Re-rec

So. I am sick again. I only hope that when I wake up, it'll have passed. Anyhow, after feeling sick/feverish, then well, then sick/feverish again, I wanted to read some fic to cheer me up. And I found myself reading lissinthecity's Where the Heart Lies, because I recalled how much I absolutely loved it when she posted it the first time. So if you haven't read it, or want to read it again, you really, really should. It has one of those moments that make your heart jump to your throat and your mind go, "OMG. Eeeeeeeeee!!" It's D/G, G/O, and R/Hr.

ill but happy

JKR must have known that I wasn't feeling well, because this just about makes me feel almost human again. The JOY!

Of course I'm talking about this in particular:

Chibimono: Do you have any future plans in particular for Draco Malfoy?

JKR: I've got plans for all my characters. Actually, this is a really good place to answer a question about Draco and Hermione, which a certain Ms. Radcliffe is desperate to have answered. Will they end up together in book six/seven? NO! The trouble is, of course, that girls fancy Tom Felton, but Draco is NOT Tom Felton! (My daughter likes TF very much too, because he taught her how to use a diablo)

I think I'm pretty open-minded, and tolerant of most ships, even if I don't understand some of them. To each his own, variety is the spice of life, and all that. But there is one ship in all the land that makes every fiber of my being cringe, and that is D/Hr. So for JKR to utterly denounce it -- and completely out of context, no less (she wasn't even asked about D/Hr! Seems she wanted to take the least opportunity to kill it) -- makes me want to do Numfar's Dance of Joy. What a nice treat for those of us (I think there's 12? <--- I was wrong, there's 17 of us! Whooooo) who have "hating Draco/Hermione" in our interests. That has well and truly been paid off.

I really like the idea that "Ginny" is not short for anything. That her name is simply Ginny. However, now I hope for her sake, with a middle name like Molly, that she does actually have a longer first name. Ginny Molly? Good God.

And how do these people find out where JKR is going to be and get to ask her questions????? For once, I'd like to see a chat with her that doesn't include something like If Hagrid was a real person and came to your house, what would you cook him for dinner? and instead asked her about, I don't know, the direction of Draco's character, or, once and for all, what Ginny's full name is.

And WTF is a diablo?

another rec

I may be late to the party on this one, but I only just found it. City Sun Set, by parkergray.

Lovely Ginny-centric mood piece.

Now I'm going home after an extremely productive (haha, NOT) two hours at work.