Ariel icons (5/100)

Yes, so, on a whim I went and signed up to do 100 Disney icons. Heh. Here are the first 5. (I'm wondering why I suddenly have gone crazy and want to do anything but the work I NEED to be doing...)

Preview:



(Theme 3-Green)

( There's only one... Ariel! )

Hmm.

All right, this is what I get for rambling on and on without my books handy!! Came home for Thanksgiving break and dragged out PoA...

Yeah, Cedric is a *fifth* year in PoA, making him a *sixth* year in GoF... which just throws me off-kilter. He's only two years ahead of Harry and one ahead of Cho. Not sure why that matters, but still. I always thought him a seventh year. Well, no N.E.W.T.s for him, then. But PoA would be his O.W.L. year. Randomly.

Also, the age thing is still baffling me. The cut off at Hogwarts must be August/September-ish, because Hermione's birthday is in September and she is 17 in HBP. HER sixth year. So it isn't completely crazy that by Halloween Cedric would be old enough to put his name in the goblet.

Harry throws me off every time. He's got to be one of the youngest in his class. Which is an interesting thought. Oo, Ariel, it might be a bit like you and me... I'm so used to being at the older end of the spectrum, it didn't occur to me to think of it from the other angle. How about you?



...I'm over-thinking things again.



And where did I get the idea that Hermione called him the cutest boy in school? Did I read that in another journal entry or something? The first mention of him is Oliver Wood bemoaning the switch from Slytherin to Hufflepuff because they'd been preparing to compete against the wrong team and Cedric had put together a good one, and he was an "excellent" seeker. And Oliver's chasers giggled. Angelina calls him "that tall, good looking one" and Katie adds "strong and silent"... then they dissolve into giggles again.

(I love that, btw. SO normal girl behavior. All girls do this, no matter how they try to deny it.)



Also, where did the hostility from Fred and George come from in GoF? Because when Harry wakes up, and he finds out they lost the match, they don't seem angry with Cedric. In fact, George doesn't seem to cast any blame at all. He says:

"Diggory got the snitch," said George. "Just after you fell. He didn't realize what happened. When he looked back and saw you on the ground, he tried to call it off. Wanted a rematch. But they won fair and square... even Wood admits it."


...Maybe it's Mr. Diggory's behavior and bragging about it. Hmm.

Also, that'd be an interesting ficlet, that scene. Randomly.


...and how many 16 year old team captains would try to call a rematch in that situation? Would Oliver Wood?



Gods, I need professional help.

Up too late, but boy...

I've got to rec this fic, which was recced to me. Various POVs after Cedric's death.

(It's movie-based, so there's quite a bit of... well, things that don't follow book canon. But I managed to look past it because for the most part, the characterizations are on and the language is worth it. The word choice... wicked.)

In the Country of Lost Things by eudaimon.




working on reading other recs, but dial-up is so slow in comparison. sigh.

Also, anyone else having issues with getting comments and replies via email? Or is it me? And have I asked this before? =P





(Had a plot bunny attack and write itself on the car ride down, but now that I've got a Word document open, it has run away and hidden. GRRR!)