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August 1, 2008 at 12:00 AM
Dreamweaver, the Mason Dixon Line is the state line between Maryland where I live and Pennsylvania, which is directly north. I was surveyed about ten years before the Revolutionary War and has been considered the symbolic boundary between the North and the South for well over 200 years.
Maryland is really neither a northern or a southern state, people in the North consider it the northernmost southern state, while Southerners think of it as the southernmost Yankee state. The Eastern Shore is an entity of it's own; Femme Bono can tell you about that since she went to college there. Southern Maryland used to be very southern and nothing but tobacco farms; it's now more or less a suburb of Washington,DC and Maryland tobacco is almost nonexistent, thank goodness. Central Maryland is cosmopolitan and the corridor between Washington, Baltimore, and Philadelphia is densely populated. Western Maryland is less rural than it used to be but is still mainly rural. Though I live in the western part of Central Maryland, I live in a rural pocket that is one of the most rural areas in the state and I hope it stays that way for my lifetime, at least.
That is exactly what Ben Gay is.
Maryland is really neither a northern or a southern state, people in the North consider it the northernmost southern state, while Southerners think of it as the southernmost Yankee state. The Eastern Shore is an entity of it's own; Femme Bono can tell you about that since she went to college there. Southern Maryland used to be very southern and nothing but tobacco farms; it's now more or less a suburb of Washington,DC and Maryland tobacco is almost nonexistent, thank goodness. Central Maryland is cosmopolitan and the corridor between Washington, Baltimore, and Philadelphia is densely populated. Western Maryland is less rural than it used to be but is still mainly rural. Though I live in the western part of Central Maryland, I live in a rural pocket that is one of the most rural areas in the state and I hope it stays that way for my lifetime, at least.
That is exactly what Ben Gay is.
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August 1, 2008 at 12:00 AM
Way to take control, Vivienne. Hee hee! Good to keep Severus from thinking he was in total charge. LOL I like that they talked about their pasts although, of course, you leave me wanting to know something else and know the identity of the one who was taken from him. I wonder if you'll go by the books or by your own imaginings...... :)
Re FB and Trickie - Goodness, what a catchup! I'm glad I didn't say anything offensive, I always worry that I might. The part of the country you live in sounds beautiful, Trickie. I've even heard of where you live seeing as I'm Australian and not well versed in a lot of American history and places. (I'll have to look up where the Mason Dixon line is though). LOL I've come to the conclusion that a lot of people working in the theatrical industry are either bi, gay or a lot better at acting than I thought. LOL I suppose it helps to be flexible with that lifestyle. Always knew there was a good reason that I'd make a lousy actor. LOL Although I have to admit I've seen Alan play Col. Brandon and he was ever so delish in that movie, (so was Colin) I'm not much of a chick flick fan (as I call romances). I like action and sci fi so I first fell madly in lust with Mr Rickman when he was in the movie Die Hard. THAT VOICE!!! (now I'm swooning - LOL) I lusted after him in Prince of Theives too. It's nice to know you both agree with me about Snape's demise in the book. What was with that???? I like to think he might just have made it out alive too and that's why his portrait isn't in the head's office. It would have been great to see him fighting it out at the end, he would have taken down far more death eaters than expected, I'm sure. If he had to die, he should have gone down fighting in my humble opinion. (not that I wanted him to die) And yes, he can always live on in fanficdom. Thank Merlin!! And I agree with you, FB, she showed all this promise for Draco, it seemed like he was growing up a bit and then he went right back to the bullying child like state of the earlier books - annoyed much!
If Ben Gay is what I think it is (a type of deep heat linament for sore muscles) then, no, you don't have to paint me a picture - you poor thing!! Let's hope that's not what Snapey has added to his potion in the story, hey? LOL
Re FB and Trickie - Goodness, what a catchup! I'm glad I didn't say anything offensive, I always worry that I might. The part of the country you live in sounds beautiful, Trickie. I've even heard of where you live seeing as I'm Australian and not well versed in a lot of American history and places. (I'll have to look up where the Mason Dixon line is though). LOL I've come to the conclusion that a lot of people working in the theatrical industry are either bi, gay or a lot better at acting than I thought. LOL I suppose it helps to be flexible with that lifestyle. Always knew there was a good reason that I'd make a lousy actor. LOL Although I have to admit I've seen Alan play Col. Brandon and he was ever so delish in that movie, (so was Colin) I'm not much of a chick flick fan (as I call romances). I like action and sci fi so I first fell madly in lust with Mr Rickman when he was in the movie Die Hard. THAT VOICE!!! (now I'm swooning - LOL) I lusted after him in Prince of Theives too. It's nice to know you both agree with me about Snape's demise in the book. What was with that???? I like to think he might just have made it out alive too and that's why his portrait isn't in the head's office. It would have been great to see him fighting it out at the end, he would have taken down far more death eaters than expected, I'm sure. If he had to die, he should have gone down fighting in my humble opinion. (not that I wanted him to die) And yes, he can always live on in fanficdom. Thank Merlin!! And I agree with you, FB, she showed all this promise for Draco, it seemed like he was growing up a bit and then he went right back to the bullying child like state of the earlier books - annoyed much!
If Ben Gay is what I think it is (a type of deep heat linament for sore muscles) then, no, you don't have to paint me a picture - you poor thing!! Let's hope that's not what Snapey has added to his potion in the story, hey? LOL
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July 31, 2008 at 12:00 AM
You stopped it right where I was expecting another passionate encounter to occur. I'm waiting impatiently for the next chapter.
"There is no way a wizard brave enough to con Voldie for all those years would suddenly run from the castle like a coward but I won't get started on that." That blew me away too, right at the key moment when he should have tipped his cards and wound up fighting an outright battle. I was aching to see him in full-on battle mode and I never got to see it. I felt robbed.
That really upset me too. If he had to die it should have happened after he made his true allegiance known and was fighting alongside the other Order members to bring down 'HW' amd his Deathea Eaters. (Voldemort and his Death eaters sound like a Kiss type of rock band crossed with Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons) Like you, I wanted to see him in full battle mode. I think she avoided showing him that way because it was pretty obvious that nobody could have taken him down once he was able to fight openly for his beliefs.
I still believe that he had a bezoar, a universal antidote, and an antivenin to Nagini's venom concealed on his person and that she left enough ends untied that he survived and left the Wizarding World until he felt comfortable to return, but I'm unsure if that time ever came. "Wolf's Moon' is one of my favorite Snape survives stories and it has that kind of plot.
http://occlumency.sycophanthex.com/viewstory.php?sid=5617
My all time favorite fan fic is also a Snape Survives story, but with a different type of plot. It's 'A More Nerciful Man' by Berkana. http://occlumency.sycophanthex.com/viewstory.php?sid=4400
I agree about Col. Brandon. When I saw Rickman in that role I realized he was romantic as well as very sexy, that's when my infatuation with him began.
"You dear, live in what is technically the south, where when somebody dies you wind up with enough fried chicken, tea, and potato salad to last six months after the burial."
I live exactly 7 miles below the Mason Dixon line and 35 miles SE of Gettysburg. This part of Maryland was filled with Yankee sentiments during the Civil War, but much of the attitude around here is very much like the rural south, after all this is a very rural and pastoral area. Now that I've learned to use our newest digital camera I've been taking pictures of the countryside and of the new foals since April; I'll have to send them to you so you can see the beauty of the area. I love this camera because it's so easy to use, all I have to do is point and click.
"There is no way a wizard brave enough to con Voldie for all those years would suddenly run from the castle like a coward but I won't get started on that." That blew me away too, right at the key moment when he should have tipped his cards and wound up fighting an outright battle. I was aching to see him in full-on battle mode and I never got to see it. I felt robbed.
That really upset me too. If he had to die it should have happened after he made his true allegiance known and was fighting alongside the other Order members to bring down 'HW' amd his Deathea Eaters. (Voldemort and his Death eaters sound like a Kiss type of rock band crossed with Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons) Like you, I wanted to see him in full battle mode. I think she avoided showing him that way because it was pretty obvious that nobody could have taken him down once he was able to fight openly for his beliefs.
I still believe that he had a bezoar, a universal antidote, and an antivenin to Nagini's venom concealed on his person and that she left enough ends untied that he survived and left the Wizarding World until he felt comfortable to return, but I'm unsure if that time ever came. "Wolf's Moon' is one of my favorite Snape survives stories and it has that kind of plot.
http://occlumency.sycophanthex.com/viewstory.php?sid=5617
My all time favorite fan fic is also a Snape Survives story, but with a different type of plot. It's 'A More Nerciful Man' by Berkana. http://occlumency.sycophanthex.com/viewstory.php?sid=4400
I agree about Col. Brandon. When I saw Rickman in that role I realized he was romantic as well as very sexy, that's when my infatuation with him began.
"You dear, live in what is technically the south, where when somebody dies you wind up with enough fried chicken, tea, and potato salad to last six months after the burial."
I live exactly 7 miles below the Mason Dixon line and 35 miles SE of Gettysburg. This part of Maryland was filled with Yankee sentiments during the Civil War, but much of the attitude around here is very much like the rural south, after all this is a very rural and pastoral area. Now that I've learned to use our newest digital camera I've been taking pictures of the countryside and of the new foals since April; I'll have to send them to you so you can see the beauty of the area. I love this camera because it's so easy to use, all I have to do is point and click.
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July 31, 2008 at 12:00 AM
It does seem that they are in love with each other now, they also feel very protective towards each other. Lovely lemon , BTW, now I will be imaning what happened the rest of that evening throughout the rest of my evening.
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July 30, 2008 at 12:00 AM
Dreamweaver, I havn't seen anything in what you've said that cou;d be construed as offensive. I now live in a very rural area deep in John Deere country and filled with horse and dairy farms and I haven't come across any people that I know are gay. But theses people keep their private lives to themselves and they are friendly and helpful enough that they attach a snowplow to their John Deere tractors in the winter and plow our driveway and those of our neighbors. It seems to be a different one each time and I only recognize a few of them by sight and never by name.
I used to be very active in musical theater and that's where I met most of my gay friends. Well there, and a few at places where I worked.
A friend of mine convinced me to read Harry Potter and I read the first 4 during the time they cast and then filmed the first movie. When I heard that Rickman had been cast as Snape I thought it was perfect casring. I had vaguely thought about it before, but when I heard that I knew that nobody else could do that part. It's like Colin Firth with Mr Darcy, those actors own those parts and anybody else would be a dissapointment in the roles.
"There is no way a wizard brave enough to con Voldie for all those years would suddenly run from the castle like a coward but I won't get started on that."
There is also no way a wizard brave enough and smart enough to con 'He Who I Find Most Tedious and Tiresome' would go through the years after 'HW's return without having a bezoar, a universal antidote, and an antivenin to Nagini's venom concealed on his person at all times. It was doubtful that anybody would ever get him with an AK, but treachery and poison were strong possibilities. Since she left all the string of what really happened to his body untied, I feel that he overcame her plans for him nd actually survived. He certainly lives on in fan fic.
There is something worse than those peppers, Ben Gay. I'll let you figure out what happened the night that was accidentally picked up in the dark instead of the KY. Suffice to say, he was cut off for sometime. He used to have Snape-like stamina and staying power, but he wasn't allowed to exercise it again after that until I once more allowed it. He a;so threw the Ben Gay out and never bought another tube.
I used to be very active in musical theater and that's where I met most of my gay friends. Well there, and a few at places where I worked.
A friend of mine convinced me to read Harry Potter and I read the first 4 during the time they cast and then filmed the first movie. When I heard that Rickman had been cast as Snape I thought it was perfect casring. I had vaguely thought about it before, but when I heard that I knew that nobody else could do that part. It's like Colin Firth with Mr Darcy, those actors own those parts and anybody else would be a dissapointment in the roles.
"There is no way a wizard brave enough to con Voldie for all those years would suddenly run from the castle like a coward but I won't get started on that."
There is also no way a wizard brave enough and smart enough to con 'He Who I Find Most Tedious and Tiresome' would go through the years after 'HW's return without having a bezoar, a universal antidote, and an antivenin to Nagini's venom concealed on his person at all times. It was doubtful that anybody would ever get him with an AK, but treachery and poison were strong possibilities. Since she left all the string of what really happened to his body untied, I feel that he overcame her plans for him nd actually survived. He certainly lives on in fan fic.
There is something worse than those peppers, Ben Gay. I'll let you figure out what happened the night that was accidentally picked up in the dark instead of the KY. Suffice to say, he was cut off for sometime. He used to have Snape-like stamina and staying power, but he wasn't allowed to exercise it again after that until I once more allowed it. He a;so threw the Ben Gay out and never bought another tube.
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July 30, 2008 at 12:00 AM
Re: Dreamweaver & Trickie
Oddly with this convo of peppers and Ben Gay, I've been plotting a little intro into some of the other things Sev's cooked up in his office that keeps the witches coming...back.
"But of course I am very interested to know why the curse has not fully worked on Vivienne. Is it because she is already just a little in love with Snapey and he with her????? :)" nanana...I'm not telling. ^_^
"I apologise if my wording comes across as offensive, I am trying not to say anything that would come across that way and hurt anyone's feelings." As a straight supporter, I can safely say that nothing there was offensive. I've been well-versed in offensive and that doesn't even begin to touch it.
"I always hoped that Draco would turn to the 'Light' side so I was pleased that in book 6 we saw a glimpse of possibility for that although I wanted far more than just a glimpse." THAT is what drove me crazy too. It's like she started to give him some real promise and a period of growth and then regressed him back in those last chapters of DH when he and the two goons go after the trio again. Silliness. How could he have had all the remorse and the conflict and then at that moment try to help the wrong side yet again? That didn't make sense.
"There is no way a wizard brave enough to con Voldie for all those years would suddenly run from the castle like a coward but I won't get started on that." That blew me away too, right at the key moment when he should have tipped his cards and wound up fighting an outright battle. I was aching to see him in full-on battle mode and I never got to see it. I felt robbed.
"they attach a snowplow to their John Deere tractors in the winter and plow our driveway and those of our neighbors. It seems to be a different one each time and I only recognize a few of them by sight and never by name." And that is awesome. You dear, live in what is technically the south, where when somebody dies you wind up with enough fried chicken, tea, and potato salad to last six months after the burial.
"I used to be very active in musical theater and that's where I met most of my gay friends. Well there, and a few at places where I worked." I have met every clich
Oddly with this convo of peppers and Ben Gay, I've been plotting a little intro into some of the other things Sev's cooked up in his office that keeps the witches coming...back.
"But of course I am very interested to know why the curse has not fully worked on Vivienne. Is it because she is already just a little in love with Snapey and he with her????? :)" nanana...I'm not telling. ^_^
"I apologise if my wording comes across as offensive, I am trying not to say anything that would come across that way and hurt anyone's feelings." As a straight supporter, I can safely say that nothing there was offensive. I've been well-versed in offensive and that doesn't even begin to touch it.
"I always hoped that Draco would turn to the 'Light' side so I was pleased that in book 6 we saw a glimpse of possibility for that although I wanted far more than just a glimpse." THAT is what drove me crazy too. It's like she started to give him some real promise and a period of growth and then regressed him back in those last chapters of DH when he and the two goons go after the trio again. Silliness. How could he have had all the remorse and the conflict and then at that moment try to help the wrong side yet again? That didn't make sense.
"There is no way a wizard brave enough to con Voldie for all those years would suddenly run from the castle like a coward but I won't get started on that." That blew me away too, right at the key moment when he should have tipped his cards and wound up fighting an outright battle. I was aching to see him in full-on battle mode and I never got to see it. I felt robbed.
"they attach a snowplow to their John Deere tractors in the winter and plow our driveway and those of our neighbors. It seems to be a different one each time and I only recognize a few of them by sight and never by name." And that is awesome. You dear, live in what is technically the south, where when somebody dies you wind up with enough fried chicken, tea, and potato salad to last six months after the burial.
"I used to be very active in musical theater and that's where I met most of my gay friends. Well there, and a few at places where I worked." I have met every clich
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July 30, 2008 at 12:00 AM
Good thing he had crushed fruit on his fingers and not the peppers or it could have given a whole new meaning to the words 'hot sex'!! LOL But of course I am very interested to know why the curse has not fully worked on Vivienne. Is it because she is already just a little in love with Snapey and he with her????? :)
I haven't come across a lot of gay people where I am right now but to each his (or her) own after all but of course they feel love exactly the same way hetros do. I just never thought of Dumbledore like that, but it was brilliant that JKR added that diversity to her characters and rightly so. I apologise if my wording comes across as offensive, I am trying not to say anything that would come across that way and hurt anyone's feelings. I always hoped that Draco would turn to the 'Light' side so I was pleased that in book 6 we saw a glimpse of possibility for that although I wanted far more than just a glimpse. I never doubted that Snape was on Dumbledore's (and in turn, Harry's side from the first book). Technically I had better say movie since I wasn't "going to read a kid's book" but when I found out Alan Rickman was in the movie, I had to see it and in turn came home and read all four books right after the other and began my desperate wait for the 5th and so on. I do strongly dislike the fact that Snape's character ended the way it did in the final book. There is no way a wizard brave enough to con Voldie for all those years would suddenly run from the castle like a coward but I won't get started on that.
I agree completely, Trickie, that Narcissa's redemption was for Draco and that she didn't want her son to become just like his father and Lucius did deserve to be punished properly in the books. (In fan fiction, well, that's another matter entirely which is as it should be - they are such 'fun' characters to manipulate, er play with) Jason Issaccs did a brilliant job of Lucius and I agree, he brought the bad boy to life. I love your theory, FB, that Draco should have gone the way Snape did, just in enough to realise it was wrong, cause some internal damage and get out again (well at least, try to). Kingsley would have been a great match for a newly single Narcissa, I love the idea of that and I nearly fell out of my chair laughing at the thought of her bringing home a much younger muggle boyfriend. Hey, there's a great story in that, I'm sure. :)
Can't say that Harry was ever a real favourite of mine. I liked the characters that you just knew were going to develop into something more or you knew couldn't be taken at face value. That was why Snape, Neville and Ginny were always my favourites with Luna joining in later on. I wish she'd developed Ginny's character more too but really I had very few complaints about the whole series.
I haven't come across a lot of gay people where I am right now but to each his (or her) own after all but of course they feel love exactly the same way hetros do. I just never thought of Dumbledore like that, but it was brilliant that JKR added that diversity to her characters and rightly so. I apologise if my wording comes across as offensive, I am trying not to say anything that would come across that way and hurt anyone's feelings. I always hoped that Draco would turn to the 'Light' side so I was pleased that in book 6 we saw a glimpse of possibility for that although I wanted far more than just a glimpse. I never doubted that Snape was on Dumbledore's (and in turn, Harry's side from the first book). Technically I had better say movie since I wasn't "going to read a kid's book" but when I found out Alan Rickman was in the movie, I had to see it and in turn came home and read all four books right after the other and began my desperate wait for the 5th and so on. I do strongly dislike the fact that Snape's character ended the way it did in the final book. There is no way a wizard brave enough to con Voldie for all those years would suddenly run from the castle like a coward but I won't get started on that.
I agree completely, Trickie, that Narcissa's redemption was for Draco and that she didn't want her son to become just like his father and Lucius did deserve to be punished properly in the books. (In fan fiction, well, that's another matter entirely which is as it should be - they are such 'fun' characters to manipulate, er play with) Jason Issaccs did a brilliant job of Lucius and I agree, he brought the bad boy to life. I love your theory, FB, that Draco should have gone the way Snape did, just in enough to realise it was wrong, cause some internal damage and get out again (well at least, try to). Kingsley would have been a great match for a newly single Narcissa, I love the idea of that and I nearly fell out of my chair laughing at the thought of her bringing home a much younger muggle boyfriend. Hey, there's a great story in that, I'm sure. :)
Can't say that Harry was ever a real favourite of mine. I liked the characters that you just knew were going to develop into something more or you knew couldn't be taken at face value. That was why Snape, Neville and Ginny were always my favourites with Luna joining in later on. I wish she'd developed Ginny's character more too but really I had very few complaints about the whole series.
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July 29, 2008 at 12:00 AM
Well, I was hoping for some smut but you did leave me with the promise of plenty to come very shortly.
I think he made a wonderful apology, no wonder she readily accepted it. Heck, she probably would have considered the punishment he gave Draco an acceptable apology since it fully fit his crime and it maintained her dignity.
I think he made a wonderful apology, no wonder she readily accepted it. Heck, she probably would have considered the punishment he gave Draco an acceptable apology since it fully fit his crime and it maintained her dignity.
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July 29, 2008 at 12:00 AM
I forgot to mention how much I enjoyed that even he has more maternal instinct than bella does.
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July 29, 2008 at 12:00 AM
Re: Magpie
Thanks a lot. I keep feeling the muse tapping, so I'll keep turning out the chapters as long as it keeps flowing. I've only gotten stuck momentarily thus far, but I know where I want them to go. It's just a matter of getting them there.
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"Dumbledore will be over the moon about it. I hope that doesn't mean less smut, you do write it so well." Heh, well you know they say write what you know... oh who am I kidding, if I had enough smut in my life, I wouldn't be writing it. ;) We'll see how they handle Dumbledore.
And I've got to say, Jason Isaacs is a tasty dish, but he's no Alan Rickman. I care not if the man is old enough to be my dad.
Funny story about Snape's speech. I had cast Alan Rickman as Snape before they ever did for the movies. He's just who I pictured because I could see him saying all those things so well. So for me, from that first grand entrance when he caressed those words in his speech, I just knew I had been right and I was glad they decided on him. He rocks that role. It was almost orgasmic. But that's Alan Rickman.
Snape I have loved equally as long and the more I found out about the Marauders, the more I felt for him, so ditto all of that. I just don't have a husband to reap the benefits of it. But yeah, I've never doubted him. Just got more frustrated with Harry as it went along. By the fifth book I could have strangled the hapless little twerp.
I do have a soft spot for Neville though. My sis likes Luna more and even dressed up as her for the Goblet of Fire when it came out. Then she was Tonks for the Order of the Phoenix.
Thanks a lot. I keep feeling the muse tapping, so I'll keep turning out the chapters as long as it keeps flowing. I've only gotten stuck momentarily thus far, but I know where I want them to go. It's just a matter of getting them there.
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"Dumbledore will be over the moon about it. I hope that doesn't mean less smut, you do write it so well." Heh, well you know they say write what you know... oh who am I kidding, if I had enough smut in my life, I wouldn't be writing it. ;) We'll see how they handle Dumbledore.
And I've got to say, Jason Isaacs is a tasty dish, but he's no Alan Rickman. I care not if the man is old enough to be my dad.
Funny story about Snape's speech. I had cast Alan Rickman as Snape before they ever did for the movies. He's just who I pictured because I could see him saying all those things so well. So for me, from that first grand entrance when he caressed those words in his speech, I just knew I had been right and I was glad they decided on him. He rocks that role. It was almost orgasmic. But that's Alan Rickman.
Snape I have loved equally as long and the more I found out about the Marauders, the more I felt for him, so ditto all of that. I just don't have a husband to reap the benefits of it. But yeah, I've never doubted him. Just got more frustrated with Harry as it went along. By the fifth book I could have strangled the hapless little twerp.
I do have a soft spot for Neville though. My sis likes Luna more and even dressed up as her for the Goblet of Fire when it came out. Then she was Tonks for the Order of the Phoenix.