past.
35. Favorite day:
Friday
36. Where do you want to go:
Pompeij
37. What is your career going to be like:
*laughs out loud*
Career? As long as the job supports me, that'll do.
38. How many kids do you want:
I don't want kids. No reason but that. Don't *want* any. Deal with it!
39. What kind of car will you have:
I'll try to avoid having one for as long as public transportation and bicycles will allow. If I'll *have* to have one, something small.
40. Type a line you remember from any book:
"Nobody ever said 'Fuck off, God' in the old Testament."
"Exactly. And we've been paying for it ever since."
(from Bill Morrison's A Love Song for Ulster - a play collection is a book too!)
41. A random lyric:
'Hate your next-roor neighbour, but don't forget to say grace' (Barry McGuire, 'Eve of Destruction')
(gacked from
millefiori)1. The pairing you first fell in love with:
Harry/Draco: I'm an utter sucker for love/hate relationships, and this is perhaps the ultimate example. Rhysenn's 'Irresistible Potion' hooked me way back, but I still like and read the pairing a lot, although I've grown quite picky about quality. When I discovered Harry/Lucius, it eclipsed H/D in my reading (and writing), though.
2. The pairing you never expected to love as much as you do now:
Harry/Snape: I honestly could not see the appeal of it for a long time, but I tried it out when it got recced more frequently by people whose opinions I trust. I think what really lured me in was the incredible quality of most of the HP/SS fic out there.
3. The pairing everyone else loves that you don't:
Sirius/Remus: I don't actively *dislike* it. I've read more than a handful of fics that knocked my socks off, but I wouldn't pick up a random fic without someone telling me to. It just very often has too little conflict to interest the love/hate fanatic in me :). And puppyfluff turns my stomach.
4. The pairing you love that everyone else hates:
Ron/Lucius: well, I've no idea whether everybody *hates* it, but nobody writes it :). I just believe that Ron deserves some torture too, and it has fascinating dynamics, and two of my favourite characters... I'd just be a happier person if there were a handful more stories out there!
5. The pairing you used to love but don't any longer:
none, really... I tend to stay in love with favourite pairings. Well, Hermione/Snape, perhaps, of which I read quite a bit in my earlier fandom days, and then kind of shunned. But it would be lying to say I don't love it any longer – I've just gone on another reading spree...
Boring Meme because I have too much to do and am procrastinating
(gacked from
calliope14)1. First grade teacher:
Frau Eichhorn – well, she taught mathematics and I don't really remember her, just the name, which means 'squirrel' (we don't have one first grade teacher for all subjects).
2. Last word you said
'Thank you.' (to the supermarket cashier after shopping)
3. Last song you sang:
Runrig's 'Every River' – yep, I sing a lot :).
4. Last person you hugged:
hummelchen, last night5. Last thing you laughed at:
The cat, lying on her back while washing her ears with one paw
6. Last time you said, "I love you":
to
hummelchen on the phone recently7. Last time you cried:
Only remember it was an occasion that made me perk up and think 'damn, *that* time of the month again...'
8. What's in your CD player:
Don't have one – but the CD in my computer is Jim Steinman's Bad for Good
9. What color socks are you wearing:
grey
10. What's under your bed:
carpet; dust :-)
11. What time did you wake up today:
around noon
12. Current taste:
milk coffee
13. Current hair:
brown, as usual; messy as usual after walking through a minor snow storm
14.Current clothes:
blue jeans, black sweater, black scarf, boots
15. Current annoyance:
distinct lack of coffeine
16. Current longing:
more coffee
17. Current desktop picture:
the piece of fanart
siamkatze drew me for Cat!Harry24. Favorite place to be:
bed :)
25. Least favorite place:
um... dentist
26. Time you wake up in the morning:
depends – 8 if it's a workday, about 2pm if it isn't
27. If you could play an instrument, what would it be:
harp; and the piano
28. Favorite color:
grey and black equally
29. Do you believe in an afterlife:
No idea. I'll find out.
30. How tall are you:
169 cm
31. Current favorite word/saying:
'Asmodis is a squirrel!' (which is a weird running gag on the German phrase 'the devil is a squirrel', being remotely equivalent to Murphy's Law)
32. Favorite book:
duh, *one*? You've got to be kidding! One of them is Patricia McKillip's Riddlemaster trilogy; or Guy Gavriel Kay's 'A Song for Arbonne', or Frank McGuinness 'Observe the Sons of Ulster', or Daragh Carville's 'Observatory', or Christa Wolf's 'Kassandra', or MZB's 'The Heritage of Hastur', or...
33. Favorite season:
autumn
34. One person from your past you wish you could go back and talk to:
My grandmother; to ask her all the things I never thought to ask as a child, about her past.
35. Favorite day:
Friday
36. Where do you want to go:
Pompeij
37. What is your career going to be like:
*laughs out loud*
Career? As long as the job supports me, that'll do.
38. How many kids do you want:
I don't want kids. No reason but that. Don't *want* any. Deal with it!
39. What kind of car will you have:
I'll try to avoid having one for as long as public transportation and bicycles will allow. If I'll *have* to have one, something small.
40. Type a line you remember from any book:
"Nobody ever said 'Fuck off, God' in the old Testament."
"Exactly. And we've been paying for it ever since."
(from Bill Morrison's A Love Song for Ulster - a play collection is a book too!)
41. A random lyric:
'Hate your next-roor neighbour, but don't forget to say grace' (Barry McGuire, 'Eve of Destruction')
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(and you are the only other person on the planet that I know of who admits to listening to Bad for Good! Have a Snape!)
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I had an inkling that admitting to listening Steinman might be a tad embarrassing, but I felt much more guilty over admitting to ABBA earlier :). He's written some amazing music, some of which was used for the German musical version of Polanski's 'Fearless Vampire Slayers' (I detest musicals, but the combination of one of my favourite films and some of my favourite music really drew me - though I found it very hard to get used to familiar songs with different texts...
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*basks in happy vibes*
Pairings
(Anonymous) 2005-02-18 12:30 am (UTC)(link)4. The pairing you love that everyone else hates:
Ron/Lucius: well, I just believe that Ron deserves some torture too.
HAHAHAHAHA. Well put. *DJIN7 wipes tears from her eyes*
5. The pairing you used to love but don't any longer:
Hermione/Snape, perhaps, of which I read quite a bit in my earlier fandom days.
Well, my earlier het was primarily Hermione/Harry or Hermione/Draco. And, like yourself, it's not that I don't like it anymore, I still keep track of the big WIPs (Draco Trilogy, PoU, et al). But there is only so much time in the day, and so much Snarry to read!
So again, it is almost spooky how you read my mind sister! And your meme stuff, with the autumn, and the colour black, and the no kids, and the caffeine...holy crap. YOU are ME!
*DJIN7 tips hat*
Cheers!
DJIN7
Re: Pairings
Argh! I'm going to end up with another identity crisis, like the last time I thought I might be
But there is only so much time in the day, and so much Snarry to read!
*tips hat right back*
Um... you might not be induced to get LJ, by any chance? It's free, it's fun, (it's addictive as hell), it'll let us keep up with your writing, (and if I got pulled in kicking and screaming, I can bloody well try it on others!). Well, just in case you might be interested...
Re: Pairings
(Anonymous) 2005-02-18 04:30 pm (UTC)(link)DJIN7
PS any tips on the best way to set one up?
Re: Pairings
LJ - take a bit time to figure out how to work it, and bookmark the FAQ, especially the journal entries section. Apart from a handful of specific tags, it works similar to html code, though :).
Re: LJ
Cheers!
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> the piece of fanart siamkatze drew me for Cat!Harry
Really? No one ever had anything from me on their desktop. I feel so flattered! :-D
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