Cho Chang auditions
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Malfoy's Potter tips to Cho girls
Why's he giving out advice to potential Chos, anyway? Perhaps to indulge my guilty-pleasure ship.
According to this, they're looking for girls with Southeast Asian descent. WTF really? I would have thought East Asian from her name, but what do I know?
And wait, so -- gah, I'm so not up on HP news. There were rumors a few weeks back that the kids had signed on for the GoF movie, but then it went back and forth over whether this was actually true or just a rumor, blah blah. But if they're holding casting auditions for Cho Chang this weekend, that means that the film's been greenlighted, right? And from the sound of things, Dan and everyone else will be back. Right?
Oh, whatever. I'm just excited/wary to see who they'll pick for Cho. If only I were 10 years younger and lived in London. Of course, if I played Cho I'd make the suggestion that she doesn't go for Harry because she's actually in love with his nemesis, and could she and Malfoy have a snog scene please?
And I want more pictures. Did Tom shoot up to 6'1" during filming? How did they "fix" that? Did the other people in his scenes have to stand on boxes? I mean, he's only supposed to be 13. He can't tower over his teachers.
Why's he giving out advice to potential Chos, anyway? Perhaps to indulge my guilty-pleasure ship.
According to this, they're looking for girls with Southeast Asian descent. WTF really? I would have thought East Asian from her name, but what do I know?
And wait, so -- gah, I'm so not up on HP news. There were rumors a few weeks back that the kids had signed on for the GoF movie, but then it went back and forth over whether this was actually true or just a rumor, blah blah. But if they're holding casting auditions for Cho Chang this weekend, that means that the film's been greenlighted, right? And from the sound of things, Dan and everyone else will be back. Right?
Oh, whatever. I'm just excited/wary to see who they'll pick for Cho. If only I were 10 years younger and lived in London. Of course, if I played Cho I'd make the suggestion that she doesn't go for Harry because she's actually in love with his nemesis, and could she and Malfoy have a snog scene please?
And I want more pictures. Did Tom shoot up to 6'1" during filming? How did they "fix" that? Did the other people in his scenes have to stand on boxes? I mean, he's only supposed to be 13. He can't tower over his teachers.
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Date: 2004-02-06 09:34 pm (UTC)*Wibble*
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Date: 2004-02-06 09:59 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-02-06 09:47 pm (UTC)I agree with the picture thing - I want to see more pictures of him. Did you see the picture of him from 2/4 Empire movie awards thing? He was wearing all black! WHEHEHEHEHE.
He's going through that awkward teenage stage right now *sigh*
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Date: 2004-02-06 11:45 pm (UTC)I'm sure he did it so he wouldn't be so recognized - that white hair is like beacon. And many screaming fangirlies don't realize he does really have sandy brown hair. He keeps it pretty covered.
Btw, I'm writing V-Day ficage this weekend...
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Date: 2004-02-06 11:49 pm (UTC)BTW you owe me your pot roast recipe. I was sad when you ignored my call for help. *tear*
Cindy's Killer Pot Roast
Date: 2004-02-07 12:31 am (UTC)Cindy's Killer Pot Roast
1 pot roast cut of meat (I like bottom round)
1 can french onion soup mix
1 packet dry onion soup mix
up to 10 beef bullion cubes
The night before you want to serve it, seer meat on all sides over high heat in a heavy skillet until a brown crust forms. Place meat in a crockpot, add soup mixes and beef bullion cubes (2 or 3 for a a small (2-3 lbs roast - more for larger or tougher cuts of meat). Add enough water to cover roast. Set crockpot on low heat setting, allowing roast to cook all night and the next day. Larger cuts of meat might need the high setting for several hours. A few hours before you're ready to serve, you can cut up an onion to cook in the juices. The roast should fall apart when you go to take it out so be careful you don't get splashed.
Save the juice and meat for leftover hash - in a large sauce pan pull roast part, cover with juice, add a cut up onion, salt and pepper liberally. Simmer for an hour or until onion is tender. Disolve a cup of flour in hot water until it makes a loose paste (almost watery), slowly add to meat mixture, stirring frequently until a gravy is formed.
Serve with mashed potatoes and hot biscuits. :)
Freezes well.
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Date: 2004-02-07 12:36 am (UTC)It all sounds soooo good. Mashed potatoes ... hot biscuits ... I want to get out of here so I can go have dinner.
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Date: 2004-02-06 11:29 pm (UTC)I thought Dan was getting taller (and he has yet to hit his real growth spurt, I think), but I've always imagined Harry on the short side as well. But yeah, it's going to be weird if there's a huge difference between them.
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Date: 2004-02-06 11:44 pm (UTC)As for Draco, you could either say that 1) he's a good Seeker too, though not as good as Harry, and is therefore also shrimpy; or 2) he's not as good a Seeker as Harry, maybe because he doesn't have the ideal body frame, and we can all also feel free to imagine him taller/whatever since there's no reason he has to be small. See? I made sense in my head, but it's just not coming out that way. Sigh.
Since YOU corrupt ME with pictures of naked men online, I think it's pretty clear that YOU are the evil twin, not me.
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Date: 2004-02-06 11:52 pm (UTC)No, what you're saying makes sense. I tend to go with the theory that Draco just isn't a good Seeker regardless of his body type. I mean, he's better than most of the population of the universe, but amongst Seekers he's pretty average. It's fanon that's made him out to be QuidditchGod!Draco that's would have gotten away with it too if it wasn't for that darn Harry.
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Date: 2004-02-07 12:07 am (UTC)I can understand wanting to give him more depth. Flat villains aren't any fun. But I don't see anyone writing about small, average-looking, average-Quidditch-playing, average-student Draco with an inferiority complex who needs protectors and pulls the wings off flies just because he can. That's apparently not a character we want to give depth to, even though it could be done. It's just not fun to write or read about.
And -- I just thought of this -- he's supposed to be the anti-hero. Harry's peer arch-nemesis. That's no fun if he's just inferior in every way! We like thinking of them as equal but on opposite ends of the spectrum, because there's tension and possibility in that. Otherwise, we've got Harry, who's this big hero-type, and then annoying-gnat Draco, and that's just not very interesting. I mean, Superman's foil is Lex Luthor, and that wouldn't be suspenseful at all if Lex didn't have something that would prove threatening to Superman.
I'm slashy? YOU WERE THE ONE WHO LOOKED FOR THE TWINS.
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Date: 2004-02-07 12:23 am (UTC)Re: I like using icons that make you go :-l
Date: 2004-02-07 12:23 am (UTC)I agree with you wrt how we want to perceive Draco as the anti-hero so we give him equal but opposite "powers" as Harry because that makes him interesting to write. However, and I get this idea from fametracker.com, I think the point of Draco is that he IS two-dimensional and flat. He's a childish enemy to Harry and his importance to Harry is only in childish ways (Quidditch and his friends). I don't think Harry really views Draco as "eeeeeevil" in the sense of LV or even Lovely Lucius. Draco's drastically reduced role in OotP sort of supports this. Once the shit hit the fan in OotP and Harry started thinking about "grownup" stuff, Draco's antics barely made a blip on his radar except when he was being assy on the "Nooooo One Expects the Spanish Inquisition!" squad.
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Date: 2004-02-07 12:34 am (UTC)Alas, I agree wrt Draco's "importance" in the books -- in that, he doesn't have any. It was always easy to recognize that unless JKR did something more w/ him, he'd be doomed to being an irritating gnat who was barely a blip on Harry's radar, considering the looming threat of, you know, The Dark Lord. I just always thought that if she really didn't have any plans for Draco, why's he even as prominent as he is? Why'd she name him Draco, when that word is used elsewhere in the books for random things (like the school motto, and Gryffindor's first password)? And I'm okay w/ it being meaningless; it's just that JKR's been so careful w/ her symbology and hidden meanings and such that I'm paranoid one's passing me by.
I'm curious to see, with his father in prison, whether Draco will allow himself to be influenced by others around him (say, Snape), or whether his malevolence will be shown to be bone deep, and he'll continue down the path to Death Eaterdom.
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Date: 2004-02-07 12:53 am (UTC)I guess Draco can always become actually evil instead of merely annoying and bratty, but he's going to have to have a big change in book six to do so. With his father in jail, he can be influenced by Snape (maybe. I'm not convinced Snape would care enough to try. Snape's a bastard.) or he can try to fill his father's shoes and/or be bitter toward Harry for putting his father away in the big house.
I agree, it would be majorly odd to do nothing with Draco given his name, his parentage and his presence in the books up until now. Maybe he'll just be a run of the mill DE.
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Date: 2004-02-06 10:03 pm (UTC)The last thing I read had the trio plus Tom all aboard for Goblet of Fire, nothing beyond that for any of them.
I believe by the time filming ended, rumor had it that he hit 6'1" *drools* and I think they're probably happy about it, although the rumor mill says otherwise. No more weird camera tricks to get him to look menacing and larger than life. I still laugh while watching CoS when he's talking to fake Crabbe and Goyle, the camera has to look down on him when he rises from the sofa and stands to give that "I'm a badass don't mess with me" appearance.
I agree, we need lots more pictures of Tom! I can't wait to see who they cast as Cho, Krum and Fleur. It should be interesting.
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Date: 2004-02-06 10:45 pm (UTC)Cool re: trio and Tom for GoF, that's all I really wanted to know, anyway. In my head, there's a clear separation between GoF and OotP, so I don't think it would break my heart too much if they decided they had to recast after GoF (which is my fave book).
If I were the film makers, I wouldn't have wanted him to have grown quite so much for PoA ... but after that I can't see it being that big a deal. Though it'd be a little weird for Draco to be bigger/taller than his bodyguards.
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Date: 2004-02-07 12:00 am (UTC)Tell me about it.
And someone needs to shoot me before the idea of G/O/D gets any further in my brain. NO MORE WEIRD THREESOME FICS FROM ME! I hope.
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Date: 2004-02-07 12:17 am (UTC)Speaking of, I'm having an impromptu hour challenge on AIM, if you're interested.
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Date: 2004-02-07 12:29 am (UTC)You know, I think my life was simpler when I firmly believed myself incapable of writing smut.
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Date: 2004-02-07 12:41 am (UTC)I can't wait for the Muggle baby one. I vaguely recall cowboy, but train ... what happens on the train? Do they do it, right up against the witch's cart when she comes by to ask if they want pumpkin pasties?
I think my life was simpler when I firmly believed myself incapable of writing smut.
I like to think I had something to do with the world having more quality D/G smut ... such as knocking you upside the head to get you to post all your stuff. So, you know, people could actually read it.
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Date: 2004-02-07 12:46 am (UTC)The train one was in the loo, in front of a mirror. And yes, the stirrups. You can find it so far on
I like to think I had something to do with the world having more quality D/G smut ... such as knocking you upside the head to get you to post all your stuff. So, you know, people could actually read it.
AHA! I knew it was someone's fault! Not mine, obviously.
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Date: 2004-02-07 12:51 am (UTC)Aha! I do, however, remember the train one. Go memory!
Oh, you're evil, EVIL, for giving me a chance to see it early. You know how I am about spoilers and waiting for the finished product!!!!!
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Date: 2004-02-07 01:53 am (UTC)Oh, I suppose you have to wrap up Ginny telling him why she was being all touchy feely with Owen (why was she KISSING him, though? Miss Weasley had best explain her actions), and there was something v. fishy about Jones.
Another fine installment of the Cabana Boy series. Oh, there were a couple of minor grammatical changes I wanted to suggest -- any chance I could be your beta on this one?
I do feel sorry for poor Mr. Cauldwell, though. Poor guy was in the unenviable position of being caught in the middle of D/G's little mating ritual. :D
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Date: 2004-02-07 12:33 am (UTC)I'm kind of curious how Cabana Boy is going to turn out. I haven't been able to stop thinking about what you wrote in the last hour challenge. I think you should finish that one.
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Date: 2004-02-07 12:35 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-02-07 12:38 am (UTC)Oh and there are quasi recent piccies of TF and nobody posted links? That is just roood! :P
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Date: 2004-02-07 12:47 am (UTC)You're right, that was v. remiss of us. Here's one from
And here's an older one that's been going around of Tom on the set: http://images5.fotki.com/v54/photos/9/98010/479787/latimes-vi.jpg (Why they didn't push Emma aside to get a better shot of Tom, I'll never know. :D)
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Date: 2004-02-07 01:51 am (UTC)As for Draco's height...i don't think I ever gave it much thought, but I don't see why there should be problem with it...Personally, I think that 6'1 has got to have advantages ;) Aww, the gawky teenager thing...hehe, mine lasted quite some time :$
*mwah*
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Date: 2004-02-07 04:14 pm (UTC)So yeah, I think Southeast Asian when I hear Chang, 'cause they've conditioned me to it. But I do take your point. :)
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Date: 2004-02-08 02:38 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-02-08 07:00 pm (UTC)I wanted to ask you if I may join your LJ community about Draco and Ginny. Pretty please?
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