CoS 12

Remember mctabby's friending frenzy?

It's back!

My own flist is so full it wants cutting, but all you super-great people who are new to the fandom should jet on over. It's like a debutante ball! With gay sex!

Also, anyone in HP who doesn't have mctabby friended is either loony, or merely ignorant of her greatness.

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From Chapter 11:

What house was Lockhart in?

Is Goyle the smart one? / Is Harry's behavior toward Snape justifiable?

Millicent rules!



CoS 12: The Polyjuice Potion

( Dumbledore the manipulator, Harry's lack of trust, Harry & Ron's lack of morality, and a tiny but inevitable Peter!squee. )

Immediately, his insides started writhing as though he'd just swallowed live snakes -- doubled up, he wondered whether he was going to be sick -- then a burning sensation spread rapidly from his stomach to the very ends of his fingers and toes. Next, bringing him gasping to all fours, came a horrible melting feeling, as the skin all over his body bubbled like hot wax, and before his eyes, his hands began to grow, the fingers thickened, the nails broadened and the knuckles were bulging like bolts. His shoulders stretched painfully and a prickling on his forehead told him that hair was creeping down towards his eyebrows; his robes ripped as his chest expanded like a barrel bursting its hoops; his feet were agony in shoes four sizes too small...
As suddenly as it had started, everything stopped. (162)

My. Favorite. Part.

JKR's done something wonderful here -- created an exaggerated metaphor for adolescence. Harry and Ron become (grotesquely) masculine, to their pain, horror, and wonder. Hermione, meanwhile, turns into a pussy (thanks to idlerat for pointing that out)! :D

There's a fic, 'Know Your Enemy' (R, Harry-as-Goyle/Ron-as-Crabbe) by donnaimmaculata, that extends and plays with this concept in what I found to be a delightful way. Donna does exactly what JKR does, but turns the sexual implications literal in a way JKR can't.

( and a bit about Draco. )

Previous re-read posts are here.

CoS 12

Remember mctabby's friending frenzy?

It's back!

My own flist is so full it wants cutting, but all you super-great people who are new to the fandom should jet on over. It's like a debutante ball! With gay sex!

Also, anyone in HP who doesn't have mctabby friended is either loony, or merely ignorant of her greatness.

---

From Chapter 11:

What house was Lockhart in?

Is Goyle the smart one? / Is Harry's behavior toward Snape justifiable?

Millicent rules!



CoS 12: The Polyjuice Potion

( Dumbledore the manipulator, Harry's lack of trust, Harry & Ron's lack of morality, and a tiny but inevitable Peter!squee. )

Immediately, his insides started writhing as though he'd just swallowed live snakes -- doubled up, he wondered whether he was going to be sick -- then a burning sensation spread rapidly from his stomach to the very ends of his fingers and toes. Next, bringing him gasping to all fours, came a horrible melting feeling, as the skin all over his body bubbled like hot wax, and before his eyes, his hands began to grow, the fingers thickened, the nails broadened and the knuckles were bulging like bolts. His shoulders stretched painfully and a prickling on his forehead told him that hair was creeping down towards his eyebrows; his robes ripped as his chest expanded like a barrel bursting its hoops; his feet were agony in shoes four sizes too small...
As suddenly as it had started, everything stopped. (162)

My. Favorite. Part.

JKR's done something wonderful here -- created an exaggerated metaphor for adolescence. Harry and Ron become (grotesquely) masculine, to their pain, horror, and wonder. Hermione, meanwhile, turns into a pussy (thanks to idlerat for pointing that out)! :D

There's a fic, 'Know Your Enemy' (R, Harry-as-Goyle/Ron-as-Crabbe) by donnaimmaculata, that extends and plays with this concept in what I found to be a delightful way. Donna does exactly what JKR does, but turns the sexual implications literal in a way JKR can't.

( and a bit about Draco. )

Previous re-read posts are here.