Babbling Updates
May. 3rd, 2006 10:24 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lls_mutantIn case you missed it when LJ was down last night, Accidentally In Love Part 11 has been posted. Lots and LOTS of Regulus. For those of you that aren't slash fans, one day I'd love to actually pull out the Regulus-Remus bits from this and post them on ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
omniocular, because I'm REALLY proud of how that storyline went. Actually, what I'd LOVE to do is write the Regulus-Remus bits from Regulus's point of view. However, the time investment in that is just more than I have to give. (If anyone wanted to do an unofficial remix and write the Regulus version of the story, I'd almost be willing to discuss it. The only problem is I have a few definite ideas about Regulus. Like mine died a virgin. Yes, I'm mean.)
Actually, I'm really happy with the whole chapter. I've been planning aspects of this since HBP came out. I sort of feel like I set up for the punch in Part 10, and this one I took the gloves off a bit. I know that there's more coming, and that these two events in Chapter 11- especially Sirius having walked into the trap- are big for some of what's coming.
The thing about this chapter was I was REALLY happy with several moments. I was thrilled with how the argument between Regulus and Remus came out, where Regulus really pounded Remus's sore spots about being a werewolf.![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
cristix commented that Remus seems a bit cold and calculating, in that he doesn't feel the guilt that Regulus does for killing two wizards in the Soviet Union. I was really pleased with that aspect, because I do think Remus can be a bit cold and unemotional. It's what makes him such an interesting character- one moment he can be championing Neville against Snape and forgiving Sirius in a heartbeat, and the next he's ready to kill one of his former best friends in cold blood, and you know he was going to AK Peter. But I don't think Remus thinks the end justifies the means- I think he thinks that some things are worth the consequences. Going to Azkaban or living life on the run (with Sirius) is worth killing Peter for what he did. I liken Remus to a soldier who copes with killing by not thinking about what he's doing, but if he does have to think about it realizes that the cause he is fighting for is worth not only his life to him, but also his own soul, because he believes in it that strongly. My Remus can kill if he feels it furthers Voldemort's defeat. Or, admittedly, if it can keep himself alive. :P
But anyway- I don't think Regulus can do that, and partly because Regulus no longer believes in Voldemort. His own soul has become more important to him than the cause he was working for, and therefore he cannot live with the guilt. Seriously- I have never been so glad to be wrong as when I thought that Regulus wouldn't be of any importance to the plot, and then it turned out he kicked ass.
I was also really, really, REALLY happy with Caradoc Dearborn being an Inferius. And given that he disappeared and his body was never found, that's one of those little details I'm betting is canon. But man, I rubbed my hands together in glee when I thought of that. God, I love being evil!
I'm going to miss Regulus though. I love the relationship between him and Remus, so complicated and tricky. I think Remus is going to miss Regulus, on some level. It's too bad they didn't meet each other in a different way, because if Regulus hadn't been who he was, I think they would have gotten along much better. ::sniff::
Okay. Enough navel-gazing.
Baking is evil, by the way. I'm making brownie cookies for my youth group tonight. They're, um... good :) Tonight is the last youth group. In a way I'm glad, because it's hard when Howard's not home to take Toby and all. But I'll miss it. I love the kids, and I also like the feeling I'm doing something important. I won't be able to do the musical this year- Howard's travel schedule is too unpredictable, and even when he is home, I can't do the afternoons. (I usually paint scenery for it, but doing that with a baby is just lunacy I'm not prepared to cope with.) Besides, our pastor left, and the musical is being run by committee. Yeah. So not going near it this year.
Oh- got my assignment for thefemgenficathon, and it SCREAMS Luna to me. (I have a plotbunny already.) This shall be interesting, because I've never written Luna, and I've also always avoided writing Snape, who's going to have a major part. Actually, it's funny, because my quote screams scientist to me. But that's okay :)
I suppose I should be productive or something. ::Sigh::
omniocular, because I'm REALLY proud of how that storyline went. Actually, what I'd LOVE to do is write the Regulus-Remus bits from Regulus's point of view. However, the time investment in that is just more than I have to give. (If anyone wanted to do an unofficial remix and write the Regulus version of the story, I'd almost be willing to discuss it. The only problem is I have a few definite ideas about Regulus. Like mine died a virgin. Yes, I'm mean.)Actually, I'm really happy with the whole chapter. I've been planning aspects of this since HBP came out. I sort of feel like I set up for the punch in Part 10, and this one I took the gloves off a bit. I know that there's more coming, and that these two events in Chapter 11- especially Sirius having walked into the trap- are big for some of what's coming.
The thing about this chapter was I was REALLY happy with several moments. I was thrilled with how the argument between Regulus and Remus came out, where Regulus really pounded Remus's sore spots about being a werewolf.
cristix commented that Remus seems a bit cold and calculating, in that he doesn't feel the guilt that Regulus does for killing two wizards in the Soviet Union. I was really pleased with that aspect, because I do think Remus can be a bit cold and unemotional. It's what makes him such an interesting character- one moment he can be championing Neville against Snape and forgiving Sirius in a heartbeat, and the next he's ready to kill one of his former best friends in cold blood, and you know he was going to AK Peter. But I don't think Remus thinks the end justifies the means- I think he thinks that some things are worth the consequences. Going to Azkaban or living life on the run (with Sirius) is worth killing Peter for what he did. I liken Remus to a soldier who copes with killing by not thinking about what he's doing, but if he does have to think about it realizes that the cause he is fighting for is worth not only his life to him, but also his own soul, because he believes in it that strongly. My Remus can kill if he feels it furthers Voldemort's defeat. Or, admittedly, if it can keep himself alive. :P But anyway- I don't think Regulus can do that, and partly because Regulus no longer believes in Voldemort. His own soul has become more important to him than the cause he was working for, and therefore he cannot live with the guilt. Seriously- I have never been so glad to be wrong as when I thought that Regulus wouldn't be of any importance to the plot, and then it turned out he kicked ass.
I was also really, really, REALLY happy with Caradoc Dearborn being an Inferius. And given that he disappeared and his body was never found, that's one of those little details I'm betting is canon. But man, I rubbed my hands together in glee when I thought of that. God, I love being evil!
I'm going to miss Regulus though. I love the relationship between him and Remus, so complicated and tricky. I think Remus is going to miss Regulus, on some level. It's too bad they didn't meet each other in a different way, because if Regulus hadn't been who he was, I think they would have gotten along much better. ::sniff::
Okay. Enough navel-gazing.
Baking is evil, by the way. I'm making brownie cookies for my youth group tonight. They're, um... good :) Tonight is the last youth group. In a way I'm glad, because it's hard when Howard's not home to take Toby and all. But I'll miss it. I love the kids, and I also like the feeling I'm doing something important. I won't be able to do the musical this year- Howard's travel schedule is too unpredictable, and even when he is home, I can't do the afternoons. (I usually paint scenery for it, but doing that with a baby is just lunacy I'm not prepared to cope with.) Besides, our pastor left, and the musical is being run by committee. Yeah. So not going near it this year.
Oh- got my assignment for the
femgenficathon, and it SCREAMS Luna to me. (I have a plotbunny already.) This shall be interesting, because I've never written Luna, and I've also always avoided writing Snape, who's going to have a major part. Actually, it's funny, because my quote screams scientist to me. But that's okay :)I suppose I should be productive or something. ::Sigh::
