Prophecy, Entry Eight. Summaries: Friday.

[valis2]

Friday

Snupin!

Yes, it was time for the Snupin Meetup! In attendance: chinae, fedzgurl, kittehkat, ebonyserpent, karasu_hime, unsymbolic, marginaliana, xterm, julian_black, kaleva, and someone whose name ends with "sri." Sorry, I couldn't read her tag.

It was a great meeting. We ended up at Timothy's World Café, sipping on coffee and eating pastries, and we sat for about two hours and discussed all sorts of Snupiny things. It was quite wonderful, though several of us had to leave about a quarter of the way through.

Someone--Xterm, perhaps?--mentioned that someone had researched many different fandoms' mpreg stories, and found that Snape was the protaganist of many mpreg stories. Even more than Mulder. I know, hard to believe. Still, it was interesting to discuss why; some thought it was because Snape was such a dark, bitter character, and mpreg could be used to soften the rough edges.

I think it was Margina who said that Remus is passive-aggressive, and Severus is aggressive-aggressive. *grins* That was also an interesting conversation, involving Remus's characterization during DH, and several pointed out that Remus likes to conceal, likes to be liked.

Pet peeves of Snupin? Let's see. Some of us don't like Marauders!era fics; badly spelled fics; the clumsy disposal of Tonks; unrealistic first-time sex. Some of us don't like the use of clichéd phrases like "scrabbling for purchase," or "orbs" for eyes. Also, wolfy!Remus can be a turnoff, which his super sense of smell and/or strength. Also, a flying unicorn animagus form is right out.

Beloved clichés? Snily; Snape searching for a werewolf cure; the mate-to-live stories; Severus coming back from a DE meeting all roughed up, and Remus taking care of him. That last one might have been mine.

We talked about prompts for fest fics, and I found out something new; fanartists who enter fests can end up with fic-oriented prompts, which are nearly impossible to draw. Scenarios with continuous action are very difficult to put together. I never thought of that before, mostly because I only ask for fic; there are so few fanartists in comparison that I don't want to "hog" them, personally.

Lunch with Julian.

Three basilisk glares later, I managed to see the last bit of a Steve Vanderark presentation. Mostly the Q&A portion. Which brings me to the thought...why do some of the questions not sound like questions at all? Why do they circle and circle and go nowhere? If I were approaching a microphone, I'd put together a succinct question, I think. I'd be too terrified to just babble on and on. Or maybe I'd end up babbling on and on because I'd get nervous. Ah, I just answered my own question.

Then off to catch the end of a Closing Canon panel with titti, bethbethbeth, snapetoy, cordelia_v, and someone whose name I didn't catch (ETA: it was amelia_eve--thanks, ziasudra_fic). They're all quite fun, so it was interesting to listen to them answer questions.

I tried to sit through a bit of the artist workshop with cathbites and glockgal, but I am just not an artist at all, and ended up leaving.

I went up and dressed up in my costume--I was Stella Amethyst, the drummer for the Hobgoblins (Stubby Boardman's band). I had a black witch's hat with an "A" on it (Anarchy/Amethyst), a big coat with lots of safety pins on it and a Hobgoblins logo I made myself on the back (and black flames around the hem, made with a Sharpie), black boots, ripped-up jeans with safety pins on them, drumsticks with electrical tape, and a few chains for good measure. I used sandpaper to rip everything up and put some wear and tear on it. I also wore an electric blue wig.

Well, just like everything I do, it backfired. Not only was the costume too obscure (despite the logo), but no one recognized me--even as valis. Also, most people seemed to assume I was Tonks! I walked up to OhGoddess and chatted with her, and she didn't figure out who I was until later. In fact, she looked like she was inching away while I was talking. Even Julian did a double take. So I wandered around, lonely and feeling silly. I should have worn it in the morning, maybe. I don't know. I'm still trying to figure out the best day to wear something like that, and not interfere with my own picture-taking.

Plus I was wearing sunglasses, and was completely blind. I couldn't tell which elevator had arrived. And I couldn't see anyone that I knew to say hi, unless I was literally right on top of them.

There were poster sessions later, and Margina's session was about wizard rock and filk songs. I'm still trying to figure out the wizard rock thing. I'm just not into it; I've never been into musical comedy. Maybe I'll find some angsty death wizard metal and that'll hook me.

Anneke's awesome Seven Deadly Sins, Seven DADA Teachers poster was really, really thought-provoking. She was talking non-stop, and it was fascinating.

Margina and I sat in the lobby for a while, and there was a German woman with her children who wanted to know if the Trio died in book 7, because then she wouldn't read it. She told us not to worry, her kids did not speak English, so we could tell her. That would have been a great opportunity to tell her that Harry gets turned into a fish and then gets eaten by the Giant Squid, but I resisted it.

At the Snarry meetup, I dragged Julian and Gmonkey along. It was held in the basement of a restaurant, and not everyone could squeeze in; some ended up eating upstairs. Everyone stood up one at a time and introduced themselves. There were prizes and a trivia contest (Julian made up her own answers).

Then Gmonkey and I raced off to watch the GoF movie. She changed into her Gilderoy pajamas, and we had a terrific time. Except for shrill!Hermione, who drove me crazy. Also, there was someone there being very annoying---kept walking back and forth through the room, up onto the stage next to the screen, back to a seat, then to another seat further back, etc.

Someone kept shouting "Toothbrush" every time Karkaroff was onscreen.

Someone kept shouting "Me Krum" every time Krum was onscreen. (Gmonkey added, "Krum smash!")

Then Gmonkey, Julian and I went for drinks at the bar, where Julian informed me that maraschino cherries are the devil's work, and she can't stand the competition.

Comments

[verdenia.livejournal.com]

Sweet. I wanted to attend the Snupin meetup, but was kept up late by the DrunklePuff [kitteh kat] and Gmonkey...we were talking in the lobby till it was getting light out [which I didn't realize until I was walking past the waterfall area and saw the sky]...got back to my room 6ish. whoops. ;p

Hee...okay, I was just working on my Prophecy writeup and need a break... ;p
I wish I could have seen the poster sessions, but oh well. ;p

[valis2.livejournal.com]

The Snupin meetup was so much fun! I enjoyed it immensely.

The poster sessions were really thought-provoking! There was one about plastic surgery and Voldemort, too.