Well, let's not forget.. it's someone's b-day today!

[my_thestral]

And yes, it's you, Auror Potter! A very happy 35, lovely, and put a 1 in front of it, of course! Who wouldn't love this stern, cool face, just look at it - sex in a uniform if there ever was one! :D

Silly thestral is silly, but hey, how's that any different from any other day and any other thestral you know?! :D Oh, and an equally happy first half of a century to the "mother" that introduced you to this world, J.K. Rowling! We love you, gal! :)

Comments

[my_thestral]

Heh, hm... so who is your favourite Weasley? Charlie? Oh, hell, who's your favourite character overall? :)
LOL, I totally need to come and see the sweaty Santas now, I'm surprised they make the effort! :D

[besamislabios]

My favorites are often the ones I've read most, so when it comes to the Weasleys, I'd say definitely Charlie, (and I ship him with about anyone) followed closely by Ron, then Bill, the twins, Ginny (i like her in femslash pairings), Percy... in next gen, I love Hugo, sadly not written enough. ;)

Then of course I love Harry and Draco and Harry/Draco, not necessarily exclusively. I can read Draco with almost anyone, but not Harry. I love Harry and Ron but as friends only!

and you already know my love for the next gen characters. I think it comes from the fact that many of the fics I read when I first got into the HP fandom were next gen fics. I saw them on my flist all the time, they were written quite often, there were more fests with those characters too.

[my_thestral]

Oh, wow, you ship so many! :) That must give you a lot to read. I'm much more narrow in my interests. I barely read any het - occasionally Ron/Pansy or Rose/Scorpius and I only wrote one het, a very short - and innocent, heh - Ron/Hermione. Het is not so much my thing.
When it comes to slash ships, I like Ron/Draco the best, closely followed by Ron/Harry. I find these two ships totally different, ergo interesting - the dynamics is worlds apart. And then there's Bill/Charlie and maybe Sirius/James or Sirius/Regulus - but I'm not really a Marauders' girl - and then this is nearly it!
And when it comes to next gen, I'll read almost anything, my favourite being - surprise surprise - Hugo and Scorpius. I totally agree that Hugo is not around nearly enough (I have to make an effort to fix that! ;))
I think I started as a Ron/Harry girl, but once I discovered Ron/Draco, that really got me going! :)

[besamislabios]

That's what I love about HP, there's more than a few ships, there's a whole navy! It makes everything more interesting and lasting too. I know I would get bored reading the one ship, I mean I can do that for a few years but not forever. :)

[my_thestral]

Oh, I totally agree! Though I cannot warm up to the Giant Squid/Hagrid pairing ;), I like all the variety out there. I haven't been in fandom long enough to actually tire of my favourite ship - and the fact that there isn't that much of it around also helps - but I like to broaden my horizons and I'd sometimes read outside of my usual choices just to gain some fresh perspective and admire the idea or its execution on its own, not influenced by my love for the pairing. Agreed, variety is one of the coolest things in the HP fandom! :)