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We don't make this stuff up.

Two-thirds of the way through GoF. I think I'm gonna make it this time! A couple of random things:

'Nice socks, Potter,' Moody growled as he passed, his magical eye staring through Harry's robes.

'Oh -- yeah, Dobby the house-elf knitted them for me,' said Harry, grinning.

'He is so creepy!' Parvati whispered, as Moody clunked away. 'I don't think that eye should be allowed!'

(GoF 365 UK paperback)

Emphasis mine. I'm with you, Parvati. o_O

The ropes of weed tying the hostages to the statue were thick, slimy and very strong. For a fleeting second [Harry] thought of the knife Sirius had brought him for Christmas -- locked in his trunk in the castle a quarter of a mile away, no use to him whatsoever.

(432-433)

Okay, WHAT is up with this? The knife, the mirror -- agh! JKR, what are you doing?

When I've finished the book, I'm sure I'll have more to say, but I don't want to get ahead of myself.

Also, I've just realized how you can make a two hour movie out of GoF: Ditch the first two Tasks.

[EDIT: Oh, I wanted to say -- happy birthday, Neville!]

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Hee - the Moody scene is on my shortlist of things I'd love to see in the movie, along with the bit of Snape, Filch and Moody all out in their pyjamas. A plea to the director: less Harry/Cho, more homoerotic subtext.

All the books have their moments, but I've been staggered at the amount of homoerotic and other sexual subtext in GoF. The Harry/Ron! The Harry/Cedric! The wand-polishing! The Moody!Crouch/EVERY MALE STUDENT!

...and I haven't even got to the part where Peter ties Harry up.

Also, we can't forget the Snape/Karkaroff - all that lovely tension, and the way arguing wtih him makes Snape want to hex the petting couples out of the rosebushes. And you know, the first time I read GoF, I was certain there was a nod to Bill Weasley being gay: Long hair, earring, urged by his mother to settle down, and the only male who doesn't seem affected by Fleur's charms. Then OotP came out and shattered my illusions.

There should be much with the Snape/Karkaroff, yes indeed. But I was slightly overwhelmed with the Harry/Ron in that scene. The way Snape's all "You het couples! Stop getting it on! *turns to Ron and Harry* And what are YOU two doing?"

Eeee.

And, see, his mind is only in the gutter when he looks at Ron and Harry because his mind is dwelling on his torrid youthful affair with Igor.

jeddy83 has dubbed this pairing 'Snark' - I think I like it :-P

Now why did you have to put THAT image into my mind? (Peter tying Harry up)

You're bad for me, you know that?

Ahhh, homoerotic Moodyness. 'Tis the spice of life. Even if it is that little bastard Barty.

Yes, but Barty did his homework well, and knew that to successfully pull off the Moody disguise, he too had to act like a gruff old queen. Or else Dumbledore would be suspicious.

Oh, very true. Very, very true. I suppose his overwhelming queerness must have put the matter entirely out of Albus' mind.

~Becky, who is all a-squee with the Queer!Moody love for she is writing Moolciber this very second ;)

Staffroom conversation:

McGonagall: Has something struck you as slightly...off about Alastor Moody?
Dumbledore: Nothing that I've noticed.
Hooch: I caught him peeping through Potter's robes at the Yule Ball.
Dumbledore: You see, Minerva? Everything's perfectly fine.

Have I ever mentioned how much I love you?

Hee - the feeling's much mutual. And your icon never fails to ~~excite~~ amuse.

Nomenclature issue: Alastor is not fem enough to be a queen. Alastor is a bear and a daddy and I'm quite sure he's a leatherman, but he's not a queen. When

biichan and I write them, it's Mulciber that's the queen. (Actually Mulciber is the Empress, he outqueens most queens. There's a reason his journal's called

imperialwhisper above and beyond his favourite spell.)

I'm also pretty sure Moody switches, because those gruff types always love it when you flip them.

I'm also pretty sure Moody switches, because those gruff types always love it when you flip them.

*giggle* Am now tempted to write something where Moody's endlessly trying to hide his little queenish tendencies, and gives it up as a loss when Kingsley goes all alpha-male and pounces on him :-P

You might as well provide the text to go with

fiendling's illustration.

Seriously, though, a queen is like that guy on Queer Eye for the Straight Guy, a boy (even if he's 60) who gets men to do for him like a Southern belle, drops handkerchiefs and sends them running and thinks he's in charge of the world. Queens are dramatic in a different way from Moody. It's an attitude, not a top/bottom thing. Mulciber is a queen but I wouldn't call him submissive. He doesn't need his favourite spell; he knows where all of Alastor's buttons and strings are (which is all the more remarkable since he can barely manage his own buttons and laces).

They don't have to dress up in drag either. Dylan would hate having to wear women's clothes.

Yes, yes, I know Moody's much too butch to be a queen in the 'fabulous' sense - but in common parlance, the word is often idly used to denote any gay man. But if you'd prefer, next time I'll just stick to 'gentleman of the robe-lifting persuasion' :-P

Sorry. I live within walking distance of Castro Street in San Francisco. :) It, um, sinks in.

And this is yet another reason I'm damn well going to find a way to visit you next summer :)

Oh, a bay area visit, eh? Make sure you stop by Berkeley too. :)

Sure! If we have time, anyway. SF's a big place, ya know :)

I know what you mean - I spent too many of my formative years on Toronto's Church Street. I dig the lingo - I know my bears from my breeders, my chickens from my chasers - but 'queen' still seems fair game for me. And is even more amusing to use in the context of Moody, who's probably the last character any non-slasher would ever imagine to be gay :-P

I shall never understand this. He's so obviously queer that I can't get how anyone would think he wouldn't.

Then again SKJAM thinks he's got a thing for old widow women, so I suppose people will think everyone. (But Scott has odd notions period so I don't know if he counts.)

Hee - you know, I can kind of see Moody as the type to bring flowers around to some recently fallen Auror's widow. But then again, I'd much rather see him rattling the bedframe with big buff Kingsley Shacklebolt. And of course the enjoyable thing about Moody is that he's unlikely to get a love interest in the books, so we can slash away to our heart's content.

Oh, that's the BEST part about him. :D :D :D

I second Kiri's idea. That's a DAMN lovely picture and I'd really, really, REALLY like to read the story of how it happened :)

Exactement mon amie, exactement.

Did you see the bit on her site where she said the mirror would be important in the next two books?

I want an eye like that.

Yeah, I know it's supposed to be important... I'm just getting increasingly puzzled by Sirius's role in Harry's life. Sirius never _helps_ him. He tries, but is randomly prevented. There's also a bit in GoF where Sirius is trying to give Harry advice on one of the tasks, and is cut off just as he's going to say it. It's just interesting, because Sirius is allegedly a father figure, but he's never given Harry any solid advice or tangible help.

Well he told Harry to tell Dumbledore whenever his scar hurt. Which Harry listened to... once. >_> And he got permission to go to Hogsmede.. the ability to do his homework in his room... Oh! And he gives him a shiny Firebolt. That's got to count for something.

Erk.. poor Sirius.. looking back on his life-after-Azkaban... it didn't help Harry very much. His purpose was just being a plot device to make Harry get upset over... >_<

Sirius is allegedly a father figure, but he's never given Harry any solid advice or tangible help.

*ponders*
Maybe...maybe he's meant to be a contrast to another "father figure" in Harry's life, someone who has always been there for him even if he doesn't realize it. *cough*Snape*cough*
J.K. did say that part of the reason Sirius had to die was so that another character could get closer to Harry...

J.K. did say that part of the reason Sirius had to die was so that another character could get closer to Harry...

And I bet it's..it's...Remus!

Because, you know, Snape just hates the air that boy breathes in.

*has an attack of the giggles at the idea of the Triwizard Tornament with only one task*

I think the film would be lacking something...

The "tri" bit is because it's three schools. :P

They could combine aspects of the tasks into one event. Either that or ditch the Harry/Cho subplot, that certainly wouldn't raise any qualms from me...

I know that. But it would still be a pretty silly Tornament with only one task! Hardly a Tornament - more a short event!

I would have expected them to ditch Harry/Cho but they obviously aren't intending to as they've cast Cho. Which suggests that they are likely to keep the Yule Ball although I wouldn't if I was doing it in one movie. The tasks are more important than a dance.

*gives up trying to understand Steve Kloves mind*

Ahh.. but the Harry/Cho subplot is hilarious. Harry is so clueless... yes, I should stop now before I start rambling on about H/Hrism... O.o

I am not a shipper by any means, but I feel strangely compelled to point out that the H/Hrism in GoF is entirely composed of references to H/Hr being untrue and absurd (which I only mention because I just noticed it in the current re-read).

Or perhaps that's what you meant. :)

>_> -forces self not so comment-

It is rather hysterical.

What's H/Hrism? Harry/Hermioneism? *confused*

Yes. I could never work out why the shippers decided to abbreviate it that way, 'cause, you know... Harry has an R in it too. o_O

All the name things are puzzling. Would "S" be Snape, Sirius or Sybil?

Yeah. And if you write SS/PP, you're not sure if Snape is getting up to things with Peter Pettigrew, Poppy Pomfrey, Padma Patil, or Parvati Patil. But that'd be JKR's fault.

-nodnod- H/Hr = Harry/Hermione H/Hrism = Harry/Hermione-ism.

I think I understand. Although quite what it has to do with Cho/Harry I don't know. (I nearly wrote Cho/Hermione then! My friend has curropted me!)

If anything, they'll beef up the Harry/Cho subplot. *abused glare at movie industry*

Also, combined tasks? It would be like...Triwizard Deathmatch! Watch as our champions complete a series of events, each more strenuous than the last! See them swim! Fight dragons! Eat hippogriff intestines! Erm...

The poor plot of GoF is confusing and dragging enough.

and, also, can't you just imagine?
Voldemort: And then I went to the forests of Albania. And then I lurked in the pastures of Bulgaria. And THEN I ate a cheese sandwich...or was it bacon? Anyway, and THEN I read 'Exposition for Evil Overlords 101', and THEN...
Audience: *snores lightly*

yes but picture this:

Ralph-Fiennes-as-Voldemort: And then I went to the forests of Albania. And then I lurked in the pastures of Bulgaria. And THEN I ate a cheese sandwich...or was it bacon? Anyway, and THEN I read 'Exposition for Evil Overlords 101', and THEN...

Audience: *eyes glazed over* Whatever you say, My Lord.

(am i just a wee bit overexcited at the possibility? >:})

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