And she knew it was just a dream, of course. Despite what people muttered about her in the Hogwarts halls, she could tell dreams from reality, thanks very much. But it was nice to have Ginny with her in an unguarded moment.
“I’ll grant, that was pretty damn funny,” said Ginny. Fireworks were going off all around her and reflecting in the light of her eyes.
I’ve seen so many glorious Harry Potter headcanons drawn over the years, but I don’t think I’ve ever seen Luna (my favourite) portrayed as anything but white in fanart? Not that I’m not sure it’s happened somewhere, and probably much better done than this, but-
-here’s my shot at a WOC Luna, anyway. She’s not a painting, I want to stress that, she’s a manip. She’s made of lots of different pictures – her eyes are Lupita Nyong’o’s, for example, and her arm is Emma Watson’s, and her outfit is obviously Luna’s original outfit from Order of the Phoenix. I put all of ‘em together to make this, ran it through a lot of filters, and carefully used the smudge tool (a lot) to give it a painted sort of effect. (It’s an experiment I’ve tried before, actually.) Hopefully I captured her essential Lunaness.
tl;dr = here is Luna in a forest with a flower crown practising some wandless magic.
Favourite characters of 2011 (sticking to ‘active’ characters only- so no Marthas or Eowyns or Skywalkers, alas)
Rory Pond (Doctor Who): Because he’s a brave, loyal, flawed hero.
Amy Pond (Doctor Who): The exact same reasons except also she likes to dress as a pirate.
Mels Zucker/Melody Pond (Doctor Who): It took me a while to warm to River (I like her now, of course) but I liked Mels instantly- I don’t know why. Then I wrote a lot of fanfiction about her incredibly unorthodox childhood, thusly spending a lot of time in her head. Now I really love her.
Kelly Bailey (Misfits): Do I even need a reason for her? She is amazing. Kick-ass, loyal, confident, brave, beat up Nazis, headbutted Hitler.
Shaun the probation worker (Misfits): Obviously I wouldn’t want to spend any time with him in real life, in fact I’d hate his guts, but he was such a slimy, sleazy, magnificent bastard that I looked forward to his scenes most of all.
Marnie (Misfits): I deliberated for about twenty seconds whether to put Marnie or Nathan on the list, but it had to be Marnie, because she’s basically a female Nathan and is awesome.
Luna Lovegood (Harry Potter): I wish I was more like Luna. I’m slowly getting there.
Neville Longbottom (Harry Potter): There are a lot of badasses in the world. He’s the best.
FRYCROFT Mycroft Holmes (Sherlock Holmes): This is the most important man in the British government, who casually strolls naked round his house and flirts with the servants.
John Watson (Sherlock Holmes): Come on, it’s Watson!
Mary Watson (Sherlock Holmes): The unsung hero of A Game Of Shadows. Hey, it was her who actually translated all of Moriarty’s notebooks. And she knows how to handle a gun.
Rapunzel (Tangled): God she’s awesome. Hyper, childlike, creative, clever, and yet can fight when the chips are down.
Jodie ‘Scout’ Allen (Waterloo Road): Not many people know this, but I’m addicted to Waterloo Road. And she was my favourite of the kids. I dunno what exactly it was drew me to her…probably because she was treated appallingly by everyone, including her horrible mother, and came out swinging nonetheless.
Daniel Chalk (Waterloo Road): And he’s my favourite of the teachers. Look at his squishy face. I wish the romance between him and Janeece had worked out, bloke deserves a little happiness. Fun fact: Mark Benton was Clive in Rose.
Miranda Hart (Miranda): Okay, I know that there wasn’t actually a series of Miranda this year, but she did show up on the Michael McIntyre show and stuff, so she’s going in here. Also I want her for the Twelveth Doctor.
Sarah Jane Smith (The Sarah Jane Adventures): This should have been her year.
The International Women’s Day drabbles:
Insults -Luna (HP) for livii
Jealousy -Jackie and Trisha Delaney (Doctor Who) for aelie_baby
Past and Future -Gwyneth (Doctor Who) for tenebraeli
News -Rosie (Spider-Man 2) for chibisophia
Older -Sora (Digimon) for shandyla
Anniversary -Padme (Star Wars) for leia_nabarrie
…just because I like listing things.
Expect an icon post later- and more after that, because I’ve got a huge backlog of icons. :)
