girlofprey

Been reading Harry Potter and the Blood Prince. About a third of the way through, and liking it really. The style is a bit Enid Blyton-ish and off-putting, and I don't always know what's going on, but I like the setting and I like the characters. So much I can happily see het or slash any number of pairings. Perhaps I am betraying my slash-roots, but it's probably just the sign of a good book.

None of these pairings will involve Harry though.

Some thoughts:

Okay, Harry is an actual jackass. Seriously. I quite liked him at first, when he was all nervous with his family and helping Dumbledore, but then...I read more. Does he actually have any emotions other than hatred and suspicion? Doesn't care if he dies so long as he can kill Death Eaters? Nice sentiment, JK. He's hoping for 'another death' regarding Snape? Well, he's going to get that...>:)...

And he cheats at Potions.

The slytherins, on the other hand, wholeheartedly kick ass, and I love them. I knew that canon!Draco was different from fanon!Draco, but he was still cool in a believable, I'm-a-toff-and-my-father-just-been-put-in-jail sort of way. I probably shouldn't have been happy when the 'hero' was paralysed, had his nose broken and was abandoned on a train...but I was.

Ginny really quite a whore.

Narcissa, on the other hand, is my new hero. Hurrah for fuck-everything-else maternity!

Merope comes in a close second though.

I sense a number of fics/series'/sites called Amortentia on the horizon.

If what I heard about Snape being the Half-Blood Prince is true, then the whole potions-book thing is really quite slashy. A lot. Particularly the part where other people can't decipher the handwriting as well as Harry. Yes.

Time-travelling Draco/Morfin slash, anyone?

I'm going to have to read the rest of the series now. Dammit.

Things I need:

An icon of Wesley looking particularly slinky and researchery with 'Big Dog' on the bottom.

An icon of Angel proclaiming him as 'Angel the Soulinator', with '(check out all his majesty...)' on the bottom (I love you Trogdor!)

And, having watched I've Got You Under My Skin, an icon of Samara/Sadako/The Ring with 'Circle, angry, kill, kill, kill, we get it already!' randomly spread about :D

Is it true that Photoshop software costs about $500? Jesus, if so.