this is a harry potter post. deal with it.
I have so many other things I need to talk about (Benedict Cumberbatch x2 plus others; The Social Boyfriends Network oh my god, rest assured that will be a post in and of itself) but I just saw Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 and I have feelings. Apologies folks, none of this is going to make any sense
FIRST OF ALL, I don't believe I've ever really talked about it before but my ship preferences on HP have never really mattered. This has never been about the shipping for me because I was never heavily invested. But, I have come to realise in the past year or so that a)H/Hr get a rough deal in the ridiculous fandom which is so stupid because look at them it's right there but mainly that b) I AM A TRIO SHIPPER. THROUGH AND THROUGH. NO SHIP WARS FOR ME, JUST PERFECTLY CONSTRUCTED THREESOMES. Because I love everyone in this bar relationship. The dynamics are all perfect and okay, this film is the first to handle the Trio in the way I needed them to be handled. Because when we get down to it, Ron loves Harry as much as he loves Hermione, Hermione loves Harry as much as she loves Ron and Harry loves Ron as much as he loves Hermione. They are inextricable from each other. They are three parts of an equation that only functions if they are all present. Which is why Ron's leaving scene was actually beyond all my hopes and dreams because Rupert Grint is phenomenal and my heart ached. (Though really, you cut the line about her choosing Harry? REALLY. OKAY THEN.) They need each other. They are the only people that can understand them, because they have all been there. This war is the reboot of an old one for some, or just happened in the whatever year at Hogwarts but for these kids? They have been fighting this awful, bloody, tragic war since they were eleven. They have been bleeding and cursing and losing since their childhood and no-one else can understand that. Which is why I have so many problems with the ending of this series. Which is why I am currently writing menage-a-trois fic set post-war because who am I? BUT I HAVE SO MANY FEELINGS AND AM HAPPY TO ELABORATE ON ANY ANGLE BECAUSE THESE ARE MY KIDS.
SECOND OF ALL, holy fuck cinematography. How perfect were you? The vistas were incredible and the use of lighting was brilliant and just, David Yates' direction was exactly what was needed.
THIRD POINT OF ORDER, the holocaust line of imagery that they chose to use for this film was brilliantly and perfectly done. That statue, the posters, mudblood on Hermione's arm. All these were so clearly conscious decisions and whilst I think a lot of that is definitely there subtextually in the book, I love the way they chose to do it. Because fuck that hurt to watch.
FOURTH POINT OF ORDER, GODRIC'S HOLLOW. I cried when they got to the church. I think it was a combination of them being so alone and it being his parent's resting place and the choral music and the snow but yeah, I cried, because this is where this all started for Harry and he didn't want to be there as anyone else but himself and the way Hermione looks at him before resting her head on his shoulder and...basically it was just perfect. I am abusing that word but it really was.
FIFTH, THE ANIMATION OF BEEDLE THE BARD WAS SPECTACULAR AND UNEXPECTEDLY BEAUTIFUL AND OH LORD.
SIXTH, the Malfoys. I really thought they did so well in showing us the Malfoy dynamics in such a small amount of time, because for them they're a family that got in too deep but they care so much about each other and it was just fabulous to watch.
SEVENTH, AND PROBABLY FINAL FOR NOW, BILL/FLEUR, I DARE YOU TO BE MORE ADORABLE.
And an addendum! ITV did this ~behind the scenes thing they do every year and DanRad was talking about how he had to study the way everyone moved for the 7 Harrys scene and he commented on the fact that Rupert has, and I quote "a really sexy wiggle" when he walks. He then went on to talk about the fact that he thinks (and I quote again) he looked fantastic in Fleur's outfit. DANRAD THIS IS WHY YOU'RE MY FAVOURITE.
Okay. Enough. But really. So many feelings. So many feelings
FIRST OF ALL, I don't believe I've ever really talked about it before but my ship preferences on HP have never really mattered. This has never been about the shipping for me because I was never heavily invested. But, I have come to realise in the past year or so that a)H/Hr get a rough deal in the ridiculous fandom which is so stupid because look at them it's right there but mainly that b) I AM A TRIO SHIPPER. THROUGH AND THROUGH. NO SHIP WARS FOR ME, JUST PERFECTLY CONSTRUCTED THREESOMES. Because I love everyone in this bar relationship. The dynamics are all perfect and okay, this film is the first to handle the Trio in the way I needed them to be handled. Because when we get down to it, Ron loves Harry as much as he loves Hermione, Hermione loves Harry as much as she loves Ron and Harry loves Ron as much as he loves Hermione. They are inextricable from each other. They are three parts of an equation that only functions if they are all present. Which is why Ron's leaving scene was actually beyond all my hopes and dreams because Rupert Grint is phenomenal and my heart ached. (Though really, you cut the line about her choosing Harry? REALLY. OKAY THEN.) They need each other. They are the only people that can understand them, because they have all been there. This war is the reboot of an old one for some, or just happened in the whatever year at Hogwarts but for these kids? They have been fighting this awful, bloody, tragic war since they were eleven. They have been bleeding and cursing and losing since their childhood and no-one else can understand that. Which is why I have so many problems with the ending of this series. Which is why I am currently writing menage-a-trois fic set post-war because who am I? BUT I HAVE SO MANY FEELINGS AND AM HAPPY TO ELABORATE ON ANY ANGLE BECAUSE THESE ARE MY KIDS.
SECOND OF ALL, holy fuck cinematography. How perfect were you? The vistas were incredible and the use of lighting was brilliant and just, David Yates' direction was exactly what was needed.
THIRD POINT OF ORDER, the holocaust line of imagery that they chose to use for this film was brilliantly and perfectly done. That statue, the posters, mudblood on Hermione's arm. All these were so clearly conscious decisions and whilst I think a lot of that is definitely there subtextually in the book, I love the way they chose to do it. Because fuck that hurt to watch.
FOURTH POINT OF ORDER, GODRIC'S HOLLOW. I cried when they got to the church. I think it was a combination of them being so alone and it being his parent's resting place and the choral music and the snow but yeah, I cried, because this is where this all started for Harry and he didn't want to be there as anyone else but himself and the way Hermione looks at him before resting her head on his shoulder and...basically it was just perfect. I am abusing that word but it really was.
FIFTH, THE ANIMATION OF BEEDLE THE BARD WAS SPECTACULAR AND UNEXPECTEDLY BEAUTIFUL AND OH LORD.
SIXTH, the Malfoys. I really thought they did so well in showing us the Malfoy dynamics in such a small amount of time, because for them they're a family that got in too deep but they care so much about each other and it was just fabulous to watch.
SEVENTH, AND PROBABLY FINAL FOR NOW, BILL/FLEUR, I DARE YOU TO BE MORE ADORABLE.
And an addendum! ITV did this ~behind the scenes thing they do every year and DanRad was talking about how he had to study the way everyone moved for the 7 Harrys scene and he commented on the fact that Rupert has, and I quote "a really sexy wiggle" when he walks. He then went on to talk about the fact that he thinks (and I quote again) he looked fantastic in Fleur's outfit. DANRAD THIS IS WHY YOU'RE MY FAVOURITE.
Okay. Enough. But really. So many feelings. So many feelings