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harry potter meme.
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List the books in order from your favorite to your least favorite.
1) Half-Blood Prince
2) Prisoner of Azkaban
3) Goblet of Fire
4) Deathly Hallows
5) Order of the Phoenix
6) Chamber of Secrets
7) Sorcerer's Stone
List the movies in order from your favorite to your least favorite.
1) Half-Blood Prince
2) Order of the Phoenix
3) Goblet of Fire
4) Chamber of Secrets
5) Sorcerer's Stone
6) Prisoner of Azkaban (I'm sorry, the casting hurts my soul and they cut so much important plot stuff in favor of watching flowers freeze.)
Favorite chapter from your favorite book?
Spinner's End. No contest.
Top 5 favorite characters?
In no particular order, Snape, Bellatrix (love to hate her), Remus, Dumbledore (because he's frakking badass), and McGonagall
Five least favorite characters?
Fudge, Umbridge, Scrimgeour, Crouch Sr, and Dumbledore (because he's everything I despise most in the Old Mentor archetype--manipulative, secretive, bordering on Well-Intentioned Extremist at times, and everyone/the hero worships him/the ground he walks on because he's the Wise Old Man).
Favorite member of the Trio?
Hermione. Annoying as she gets when she's on her high-horse, she's not only the brains of the outfit but packs her fair share of the brawn, too.
Favorite family?
Lupin, Tonks, and Teddy. I got a thing for Tragic Ends, even if I wish they'd gotten an onscreen one.
Favorite antagonist?
Bella.
Favorite Death Eater?
Bella.
Three favorite spells?
Sectumsempra, because it's phenominally awful/evil/destructive/badass, and at least one person at least once attempts to use it in a heroic context, Wingardium Leviplotpoint, and Avis, which is used only once and makes pretty birds, IIRC.
Favorite non-Hogwarts magical building?
Spinner's End (come on, Snape's built in some magical secret places, if only to try and preserve the parts of him he has to shut down during Deathly Hallows. I have this glorious image of a Secret Room with his diaries, banned books, etc, hidden by a pieta statue only non-purebloods can see).
Favorite Unforgivable Curse?
Avada Kedavra. Less creepy than Imperius Curse, doesn't leave families of its victims with shattered shells, like the Cruciatus Curse.
Favorite mode of wizard transportation?
Floo Powder.
Favorite Weasley?
Bill. Or Molly.
Favorite Order Member?
Snape, or Lupin if he doesn't count.
Favorite DA Member?
Luna.
Favorite pet?
Crookshanks and Buckbeak. They don't tolerate any crap from anyone except their humans.
Favorite Hogwarts room?
Room of Requirement. Because it can be any of the others except the kitchens.
Favorite Hogwarts professor?
Four-way tie between Slughorn, with his completely nonmalicious but still slightly creepy habit of collecting 'favorites,' Lupin 'cause he's Lupin, Snape because he's the most developed/complex character in the entire series, and McGonagall 'cause she's frakking AWESOME.
Favorite non-human Hogwarts resident?
Does Sir Cadogan count? He amuses me. If not, the Whomping Willow tied with the Weasley's flying car.
Favorite Tri-Wizard Champion?
Krum. All the sexiest girls from France and England falling at his feet and he goes for the not-sexy fourteen-year-old bookworm, and manages to do this without being creepy.
Favorite house elf?
Kreacher. "FOR MASTER AND BRAVE REGULUS!"
Favorite couple?
...canon or otherwise? If we're sticking to purely canon couples, Lupin and Tonks. As fast as they moved once they got going, they make sense. And Bella isn't really Voldie's mistress, no matter what Sex with Kings puts in my head and dammit now I want to do a bizarre setting fic of a Renaissance Europe Death Eater Court. Poor whichever Lestrange Bella married. If we're going with non-canon couples, I like the idea of Harry/Luna.
Biggest surprise of the series?
Dobby's death, Kreacher's Heel Face Turn, and the fact that all three Malfoys survived.
Biggest letdown of the series?
Remus and Tonks dying offscreen, Snape being cheated out of the more glorious death he deserved.
One character you wish lived?
Fred. Too cruel to only kill one of the twins.
Moment that will always make you cry?
The Prince's Tale. Specifically, Snape's defection and his Patronus, even though I wish she'd been able to develop his motivations more thoroughly than Hopeless Unrequited Love, which felt like a cop-out to me.
Ron/Hermione or Harry/Hermione?
R/H
James/Lily or Snape/Lily?
I...actually don't really like either. The turnaround for Lily is too fast, since this isn't a romance novel and I think that, if things had gone different and Voldie had gone for Neville instead of Harry, James is poised to become a disciple of the Order of Barty Crouch Senior. And as for Snape...okay, I'll admit, I am plotting out a fic where he wins, but...I don't know. Something about him letting her live her life no matter how much he loves/needs/obsesses over her is so much more powerful than Babies Ever After could be. Though he is somewhat happier, since she's there to help him resolve some of his issues that he has to have springing from being a double agent (in the alterfic, from the get-go, when he's barely established his identity as it is).
Do you think Harry Potter is better than Twilight?
....ahahaha. You say that like it's a serious question.
Did you see the Half Blood Prince in theaters?
Yes.
Do you own the books/movies?
Books, yes. Movies, only the first two.
Have you ever played any of the video games?
Not much into video games.
Do you think it would be cool to have a pet owl?
Not...really. No offense to any bird-lovers out there, but I'm not real thrilled with the idea of a pet bird, in general (too much pigeon poop on car windows have I seen, I don't want that inside my house), and owls are birds of prey.
How about a rat?
I've had gerbils and hamsters, but never a rat. Are they much different?
Have you ever listened to the soundtrack?
Yes.
Which house would you want to be in?
...hm. Ravenclaw appeals. I'm not heroic enough for Gryffindor, or clever (in the sneaky/cunning way) for Slytherin. Realistically, Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff, but almost all of my favorite characters are Slytherins, and all of the ones I ship myself with in my Mary Sue Self-Insertion Fantasies are Slytherins, sooooo....
Do you like Draco?
I...don't know if liking is the right word. I don't dislike him. And I think he matures admirably over the course of the series, from being a bullying spoiled brat in the first couple books, to being an archetype that I don't know the name for but I love in HBP (I wish the book had been from his POV, honestly. Oo, that's an interesting project ::adds to list:: ), to being a slightly more tolerant Lucius in the slight glimpse we get of him in the Epilogue. But I don't think I'd want to be his friend.
Would you ever enter the Triwizard tournament?
No. God no.
Would you keep your money in Gringotts?
Yes.
Do you think you would enjoy being a witch/wizard?
Probably ^^ I loves me mah majiks!
darkphaedraList the books in order from your favorite to your least favorite.
1) Half-Blood Prince
2) Prisoner of Azkaban
3) Goblet of Fire
4) Deathly Hallows
5) Order of the Phoenix
6) Chamber of Secrets
7) Sorcerer's Stone
List the movies in order from your favorite to your least favorite.
1) Half-Blood Prince
2) Order of the Phoenix
3) Goblet of Fire
4) Chamber of Secrets
5) Sorcerer's Stone
6) Prisoner of Azkaban (I'm sorry, the casting hurts my soul and they cut so much important plot stuff in favor of watching flowers freeze.)
Favorite chapter from your favorite book?
Spinner's End. No contest.
Top 5 favorite characters?
In no particular order, Snape, Bellatrix (love to hate her), Remus, Dumbledore (because he's frakking badass), and McGonagall
Five least favorite characters?
Fudge, Umbridge, Scrimgeour, Crouch Sr, and Dumbledore (because he's everything I despise most in the Old Mentor archetype--manipulative, secretive, bordering on Well-Intentioned Extremist at times, and everyone/the hero worships him/the ground he walks on because he's the Wise Old Man).
Favorite member of the Trio?
Hermione. Annoying as she gets when she's on her high-horse, she's not only the brains of the outfit but packs her fair share of the brawn, too.
Favorite family?
Lupin, Tonks, and Teddy. I got a thing for Tragic Ends, even if I wish they'd gotten an onscreen one.
Favorite antagonist?
Bella.
Favorite Death Eater?
Bella.
Three favorite spells?
Sectumsempra, because it's phenominally awful/evil/destructive/badass, and at least one person at least once attempts to use it in a heroic context, Wingardium Leviplotpoint, and Avis, which is used only once and makes pretty birds, IIRC.
Favorite non-Hogwarts magical building?
Spinner's End (come on, Snape's built in some magical secret places, if only to try and preserve the parts of him he has to shut down during Deathly Hallows. I have this glorious image of a Secret Room with his diaries, banned books, etc, hidden by a pieta statue only non-purebloods can see).
Favorite Unforgivable Curse?
Avada Kedavra. Less creepy than Imperius Curse, doesn't leave families of its victims with shattered shells, like the Cruciatus Curse.
Favorite mode of wizard transportation?
Floo Powder.
Favorite Weasley?
Bill. Or Molly.
Favorite Order Member?
Snape, or Lupin if he doesn't count.
Favorite DA Member?
Luna.
Favorite pet?
Crookshanks and Buckbeak. They don't tolerate any crap from anyone except their humans.
Favorite Hogwarts room?
Room of Requirement. Because it can be any of the others except the kitchens.
Favorite Hogwarts professor?
Four-way tie between Slughorn, with his completely nonmalicious but still slightly creepy habit of collecting 'favorites,' Lupin 'cause he's Lupin, Snape because he's the most developed/complex character in the entire series, and McGonagall 'cause she's frakking AWESOME.
Favorite non-human Hogwarts resident?
Does Sir Cadogan count? He amuses me. If not, the Whomping Willow tied with the Weasley's flying car.
Favorite Tri-Wizard Champion?
Krum. All the sexiest girls from France and England falling at his feet and he goes for the not-sexy fourteen-year-old bookworm, and manages to do this without being creepy.
Favorite house elf?
Kreacher. "FOR MASTER AND BRAVE REGULUS!"
Favorite couple?
...canon or otherwise? If we're sticking to purely canon couples, Lupin and Tonks. As fast as they moved once they got going, they make sense. And Bella isn't really Voldie's mistress, no matter what Sex with Kings puts in my head and dammit now I want to do a bizarre setting fic of a Renaissance Europe Death Eater Court. Poor whichever Lestrange Bella married. If we're going with non-canon couples, I like the idea of Harry/Luna.
Biggest surprise of the series?
Dobby's death, Kreacher's Heel Face Turn, and the fact that all three Malfoys survived.
Biggest letdown of the series?
Remus and Tonks dying offscreen, Snape being cheated out of the more glorious death he deserved.
One character you wish lived?
Fred. Too cruel to only kill one of the twins.
Moment that will always make you cry?
The Prince's Tale. Specifically, Snape's defection and his Patronus, even though I wish she'd been able to develop his motivations more thoroughly than Hopeless Unrequited Love, which felt like a cop-out to me.
Ron/Hermione or Harry/Hermione?
R/H
James/Lily or Snape/Lily?
I...actually don't really like either. The turnaround for Lily is too fast, since this isn't a romance novel and I think that, if things had gone different and Voldie had gone for Neville instead of Harry, James is poised to become a disciple of the Order of Barty Crouch Senior. And as for Snape...okay, I'll admit, I am plotting out a fic where he wins, but...I don't know. Something about him letting her live her life no matter how much he loves/needs/obsesses over her is so much more powerful than Babies Ever After could be. Though he is somewhat happier, since she's there to help him resolve some of his issues that he has to have springing from being a double agent (in the alterfic, from the get-go, when he's barely established his identity as it is).
Do you think Harry Potter is better than Twilight?
....ahahaha. You say that like it's a serious question.
Did you see the Half Blood Prince in theaters?
Yes.
Do you own the books/movies?
Books, yes. Movies, only the first two.
Have you ever played any of the video games?
Not much into video games.
Do you think it would be cool to have a pet owl?
Not...really. No offense to any bird-lovers out there, but I'm not real thrilled with the idea of a pet bird, in general (too much pigeon poop on car windows have I seen, I don't want that inside my house), and owls are birds of prey.
How about a rat?
I've had gerbils and hamsters, but never a rat. Are they much different?
Have you ever listened to the soundtrack?
Yes.
Which house would you want to be in?
...hm. Ravenclaw appeals. I'm not heroic enough for Gryffindor, or clever (in the sneaky/cunning way) for Slytherin. Realistically, Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff, but almost all of my favorite characters are Slytherins, and all of the ones I ship myself with in my Mary Sue Self-Insertion Fantasies are Slytherins, sooooo....
Do you like Draco?
I...don't know if liking is the right word. I don't dislike him. And I think he matures admirably over the course of the series, from being a bullying spoiled brat in the first couple books, to being an archetype that I don't know the name for but I love in HBP (I wish the book had been from his POV, honestly. Oo, that's an interesting project ::adds to list:: ), to being a slightly more tolerant Lucius in the slight glimpse we get of him in the Epilogue. But I don't think I'd want to be his friend.
Would you ever enter the Triwizard tournament?
No. God no.
Would you keep your money in Gringotts?
Yes.
Do you think you would enjoy being a witch/wizard?
Probably ^^ I loves me mah majiks!