Week in Review

Right, so, feeling royally pissed off tonight, and I'm not sure why. Just really very angry and upset and ANNOYED with my friends. GRR.

( So, I'm student teaching, currently in sixth grade. )

So, yeah, there's my week. Sort of. And I don't get paid yet because they have a biweekly pay schedule. Sigh.

Goblet of Fire

Okay, real quick, as it's 2 am and I'm beyond tired...

( Cut for rambly movie spoilers! )

And it is bedtime now...

Course, now I want a "Remember Cedric Diggory" icon. Sigh.

Slightly spoilery movie vs. book commentary

Inspired by something three_nails said...

( A bit of rant on a fundamental difference between the movies and the books )

I had more to say, and will have more, but I am hungry now.

(I really, really, really want more than 3 icons. I so want some more HP ones now... Sigh.)

Dude, cool! Quidditch World Cup and "Good Eats"

Dude. Sports Illustrated!! Quidditch World Cup article!! HA!

I laugh.





Also, I have so much love for Alton Brown. Been watching Food Network while working on homework today, and earlier there was "The Secret Life of Thanksgiving..."

Which so disapointed me. Sigh. I have a thing about Thanksgiving. I love it, but I hate the historical inaccuracies and stereotypes and such. I fully blame my professors and being an Education major for this. But there you have it. And Jim O'Connor... totally had stereotypical images and inaccurate info on his show.



Alton Brown, however. Oh, there is love. He just had someone talking about the foods they really ate at the first Thanksgiving, and yay! Accuracy!


I am a geek.




But the show is on again tomorrow at 4 pm. =D Also, here.

Story Recs!! CEDRIC stories!!

Gosh darn it, I've done nothing but avoid working on my units and portfolio today. And ha! Lesson plans? Not likely.

I guess every so often you need a mental health day, eh? (What am I, Canadian? I mean, I know it's not far from Maine, but come on.)



Also, have aquired a new obsession with Cedric Diggory. I mean... I always loved him. Always have been all sniffly and waving my little "Remember Cedric Diggory" sign... but the movie? I think I had built Cedric up quite a bit without knowing it.


So, I went on a search across the internet-from Sugar Quill to Fiction Alley to the Pit. And I've been reading Cedric stories.



So, here goes:

Musings. By PiperX.

Cedric and Cho by the lake after the Second Task, discussing Harry. I LOVE this one.

Astraea by Tannhäuser.

Oh, I have few words for how I love this. Cedric as a 3rd year. Professor Kettleburn! Who is quite cool! And... Just read it.

To Be Hufflepuff by Ciircee

I come back to this one again and again. It may not be perfect, but I love it. A prefect explains to the newest Hufflepuffs what it means to be a Badger, in the fall after Goblet of Fire.

Pride Before Fall by Canadian Pixie.

Cedric's POV of the 3rd Task, worth it just because I really can see Cedric's worst fear being... that. And it makes me love this.

That Will Never Die by Twinsais.

So, faulty italics aside, this is not a bad fic. Harry, post HBP, runs into Mrs. Diggory.

A Terrible Fate by Fionnabhair Nic Aillil.

Okay, wasn't sure at first, but the 3rd part won me over. 3 interactions between Cedric Diggory and Ginny Weasley, 1 for each school year. The last seems so... Cedric.

Eve by Arctic Demon.

Totally surprised me. This is actually Founderfic, but...

"Genesis" prompt fic by scoured.

Written for the first challenge at hp500, this ficlet traces Cedric through his sorting, Quidditch and entering his name for the TriWizard Tournament. Characterization is on. My only issue is that the Sorting Hat makes a comment about no one wanting to be sorted into Hufflepuff. I SO beg to differ. ;) ::points to icon:: Otherwise, I agree with the Hat.




Okay, wound up spending about 3 hours searching about for Cedric fic, and there is a distressing lack of it.

I am now pouting.

Any one care to find me something marvelous? Or write it for me? ;)



Sigh. I am a Cedric fangirl. And have always been-I just didn't know it. God help me.




ETA: I have a Cedric fic request going here. But comments here work, as well.

I want book!canon-compliant Cedric. Sigh. So much.

Remember Cedric Diggory!

All right, based on my newly discovered adoration of Cedric Diggory, I spent the night searching the web for good Cedric-centered fic.

Sadly, my last post comprises the best fics I could find (or at least my favorites), and there are precious few.

So, I am sending out a call. A request for Cedric stories.

Cedric GEN stories, specifically.

Most importantly, canon-compliant Cedric fic.

Cedric alive and well, Cedric growing up, Cedric BOOK-CANON fics. I'll take Cedric/Cho! I'd love Cedric interacting with other characters. Cedric and his parents... the other champions... teachers... Even characters discussing Cedric after his death!

I'd like book!canon-compliant Cedric fic.

Because we say "Remember Cedric Diggory," and how better than in fanfic?

That, and I'm a bit of a stickler for canon. And the book has so much MORE of him. ;)