A Parade!

[icarus]

Tan-ta-rah!

rushlight75 has arrived!

*icarusancalion, switchknife and amanuensis hoist onto their shoulders while the tickertape falls. Teeming masses of Harry Potter fans throng, cheering, as a marching band attempts a stumbling cover of the Pistols 'God Save the Queen'... the parade approaches a traffic circle that's been cleared, and the mayor of the fanfic community (who else but mctabby?) is handed an envelope, an a rather absurdly large key... a script rolls on the teleprompter...*

The Crowd hushes. Sort of.

"We all know why we're here today." Mayor mctabby reads carefully in a clear voice. Actually, the press office didn't tell her anything, but she figures she'll know by the end of the speech.

"rushlight75 has made many fine contributions to the fanfic community...

...these includes such gems as 'Rite of Pass -" someone walks in front of the teleprompter and mayor mctabby attempts to peer around them. "- Passage' and 'Through a Shattered Mirror.' "

The crowd goes wild. Now this the mayor is used to. She holds up her hand.

"While I cannot guarantee rushlight75 will participate in our Blame Somebody Else challenges -"

The crowd giggles. They're eating out of her hand. The press office deserved a raise for this excellent election-year ploy.

"- I can say she is a welcome addition to any friends list, and...

"...a welcome addition to the Harry Potter Fanfiction Community!"

*wild cheering* After waiting a moment for the crowd to settle, mayor mctabby hoists the ridiculous key so everyone can see it.

"With no futher ado - " major mctabby scowled inwardly. How many times had she told the speechwriters to drop the old-fashioned words? She was courting the Young Vote for Merlin's sake! She already had the Dumbledore/Aberforth generation. " - I present rushlight75 the keys to the city! Welcome to Diagon Alley."

*wild applause!!!!!!!*

Comments

*cracks up*

[mctabby.livejournal.com]

Hear, hear! *does dorky welcome dance*

Delighted to see Rushlight on LJ. Now if only we had Hijja and Lyle... It will happen. It must.

Re: *cracks up*

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

Heh. Hijja has turned down LJ codes in the past. No time. I can't get CLS (of Wolfie Twins 'Call of the Wild' fame) to take a LJ either.

Who's Lyle? *perks up*

Damn, it's hot in my apartment. But I did get a chapter of Snape Manor done.

~Icarus

Re: *cracks up*

[mctabby.livejournal.com]

*applause for your WiP*

Has Hijja turned down the latest offer from Isis? Ah well, might be my turn next to try luring Hijja!

Only three writers have been able to get me reading Ron-slash and liking it - you, Anna, and Lyle. :)

Lyle is someone I got to know when I was new to the fandom, in late 2001. We shared an interest in Snape/Hermione and assorted Snapeslash; Lyle wrote Bruise Pristine (http://www.angelfire.com/magic/apothecary/bruise.html) (Voldemort/Snape). At the time, she was also working on a long fic called Playing Bastard (http://www.geocities.com/ronanddraco/authors/lyle.html) (Draco/Ron, Snape/Draco non-con, Ron/Harry). I found Lyle's writing style particularly vivid and enjoyable, and ended up beta-reading the last few chapters of Playing Bastard. Meanwhile, Lyle was the second person to read the first draft of TWIB Chapter 1. Last year she was severely distracted by RL and LotR slash (http://www.black-waltz.net/noiresensus/authors/a_lyle.html), and we both left the SS/HG list where we'd originally met. She's still lurking around the HP fandom to some extent, on the HP_Recs list and elsewhere. She wants a LiveJournal, and I've actually given her a code - but the problem is that her home computer can't access this site. Gaaahhh. Hope this can get sorted out; Lyle is good fun - a relatively young writer with a taste for the twisted, and lots of ideas.

Re: *cracks up*

[tinderblast.livejournal.com]

Only three writers have been able to get me reading Ron-slash and liking it - you, Anna, and Lyle. :)

Same here, at least in terms of Icarus. I'm not sure who Lyle and Anna are ...? but Ron is just so straight, in my perception of him, that it takes a near miracle to read him in slash, and believe it. Which is why the 'Beg me for it' series is so astounding.

brodie

Re: *cracks up*

[switchknife.livejournal.com]

Dammit, we need Hijja. I've been having a clandestine affair with her for yonks, but darn it, she insists on not having enough time for an LJ. *le sigh*

[amanuensis1.livejournal.com]

Hoist, hoist! Yippee! *runs off to friend*

Hoist! Hoist!

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

Hey, try to be a little shorter, will you? This chick's getting heavy. ;)

~Icarus

[switchknife.livejournal.com]

*chuckles* Now that is one well-deserved welcome! Every inch of that red carpet is more than due to rushlight75... Damn it, I am the red carpet...

(Blue, actually--red's too goshdarned Gryffindor.)

Ah, rushligh75, my fellow Ravenclaw!

*hoists*

*does not peer up skirt*

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

Doesn't peer up skirt? A likely story...

~Icarus

Re:

[switchknife.livejournal.com]

*mumbles and looks away*

[rushlight75.livejournal.com]

Oh, WOW. *blinks* How does one possibly respond to a welcome like that? LOL. Thank you!! :) And I've been given the keys to the city, no less. *g*

I do have to ask: Blame Somebody Else Challenges? *intrigued*

I've already found the hp100 and hpfic communities. Are there any other interesting ones I should be aware of? It's hard to believe how much fannish stuff is out there that I wasn't aware of a week ago...

Thanks so much for the welcome!!!

Blame Somebody Else

[icarusancalion.livejournal.com]

Check out mctabby's Live Journal. People drop off their bizarre story ideas, and in exchange, they are paired up and given a strange plot bunny to write.

Beware. I dropped off a Ron/Hermion kink, and got... Hagrid/Buckbeak. *bug-eyed*

Let's see... there's the parry_hotter and there's a Snape and Harry community, too.

~Icarus