Come Close and Talk Fannish To Me

[redbrunja]

The way my schedule worked out this week (part chance, part because I worked on Saturday and had a family outing at too-fucking-early-o'clock on Sunday), I have today off, sans a few appointments.
 
So anybody in the mood to gab about fandom?

Things I have been into recently:

•Community (besides the ubiquitous Jeff/Annie, my interest is piqued in Abed/Annie, Abed/Britta, and Britta/Annie).

•The Vampire Diaries. I just rewatched the pilot last night and was filled with happiness and joy. And I remembered why I had the foolish belief back then when this show started that I could ship Good Girl/Good Vampire. Oh, to be so young and foolish.

•Harry Potter. I'm currently on the downhill slope of Goblet of Fire and Hermione is maintaining a high standard of awesome. (Also, I like Krum/Hermione more and more as time goes on. He was a famous Quiddich star! Who went for the brainy girl! Who tragically paid more attention to the Boy Who Lived and had a crush on her oblivious best friend! SPEND THE SUMMER IN BULGARIA, HERMIONE!)

•Anastasia! I rewatched that movie with my mom a couple of nights ago and it was a really good childhood flashback. (Mom: "Did they just blame the Russian revolution on magic? Did Dimitri and Anya just elope with no money?" Me: "I'm so glad you waited until I was older to nitpick like this. (But you're right, of course.)"

•*points to tag list* While some things I later end up disliking end up in my tag-system, that and my icons are a good way to see what things I at one point liked enough to believe I'd be talking about them more than once. 

Comments

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

*pst* check out my most recent post.

Dating a guy two years older than you is a bigger deal at 15 than it is once you're past the age of majority. Not to mention, then and there she's busy working toward defeating Voldemort; best not to have her distracted too much.

To be honest, I disagree. Sure, dating someone older is... something you pay attention to, but Hermione is super-mature for her age, and they clearly WERE dating, so it's not like it's unreasonable for the to CONTINUE to date (and seriously, I don't know one person who ever saved the world who wasn't distracted by romance at least a little bit while in the process of doing so).

The thing with Ron won't last. Wartime romances don't always survive peace, and school romances don't always survive graduation. Ron's got a double whammy against him.

Have you read the final book yet?

[fairest1.livejournal.com]

I have read the final book, but am disregarding the epilogue and anything JKR has said about who various characters hook up with. Luna married a muggle cryptozoologist and they will spend their lives going on awesome adventures and investigating creatures no one else believes exist, dammit.

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

Luna married a muggle cryptozoologist and they will spend their lives going on awesome adventures and investigating creatures no one else believes exist, dammit.

Oh, I like that!

And regardless of wartime romances (which I buy, sometimes) and childhood romances (which I also sometimes buy), I adore Ron and Hermione's dynamic, so THEY were the pairing that I believe (and enjoy believing) got together and stuck it out.

When I'm not pining over how great Krum and Hermione would have been.