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[rivendellrose]

1) Your HP nickname: Rosalindjen

2) Do you write fanfiction: Yup, a bit. Working on two new ones now.

3) Draw fanart: Yup, although it never sees the internet 'cause I'm lazy and don't set up my borrowed scanner.

4) Review much: Not as much as I should, but I always review for my friends, even if it's just over AIM.

5) Read too many fics: Occasionally...

6) Favorite house: The world needs more Ravenclaws with attitude/personality, is my opinion. *g*

7) Favorite Gryffindor student: Hermione

8) Favorite Slytherin student: Narcissa *g*

9) Favorite Ravenclaw student: Luna - she's really growing on me.

10) Favorite Hufflepuff student: er... Ernie, I guess?

11) Favorite teacher: Remus Lupin.

12) Favorite overall character: Remus.

13) Favorite adult: Remus. (I'm getting boring, aren't I?)

14) Canon/fanon Draco: Canon. I love that nasty little brat.

15) Canon/fanon Snape: Hmm. I wish I could say canon, but I'm actually pretty partial to the idea of a Snape with a heart.

16) Voldemort or Dumbledore: Dumbldore. Although there are days even in canon where I want to strangle the old coot.

17) Cho, annoying or not: I hate her sometimes, but I have no defense about that.

Shipping:

18) Your OTP: Snape/Lupin.

19) Other ships you sail: Lucius/Narcissa - so many possibilities of interpretation there, but I love 'em.

20) Intriguing ships: Hmm... Remus/Tonks is a good possibility, and I want to write Luna/Ronald someday.

21) Underimpressive ships to me: Sirius/Remus (meh - sure, it could happen, but I prefer them as friends, with notable exception of ADV, where it just works so perfectly), Ginny/Draco (I just don't get it).

22) Hated ships: Snape/Harry. I cannot stand that pairing, for some reason. Also, Snape/Sirius. I'm sure both of them have been done very well by some writers, I just can't cope with them for the most part.

23) Het, slash or femmeslash: Any of the above.

24) H/Hr or R/Hr: I may not like it, but Ron/Hermione will be canon. Soon, I expect. *grumbles* Harry has no interest in Hermione. Honestly, I think Harry has no interest in anybody at this point - he's got way too much else on his mind.

25) D/Hr or D/G: No.

26) H/D or H/SS: Again, no. With a lot more vehemence in the second one, but both definitely No.

27) Older gen, younger gen or cross-gen: *ponders* Not having any real clue what this question means, I'm gonna say Older gen. Because I tend to prefer the older characters.

Fanfiction:

28) Canon or AU: If it's specifically stated in canon, it is my belief that you must follow it. This is why I get so frustrated if I think Rowling's going to do something I don't like - my brain works in such a way that I can't bring myself to directly go against canon.

29) Fluff or angst: Both, please, in moderation.

30) Darkfic: On occasion, sure.

31) OOC or IC: IC

32) SuddenlyVeryPowerful!Harry: Not happening. Everything he's done, impressive though it was for someone his age, was through a lot of hard work and practice. Except for flying, which seems to be his natural talent.

33) One-shot or chaptered: Both, in their place. Often I wish one-shots gave more, I admit, but I like one-shots for readability.

34) Novel-length: Meh. I prefer shorter stuff since most of the time I'm too busy to read a lot of fic.

35) Gen, het or slash: I generally read romance fics. And I find the line between het and slash to be silly. I'm more concerned with the pairing than I am with "are they two boys, two girls, or a boy and a girl?"

36) Drabbles: The form is very cool, they're fun to read... but I'm usually left wishing there was more. Which, sure, is the idea... but blargh.

37) SuddenlyVerySexy!Draco: He's a spoiled, annoying, prissy nancy boy who sucks up to teachers, plays up injuries for attention, and kicks people while they're down. He's self-centered to the point of insanity, prejudiced, and thinks his father's money will get him anything he wants, and he'd be thrilled if he never had to do anything for himself, which he probably won't. If you find all that sexy, then have fun. Otherwise, no.

38) Fanfiction Pet Peeves: OOC. Especially Hermione. She has been my baby since I entered fandom, and anyone who writes her in a way I consider OOC earns my wrath. That includes Kloves.

39) Canon or Fanon: Canon. Although I reserve the right to scream and run in terror if JKR does anything in the next books that I can't stand.

40) Many ships in one fic: A lot of relationships exist at once in real life. A lot of relationships exist at once in normal books. In a small fic, it's probably too much to deal with, but I think 'real' fiction should be our goal here.

Books:

59) No. But I was very sad for the poor kid.

60) Cried for Sirius: No. Although Phineus Nigellus wandering from portrait to portrait made me sort of ill with empathy.

61) Dark or Light Side: I'm predominantly on the side of the Order, although my games and fic sometimes place me on the side of the Death Eaters and I'm comfortable over there.

62) Did the explanation of the prophecy satisfy you: "Hi. I'm going to build up for chapters and chapters, and then tell you something anybody who knew the laws of fiction and or mythology could have told you from the beginning. And now I'm going to ask if you're satisfied." No. Of course not. That was a ridiculous let-down at the end of a book, and she'd better have more impressive twists in store, or the whole series is going to fall flat on its face and be remembered as something that started out strong, creative, and interesting, and then utterly failed to live up to any of its promises.

...That said, I'm assuming (for the sake of my own sanity) that there is more to this than we see initially, that Neville's place as the almost!prophesies is vital, and that this was just a way of dragging readers along further into the frustration that Harry felt. For the record, though, I find intentionally frustrating your reader at the end of a book the size of a dictionary to be terribly bad authorial practice. So there.

63) Which characters need more development?: Um - all of them? We have sketches. In some cases, we have painted cardboard cut-outs. I, for one, would like a little bit of depth, please.

Fanart:

64) Favorite artist(s): Tina Ling, Ildi_bp, Seviet, a bunch of others I'm spazzing on right now.

65) Favorite drawing style: I generally prefer art that tries for realism, mostly, although anime/cartoon style is very fun sometimes.

66) Love fanart of: Snape, Lupin, Hermione, the Malfoys... pretty much my favorite characters. Or scenes from the books - those are loads of fun, and I'm so very impressed when people can pull them off since full scenes is something I totally can't do.

67) Fanart Pet Peeves: Situations where I can't tell Snape from Sirius. Situations where everyone looks like each other. Art that makes men look like women, women look like men, or everyone too young (with exceptions on that one). As I said before, I like realism. If I can't actually tell who you're drawing, I'm not a happy camper.

68) Stick art: Stick art is amusing, but only if the 'artist' is getting something interesting across with it.

69) Shiny: What?

70) Anime/Manga style: Sometimes. It's overdone, though, and I find that often I can't tell who the hell they're trying to draw when I see these. Suddenly, everyone is girly-looking, 18-ish, and has perfect features. The only differentiation is hair. This pisses me off beyond belief, for some reason. ... Well-done anime-style, however, I adore.

71) Realism: Realism is my thing. Although sometimes it's taken too far and it looks like the artist just sat there with a photograph. Yeah, I've done that. It's fun. It's just not necessarily something that's worth looking at online.

72) Cartoon: I like cartoons, but see my rant about anime. I want to be able to tell who the heck you're drawing.

73) Gen or shipped: Either is fine. Life includes romance (or it does if we're lucky, at least).

Misc.:

74) Blaise's gender: Why is this a question? It's a male name. JKR has said he's a boy. He's a boy.

75) Tom Riddle's eye colour: I think it was dark brown in canon, but I've been swayed by the gorgeous yumminess that is Christian Coulson. Wah. (Although now I'm sitting here going "ack red snake eyes waaaaaaah")

76) Luna fan: Hated her at first because JKR decided it'd be easier to bring in a new character than to give any of the ones she already had some definition and personality. I do like her, though. She's fun.

77) OC's, done or not done: I don't read OC romance stories. If you want to insert yourself to be some character's girlfriend/boyfriend/whatever, by all means have fun. I'm sure we've all done that at one point or another. But for god's sake, why would you think anyone else would want to read it?

78) Liking Weasley ships with 'Flame' or 'Fire' in the name: I have no idea what this is talking about.

79) Weasley love: I adore the Weasleys. And I keep starting to pick favorites and having to erase them because I love all of them so much.

80) Malfoy love: Yes, I love the Malfoys, figurative warts and all.

81) Potter love: Yes, but less so than others. I love Harry, but I have a hard time loving James. With, once again, notable exception of ADV.

82) Is Lucius really 49: No, he should be 43 in the next book. What the heck is this question on about?

83) Brilliant ship name (Don't need to ship it, though!): Not a huge fan of the names.

84) Plain stupid ship name: (see above)

85) Voldemort. Bald. Yes or no: Did it not say he was bald? Hmm... not sure.

86) The power He-Knows-Not and the power that saved Harry is: Love. Isn't this canon?

87) Your view on Hufflepuff-ies: Being nice doesn't mean you're stupid. Being loyal doesn't mean you're blind. I respect and love all four houses, as should their creatrix.

88) Should Ron say 'Bloody Brilliant' more then once?: Not with the frequency he seems to in fanfic, but once is an awfully small number.

89) Hermione. Pretty. Am I right?: Pretty, sure. I picture her as cute and appealing in her own way, but not at all the gorgeous sex goddess fandom seems to want, nor as the precocious sex idol the last film wanted her to be. She's a nerd, guys. She's not meant to be stunningly gorgeous except in ONE scene in GoF. She will not go home over the summer and come back Britney Spears, Kiera Knightly or whatever.

90) Best HP fanfic ever: Oh, god... No, I can't pick.

91) Rec the 2nd best, too: See above.

92) Did HP change your life dramatically: Yeah, it did.

93) Marauders. Like or dislike: LOVE!

94) Prongs, Moony, Padfoot or Wormtail: Moony. Wormtail is interesting, Prongs is impressive although somewhat hard for me to feel affectionate toward because of his background, same thing for Sirius. Moony is my guy. *g*

95) Could Lily have been an animagus too: I sincerely doubt it.

96) What animal Lily would've been: Umm... I don't have a really good handle on Lily, actually. I can sort of see her as a mongoose, though.

97) Did Harry pass his Potions' O.W.L.s: Yeah, he has to - the books wouldn't work if he didn't.

98) Did Ron: Yes. No fun without Ron.

99) Is Harry going to die or will he survive: He will live, I think. Dumbledore must die, though, and so must Snape (*tear*), as well as several others.

100) What gives you the most warm fuzzies in your stomach in the whole HP-verse: Warm fuzzies, warm fuzzies.... Remus. I pretty much adore everything about him.

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37) SuddenlyVerySexy!Draco: He's a spoiled, annoying, prissy nancy boy who sucks up to teachers, plays up injuries for attention, and kicks people while they're down. He's self-centered to the point of insanity, prejudiced, and thinks his father's money will get him anything he wants, and he'd be thrilled if he never had to do anything for himself, which he probably won't. If you find all that sexy, then have fun. Otherwise, no.

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I love you, too. *g*