30 Day HP Meme, Day 10

[featherxquill]

So, I'm at work now. I have my coffee. The world is back on its axis. And it is Friday, which means I get to sleep forever tonight (and possibly watch The Men's Room, which will apparently scar me for life or something, so I'm quite looking forward to it). Even if I am doing a supermarket shift on Saturday night. Hopefully it won't be too busy, and there will be money, so that will be nice.

Anyway, I've been avoiding this meme entry for two days because it sounded like it was going to take forever, but I decided this morning on my long-ass drive that I'm not really sure it would.

10. Favorite book moment(s)

There are so many moments that I love that its hard to think of them all. It really is. I can think of a few that I was full of glee when reading - the twins leaving Hogwarts is the biggest of those, and several that I loved for the characters being awesome - 'We teachers tend to be rather good at magic' and Minerva's display of solidarity with Sybill in OotP - damn classy of her, since she makes it clear in PoA that she doesn't like Sybill at all. Aunt Muriel in DH, being caustic and hilarious. Rita Skeeter all dishevelled and acidic in OotP. Not my daughter, you bitch. And some that I love for the sheer power of them - Cedric's death, Dobby's death, Harry in the forest, don't call me a coward.

But if I had to pick one, just one, it would be the Christmas scene from PoA. I just. 'Tripe, Sybill?' and 'Imagine that' and just that entire idea of almost all of the students home for the holidays and so Christmas dinner being this tiny little affair with all of the teaachers and students at the one table. It appeals to me on a pure fantasist level. I was the kind of student who absolutely adored my teachers (quietly, because not being quiet about it in high school was an invitation to mockery), and I lived for any glimpse I could get behind the 'teacher facade'. I can imagine, were I a student at Hogwarts, that I would have been exactly the same. So a dinner like that would have been a dream come true, to me.


Previous Answers


01. Discuss how you got into Harry Potter
02. Your favorite book
03. What house would you be in?
04. Your favorite movie
05. Wizard Rock: discuss
06. Your favorite character(s)
07. Song that reminds you of HP
08. Your favorite ship(s)
09. Fanfiction: discuss
10. Favorite book moment(s)
11. Character you're crushing on
12. Favorite movie scene
13. Least favorite character(s)
14. Moments in the books/movies that made you cry
15. Whatever tickles your fancy
16. How have you participated in the fandom over the years?
17. Your favorite celebs from the movies or fandom
18. If you could change one thing about canon, what would it be?
19. A favorite fanart
20. A favorite quote
21. How has the HP fandom connected you to other fandoms, interests, or people?
22. Your favorite villain
23. Share some HP icons
24. Rant about Steve Kloves something
25. Song that reminds you of HP
26. What aspect of the books has been best translated to film?
27. What aspect of the books has been most poorly translated to film?
28. Hogwarts subject you would most like to take
29. Favorite location
30. Whatever tickles your fancy

Comments

[minervas-eule.livejournal.com]

Very nice choices....yes, the charme of the books that there are so many of them!

But the Christmas scene is one, I had not on my list - and reading your explanation I do know why: my parents were teachers, my father at my high school - so my teachers very often were very good friends of his, coming to our house for many social occasions.... quite a strange situation for me as (often) their student; being a lot like Hermione in the first place I really was considered "teachers' pet", and I tended to see everything through their eyes instead from the students' point of view.... This resulted in my absolute refusal to consider teaching as a profession *LOL*.

[kellychambliss.livejournal.com]

Oh, yeah, love the dinner. And I know what you mean about wanting to see behind the "teacher" curtain. Even when I was in grammar school, I was like that. One year, my teacher actually lived at the opposite end of our street, and whenever we drove past, I would pray that her lights would be on, and I could see into her living room. (Seriously. I'd literally pray -- "Please, God, let Mrs. F's lights be on. . .")

[cranky--crocus.livejournal.com]

The few dinners I have had with my teachers - in high school and beyond - have been hilarious in a very similar manner. I was shocked the day my teacher called one of her students (one in my class) obnoxious; it was done in a very classy, subverted, witty way...but all the same. Then I cracked up. Oh, hip replacements - you bring the best stories.