Make it go away!
I think if I hear one more word about freaking Harry Potter and have to listen to more hysteria about spoilers, I may explode. It's bad enough that my flist is filled with posts from normally sane and rational people vowing to defriend and send ninja assassins against anyone who even so much as gives an emoticon as a reaction and kill all their family, but the excessiveness is now bleeding into other fandoms. And it is just a constant at work -- I swear, 75 percent of the copy in the past few days has been about Harry freaking Potter.
Before, I just didn't care about it. Now, I'm actively loathing it because I cannot escape it -- it's at work, at play, when I go out, when I turn on the TV. I need distraction (especially since we have two more HP stories filing today). I'm stealing a page from![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
cereta and asking you to tell me about a pairing you like, anything but a pairing from HP for the love of god, het, gen, or slash, whatever you like -- friendships, romance, love/hate... and tell me why you like it.
I will start off with Fraser and Ray Vecchio because that is on my mind quite a bit these past few days. I love them because they look past each others' flaws and see the person inside that a lot of people miss. When most people look at Benny, they see this gorgeous, studly, upstanding Mountie who's the epitome of smart and capable and polite. But Ray's seen the darker side of Fraser, the one that would fall for someone like Victoria, the one who'd throw a knife to shut someone up... the one who can resolutely face down danger and take on being ostracized from his own profession in order to do what he knows is right. Ray knows there's a much tougher and more damaged guy in there, and he accepts it without blinking. He knows that his Benny has much more inside him, and he acknowledges it without ever acknowledging it.
And Fraser for his part knows that Ray is a good cop, a strong cop, and not just this kind of silly goombah others think he is. He trusts Ray completely, no matter how much Ray complains, and knows that if push comes to shove, Ray will choose to do the right thing. Even when Ray is doing something relatively dishonest, Fraser has faith that the good will win out. Ray is his only true friend, and he understands the value of the trust and faith Ray put in him, right from the start. Yay, Fraser and Ray V.
You speak now.
Before, I just didn't care about it. Now, I'm actively loathing it because I cannot escape it -- it's at work, at play, when I go out, when I turn on the TV. I need distraction (especially since we have two more HP stories filing today). I'm stealing a page from
cereta and asking you to tell me about a pairing you like, anything but a pairing from HP for the love of god, het, gen, or slash, whatever you like -- friendships, romance, love/hate... and tell me why you like it. I will start off with Fraser and Ray Vecchio because that is on my mind quite a bit these past few days. I love them because they look past each others' flaws and see the person inside that a lot of people miss. When most people look at Benny, they see this gorgeous, studly, upstanding Mountie who's the epitome of smart and capable and polite. But Ray's seen the darker side of Fraser, the one that would fall for someone like Victoria, the one who'd throw a knife to shut someone up... the one who can resolutely face down danger and take on being ostracized from his own profession in order to do what he knows is right. Ray knows there's a much tougher and more damaged guy in there, and he accepts it without blinking. He knows that his Benny has much more inside him, and he acknowledges it without ever acknowledging it.
And Fraser for his part knows that Ray is a good cop, a strong cop, and not just this kind of silly goombah others think he is. He trusts Ray completely, no matter how much Ray complains, and knows that if push comes to shove, Ray will choose to do the right thing. Even when Ray is doing something relatively dishonest, Fraser has faith that the good will win out. Ray is his only true friend, and he understands the value of the trust and faith Ray put in him, right from the start. Yay, Fraser and Ray V.
You speak now.