Just until the mischief is managed, my friend. Just until it is managed
I do have some fondness for the anarchy that JKR built into her universe. It is far from insignificant that Fred and George are the ones who get the better of Umbridge - perhaps the most loathsome of all the villains. (We have been fulling immersed in Potterverse lately as: (1) Emmett and I are listening to the audiobooks; (2) Matilda is watching the movies; and (3) EM is reading the books for the first time.)
I have worked for an Umbridge on a couple occasions and it was bitter experience.
Umbridge was truly the worst. Bellatrix and the bulk of the Mallfoy/Black clan were nasty, and Valdemorte is, of course, the ultimate, but nobody turned my stomach like that froggy little bitca.
but nobody turned my stomach like that froggy little bitca.
I actually had a boss with an animatronic cat in her office that would come to "life," and purr when you petted it. I mean...I'm okay with real cats. Little furry mammals are okay with me. If they want a scritch I'm there. But this was disturbing.
I can hardly watch anything else with Imelda Staunton in it. Umbridge was a brilliant villian. She was just so horrible and the fact that she thought everything she did was right and just made her even worse.
I can hardly watch anything else with Imelda Staunton in it. Umbridge was a brilliant villian. She was just so horrible and the fact that she thought everything she did was right and just made her even worse.
Truly it was a great performance. I think she's actually an improvement on the character as written. But so loathsome.
The other character who's better on film than on the page is Luna, by Evanna Lynch.
{{{{Sean}}}} It sucks that drugs like prozac can take up to a month to feel the effects, and sometimes make things seem even worse in the meantime. I wholeheartedly recommend calling the therapist ASAP, i recall a time when i was given a faster-acting mood enhancer to help the transition time for the longer-acting meds to kick in because the transition just made me way too unstable.
Heck, it took almost 3 weeks for the prozac to start working for my *cat* and he is but 10 pounds.
keep that towel and phone handy in the interim, 'kay?
One of my all-time favorite fanfics is Desk Duty, in which Madame Pince, the librarian, gets the better of Umbridge in a delightfully librarian way. Also, love all the librarian touches (weeding, storage, the Patriot Act...)
Towels for everybody!
Oooh, Harry Potter gossip: Bonnie Wright (Ginny) is engaged to marry Jamie Campbell Bower the actor who will play
the young Grindlewald.
"There are SO MANY GAMES to this finger, and I've never heard them before."
Oh, my LOL!
And travel~ma to SLNRLBF. And continued {{{}}} and ~ma to Sean and Fred Pete's kitties, himself and Hub.
ION: paracetamol, you're my only friend. I do need to squeeze in more sleep to my schedule. Lately, when I'm ready to go to bed, I'm getting into "but I really need to listen to some songs NOW, it's the perfect mood" thing. Not the brightest decision ever, but it's music. Can't say no.
