Interview with a vamp- whoops, I mean slash writer.

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tradescant consented to interview me. The results...

1 - What do you like best about the HP fandom? What do you like least?

What I like best are the many fine, professional quality authors.

Sure, I'd read other fandoms, but Harry Potter didn't have just a handful of good writers in the dreck -- there were dozens! Who'd written long books! and tons of short stories. Not to mention all the one-shot writers. They weren't just decent writers, but people good enough I'd buy their work in Barnes & Nobles. I was completely blown away, and still am.

What I like least is how the fandom is taken far too seriously. Clobbering each other over grammatical nuances, artsy-fartsy and angsty-miserable stories… come on, guys. Isn't this supposed to be fun? There's a viciousness that you won't see in the genteel Lord of the Rings fandom, for example. Sure, I did criticize a story once, and I really regretted it, because that's just not my style.

2 - What's Snape's favorite opera, and why does he love it?

La Boheme. I have no idea why, as I don't know much about Opera, really. My father and I have determined that Snape's favourite Symphony is Mahler's 'Resurrection.' It exemplifies his intensity and barely contained passion.

For myself I have a special passion for Bizet's Carmen, from when I played it in an orchestra many years ago. Snape might forgive me; he would probably enjoy the emotive passion of it, but deplore the plot ("just kill the woman and put her out of both of your misery"). I once saw a Flemenco version of Carmen that was simply extraordinary. So passionate and powerful, with a sensuality that predates Viagra as a cure for impotence.

I adore flamenco music in general, as well as the arrhythmic Javanese music. All those minor keys… *sighs* I have a penchant for odd rhythms, which has made me a big Stravinsky fan. My favourite is 'Danse Infernale' from the Firebird Suite. Alas! I was the only one in the orchestra that liked it and it never went to performance.

3 - How did you learn about the facts of life?

Ha! Everyone assumed I already knew, so like most important information, I picked it up in bits and pieces.

I've led a bizarre life. I've been in-the-know on the sorts of things you only hear about in the news, yet incredibly naïve on other matters.

Had a boyfriend who was being molested by his mother (only one friend of his knew). Yet at the same age, I didn't know what a period was.

I didn't know that women could be gay, but the way I found out was my best friend hit on me for two solid years. Poor thing! She really slapped her forehead when I asked 'What -? What's a lesbian?' Two years of her effort down the drain. In retrospect, it really explained her question: 'Would you like to take a shower together?' At the time I simply answered: 'No thank you, I had a shower today,' and went back to helping her with her homework while she blinked at me.

4 - Do you like storms? Why or why not?

Fire and brimstone! Yes! I love storms! I stand out in the wind as lightning flashes about me, and my hair streams in the thunderforce, buffeting my face, 'til the first flood of rain drives me indoors, completely soaked and so utterly alive. What is it about storms that whips away your identity and leaves you simply a part of the power of nature? I'm always so sorry to be cut off from that energy behind glass windows, forced to watch to the water bead and stream down into the gutters.

5 - If you were sentenced to die, what would your last meal be?

I'd start with a nice sloooooooow Japanese tea ceremony, then go from there into 14-course French meal a la Louis XIV.

Meanwhile, my attorney would be filing a frantic injunction, a stay of execution and further appeals in five counties. I don't want to die! Life is short enough as it is.

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http://pub8.ezboard.com/falisworldharrypotterramblings.showMessage?topicID=2212.topic

It's a thread at Diagon Alley about a book that's called, I kid you not, The Golden Ass: The Transformations of Lucius.

Let's just pause to glory in that slash-worthy title ... kind of like 'Josie and the Pussycats', we have 'Luc-y and the Golden Ass' (it even rhymes).

It inspired someone to do some research and they found that

"Pope St. Lucius I
(253-254); d. at Rome, 5 March, 254. After the death of St. Cornelius, who died in exile in the summer of 253, Lucius was chosen to fill his place, and consecrated Bishop of Rome."

To which the great Grindylowe said, succinctly:

oh SHIT.
Lucuis is going to be head of the Ministry.

Why am I telling you this? Well, I flashed on the start of 'Beg me fot it' and how Lucius becomes the best Minister of Magic that Ron's seen.

You're intuitive, you are ...

brodie