Catalina Royce

A pre-HPB essay on the similarities between Draco and Blaise in canon. My first essay. ^_^" Also posted at Quiescence

( When Black Is The New Blonde )

So, Draca updated and finished her fic! And she's already written another fic, too. >.< Well, colour me lazy. I feel guitly now; there she is putting out 10,000 word chapters [or however long they are] each week! And there I am; having not updated in over three months. A distinctly bad habit. I'm not even finished Chapter 3 of Avarice yet, which is so slack.

So, yes. Must make a concerted effort to write more. Avarice is now 6,000 words and I still haven't finished the third chapter; not even close, heh.

Oh! And remind me to write the challenge fics from Qiana. Otherwise she'll have my throat. Though how I write a humerous Oliver/Ginny fic, I'm still not sure;  humour isn't my strong point. *shrugs* I'll find a way, I'm sure. Anyway, I'll stop my yabbering and start writing..

Current Number of Fanfiction To Be Written in the List: 29
Currently Written Fanfiction: 3
Currently Writing: Avarice, Chapter Three

My lj wedding by chynafox
username
age
city
you will marry	dementedraconis
flower girl	dementedraconis
best man	dementedraconis
bridesmaid	dementedraconis
you will have your last fling with	dementedraconis
registrar	dementedraconis
secretly wants to marry you themself	dementedraconis
date of the wedding	May 24, 2006
number of times you do it on your wedding night	29
Quiz created with MemeGen!

*laughs* Obviously, I don't have enough friends.

Which Harry Potter male did you have an erotic night with? by forsaken_dreams
Name
Age
Boy	Ron
Where is happend	The dungeons
Who saw it	colin creevy
Your punishment	lick sweat off snapes balls
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Oooh! Punish me! *laughs again*

Draca updated her story! Yay! She is my goddess! Although, like I said in the almost in-coherant review, I'm really getting worried. I certianly hope that they defeat Voldemort and such.

And oooh! I completely just finished doing the drawing for Unexpected. It's not brilliant, andI had to dumb down the tattoo a bit because it was too busy, but I'm pretty happy with it.

I finally started chapter three of Avarice, which is good. I'm pretty glad about that, heh.

Anyway, another survey...

My Girl Ginny...

Most Favored Characteristic ~ Innocent/Tricky/Sly
Follows Canon or Fanon? ~ Canon-ish
Likes ~ Harry
But someone else likes her ~ Nope.
In the end she'll end up with ~ Draco
Because ~ She just can't help herself.
She will live ~ As long as I want her to.
She will die because of ~ Whatever I wish.
What else about her? ~ She is sweet, darling, Gryffindor who isn't as sweet as she comes across and who definately has thorns.
That's my girl Ginny.

Current Number of Fanfiction To Be Written in the List: 26
Currently Written Fanfiction: 3
Currently Writing: Avarice, Chapter Three.

Was going to go through and bold each of these. Will do it later.

 

1) Your HP nickname: Catalina Royce 
2) Do you write fanfiction: Well that's a no brainer. 
3) Draw fanart: Sometimes. Sort of. I'm trying to improve myself, lol. 
4) Review much: Rarely. Only Draca's stuff, I think. And the stuff of people I know. 
5) Read too many fics: Nope, not really. Too lazy. One-shots mainly, so it goes quickly. 
6) Favorite house: Slytherin is good. Well, not in a good way, but in a "Oh-my-god-I-want-to-cover-you-in-jello-then-eat-it-all-off" kind of way.. 
7) Favorite Gryffindor student: Old gen or new? In the new; Ginny, hands down. In the old; all of the Mauraders, Lily, erm...that's about it. 
8) Favorite Slytherin student: Draco Malfoy and Blaise Zabini. < Agreed 
9) Favorite Ravenclaw student: I quite like Luna.
10) Favorite Hufflepuff student: Zacharias Smith? Is he Hufflepuff? 
11) Favorite teacher: Severus, Umbridge or McGonagall, simply because they're all slightly scary, lol. But in different ways! 
12) Favorite overall character: Ginny, hands down. With Draco and Blaise and Tom coming in second. 
13) Favorite adult: Remus. It makes me sad to know all his friends are gone. 
14) Canon/fanon Draco: Both! Snotty, arrogant, bratty, powerful, hot young men turn me on! *cough* 
15) Canon/fanon Snape: Both. 
16) Voldemort or Dumbledore: Mm...Dumbledore 'cause I like him, Voldemort's more interesting, though. 
17) Cho, annoying or not: Not annoying as such. Except for the crying.
 
Shipping:
 
18) Your OTP: Draco/Ginny.  
19) Other ships you sail: Whoo...let's see. Draco/Ginny, Ginny/Blaise, James/Lily, Ginny/James, Lily/Draco [Don't ask!], Ginny/Tom, Lily/Remus, Lily/Tom, Draco/Ginny/Harry, Draco/Ginny/Tom, Draco/Ginny/Blaise, Ginny/Lucius [I know, I know...] and even, believe it or not, Ginny/Harry, Ron/Hermione, and sometimes I can stomach Harry/Hermione. Basically, if it has Ginny in it, I'm all for it! 
20) Intriguing ships: Ginny/Any Slytherin, Ginny/Anybody.
21) Unimpressive ships: *shrug* I only pay attention to the ships I like. 
22) Hated ships: Hermione/Draco! What are they thinking?? And slash, too. I don't like Slash unless it's a threesome with a girl.  
23) Het, slash or femmeslash: Het.
24) H/Hr or R/Hr: R/Hr. They are a OTP. 
25) D/Hr or D/G: D/G! D/Hr just squicks me out!! 
26) H/D or H/SS: One word; neither.
27) Older gen, younger gen or cross-gen: Younger, usually. Although I do like MWPP, so...all?

  
Fanfiction:
 
28) Canon or AU: Canon. A fanatic, I am. At least when it comes to writing. As for reading fanfiction...I don't mind, as long as it's good. 
29) Fluff or angst: Both. 
30) Darkfic: Excellent if written correctly.  
31) OOC or IC: IC, usually. It really just depends. 
32) SuddenlyVeryPowerful!Harry: NO NO NO NO!!! 
33) One-shot or chaptered: Short-chaptered usually. Maybe 6 chapter story. Novella! 
34) Novel-length: Novella! 
35) Gen, het or slash: Het. 
36) Drabbles: Intriguing. When they're well done, they can be quite intense. (The person who answered this before me wrote this, and I agree.) < I also agree. 
37) SuddenlyVerySexy!Draco: What do you mean 'suddenly'???? Draco has ALWAYS BEEN and will ALWAYS BE the sexiest thing to walk the earth! < Agreed. 
38) Fanfiction Pet Peeves: No formatting. Craps me off, I tells ya. 
39) Canon or Fanon: Both! 
40) Many ships in one fic: Depends on who and how < Also agreed.
 
Books:
 
59) Cried for Cedric: Yeap.
60) Cried for Sirius: Yes. Completely. I swear, I'm in Sirius Denial.
61) Dark or Light Side: In canon, light. In fanon, both. ^_^ 
62) Did the explanation of the prophecy satisfy you: Not really. I think there's more too it than just that. I think Harry's going to die, now. 
63) Which character(s) needs some more development: The Slytherins. Another easy one.
 
Fanart:
 
64) Favorite artist(s): Art Dungeon
65) Favorite drawing style: Probably realism.
66) Love fanart of: The pairings I enjoy, and any of those characters on their own.  
67) Fanart Pet Peeves: Going through so many shitty pieces before finding anything good.  
68) Stick art: Eh. It's more geometry than art then, isn't it? It's good for proportions, though. 
69) Shiny: Oooh! Fun to play with! Shiny clothes are trippy! 
70) Anime/Manga style: If it's good. 
71) Realism: My favorite! 
72) Cartoon: If it's funny.  
73) Gen or shipped: Shipped!
 
Misc.:
 
74) Blaise's gender: BOY 
75) Tom Riddle's eye color: Red for Voldemort, Blue for Tom.
76) Luna fan: Yeap. 
77) OC's, done or not done: Depends. 
78) Liking Weasley ships with 'Flame' or 'Fire' in the name: Sure. But something original would be good. 
79) Weasley love: YES. But not, you know...together...'cause ew.
80) Malfoy love: OH, SWEET GODS, YES!!!! 
81) Potter love: Yeap. Let's face it, I'm just into love generally. *wink* 
82) Is Lucius really 49: That's what the Daily Prophet said. < Where did it say that? *is lost*
83) Brilliant ship name (Don't need to ship it, though!): No clue. 
84) Plain stupid ship name: Again, no clue. 
85) Voldemort. Bald. Yes or no: Voldemort? Yes. With scabby patches. Tom, no. 
86) The power He-Knows-Not and the power that saved Harry is: Love, or some such rubbish. Something like that. 
87) Your view on Hufflepuff-ies: Awww...look, you can poke 'em with a stick! No, I love my Huffies! *huggles them*  
88) Should Ron say 'Bloody Brilliant' more then once: Um, I guess.. 
89) Hermione. Pretty. Am I right?: Quite plain, but with a few redeeming features. 
90) Best HP fanfic ever: Unexpected! Absolutely fabulous! 
91) Rec the 2nd best, too: No clue. When I find one I'll tell you.  
92) Did HP change your life dramatically: Yeap. 
93) Marauders: Oh, god yes! 
94) Prongs, Moony, Padfoot or Wormtail: Padfoot, Mooney, Prongs. I like writing about Wormtail, though. 
95) Could Lily have been an animagus too: No. 
96) What animal Lily would've been: I said no. 
97) Did Harry pass his Potions' O.W.L.s: Sure, why not?
98) Did Ron: Lol. Just barely.
99) Is Harry going to die or will he survive: Die, I think. Even though kids all over the world will commit mass suicide. 
100) What gives you the most warm fuzzies in your stomach in the whole HP-verse: Draco/Ginny fluff -- right when you think everything's cupt and then there's this single kind word and the kiss and *melts* Sooo good. 

 So, I finally started to continue Avarice, after a long period of writer's block. I'd edited it, of course, but it wasn't until I went to England that I did much at all. I added descriptions of some of the characters, and changed some parts to make them less melodramatic, and I've worked on the plot to fill some of those gaping holes that were there before. I only have to write three more chapters, and my little 5 chapter baby is done, and then I'll post it. After it's been beta-ed, of course. I'm really excited about Avarice, because it's probably one of the best things I've written in the HP fandom, or at all, as a matter of fact.

I think when I finish it, I'll probably get really nervous about it, because I've said so much about the fact that I think it's great, but that's just my opinion. What if it isn't any good at all, and I'm just deluding myself?

On another note, Dracademented [Have to get her name one day; feels wierd calling her that] is asking for someone to draw fanart, and I sent out a tentative volunteer. I did do that hand, heh, and I've been drawing since then, which means I should be able to do it. I wish I had a decent paint program again, because then I could actually colour the stupid picture. It looks so good in my sketchbook, but my scanner completely washed the colour out, which sucks. I'd really love to draw a fanart of Ginny's tattoo, with the blades and the infinity and the roses and snakes; be a fantastic picture if it was done correctly...

I'm still working on the Myth of Innocence Alternate Ending. I'm almost finished, I think. The ending is written, but I have to get to the ending, if that makes sense. I should also have some more stuff up on Quiescence soon, I hope. I want to do the Alternate before I put up the extras section.

I keep a list of fanfiction that I want to write, and whenever I get a new idea -- for a one-shot, a full story, a half-story or whatever, I add it to the list to keep track of what I want to write. I re-arrange the list when I feel like writing a story over another, because I work down the list. Unfortunately, at the moment, most of the pieces are one-shots -- about 12 are one shots. But I like them and I think they're good, so that's okay, heh.

Anyway, that's the latest update.

Current Number of Fanfiction To Be Written in the List: 26
Currently Written Fanfiction: 3
Currently Writing: Avarice, Chapter Three.

Warning: Possible Spoilers Ahead

I saw Prisoner of Azkaban today, and I must say that it is the best Harry Potter movie out so far. It's by a new director, Alfonso Cuaron. It's fantastic in my opinion. While there were definate set changes -- they're a lot different to the first to movies -- I didn't particularly see that as a bad thing. The giant clock was a wonderful addition, and the courtyard was fantastic.

At first I wasn't sure about the casting of Gary Oldman as Sirius Black. But he came across as real. Not quite as hot as I imagined Sirius would be -- let's face it, Sirius is sexy -- but Oldman did a good job of characterising Black. I thought that some of the lines were fantastically done, heh. It was really heart wrenching to see some of it.

I'm not sure I agree with the casting of David Thewlis as Lupin, though. Personally, it isn't how I imagine him at all. For one thing, in my mind, Lupin has mid-light brown hair, while Thewlis' was quite dark. He also had a moustache, which I didn't like. Not a big one, but there was one. I didn't much imagine his voice like that either, but it was well done. The bridge scene was fantastic -- one could really feel the emotion that Lupin was describing.

They really took some liberties with the script this time. It was a lot more daring than the last films in the fact that it swapped and changed, and added more in. For instance the bridge scene definately added another dimension to Lupin's character that isn't in the books, and I think perhaps this is the foreshadowing that Rowling talks about...?

Of course, as a part-time R/Hr shipper, I loved the inferences in there. The hand grab, and the way she turns to him when Buckbeak 'dies' is all really well done. Sometimes I get quite worried that it will turn out to be Harry/Hermione in the books, but I honestly don't think it will. I think Harry doesn't see her as a girl enough for him to develop feelings for her, where Ron and Hermione both sort of click very well. But that's just my thoughts, heh.

The only part I didn't really like was the beginning, because I felt that it didn't really portray the emotions very well. It jumped a lot, and it didn't emphasise the importance of Harry not losing his temper -- thus keeping it bottled up, the reason he ended up...you know...blowing up Aunt Marge.

Other than that, I thought the movie was fantastic. Well done to all the cast and crew members, heh. I'm definately going to buy these ones, and I hope that the next film is just as good.

This Journal will hopefully work in conjunction with everything else. It's going to be HP related only, which should make it easy -- I know there are several Harry Potter posts that I wanted to put somewhere and didn't know where!