Brain Flotsam V2.007

Order of the Phoenix Halloween Party: If Remus looked behind him, he'd know why Hermione was laughing so hard. (And what did Severus have to promise to get Remus to wear that hat?)

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I seem to have written fanfiction last night during class.  It was a much less interesting lecture than previous weeks, fraught with stereotyping and frantic contradictions as the instructor struggled with his subject ("masculine" vs. "feminine" energies in the emerging worldview). 

So, having finished my latest Luna illustration, I found myself scribbling a few sentences based on another prompt, thinking out the illustration I wanted to do for it.  (Prompt: Jealous.  A difficult one for me to pin down for Luna.)  Anyhow, those few sentences of description of a jealous Luna led to... well...  an AU vignette.
I'm not really confident in the realm of fanfiction, since I feel like the author knows the characters best (which might seem to contradict the LJ post I made earlier, but not really.  I don't object to authors sharing their tales of characters after the fact, as long as the tales aren't expected to be treated like canon; I just object to authors telling me what I should or shouldn't be getting from their prose.  Small but telling difference, and I think JKR actually has made that distinction herself in a later interview, so I feel slightly mollified.), but I have been doing all these AU illustrations (or even post-book canon-esque illustrations) and they just lend themselves to stories in my head.

That may have made no sense.

Folks have told me, "Writing is writing.  Just go with it."  And for now, before Nanowrimo and Mininanowrimo begin, I'll do so.   I still feel just a bit uncomfortable about it, especially since I feel that my projection of these characters into their 20s must be so incredibly wrong, but all of the reading I've done eases my mind a bit.  People interpret characters in different ways, and we have, after all, so little to go on for most of the HP dramatis personae.  I can have a jealous (and doing shots with Hermione in the bar, haha!) Luna in this vignette and make it work.  (I hope.)

If this trend continues, my future art100 illustrations may come with accompanying drabbles or ficlets as I dip my toes into the water.  We'll see how confident I feel about my writing when I'm playing in someone else's sandbox.

The evil mastermind Bellatrix LeStrange has diabolical plans for Harry Potter, but Luna Do-Right will always be there to foil the dastardly villainess! (It helps if you know your Rocky & Bullwinkle spin-offs.)

Title: Luna Do-Right to the Rescue!
Rating: G
Warnings: cartoon parody
Notes: for the art100 prompt "Courage" (See Completed Prompts in Table)


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Look what I just got in the mail! Hooray!