A meme it was, a meme, a meme!

[dolorous_ett]

Here is the Head Canon Meme, borrowed from st_aurafina, and used even though I haven't been doing much fandom stuff lately, because I actually really miss the fandom stuff.

Any fandom you think I might have an interest in is fair game. If I don't know enough about the fandom I'll just have to make something up...

1. Pick a pairing or a character
2. Ask me my

Comments

[bookwormsarah]

Tell me something about Mary Wimsey and Chief Inspector Parker please?

[dolorous_ett]

Everybody about them makes a massive big deal over the too, too crushingly romantic nature of their romance - both people who genuinely wish them well and those who are making veiled snide comments about the unsuitability of the match.

Both the Parkers find this a bit embarrassing. In their hearts, and when they're alone together, they rejoice in utterly ordinary domesticity. Romance can go hang.

[bookwormsarah]

Oh yes! Like the bit in Far From the Madding Crowd when Gabriel Oak says "And whenever you look up there shall I be, and whenever I look up there shall you be." I can imagine Mary in particular glorifies in the ordinariness.

My personal canon finds sixteen-year-old Winifred accidentally overhearing some of Helen's friends talking about Lady Mary's scandalous past. Winifred is thoroughly intrigued by this and ends up thinking her (previously slightly dull) Aunt Mary a positively heroic and exciting figure, much to Harriet's amusement.

[dolorous_ett]

What a lovely notion! (and I'd be interested to hear more about your head!canon with regards to Winifred, who's often overlooked. You can't really blame Lord Peter Wimsey for not being very excited about a withdrawn teenage girl, but they often have hidden depths...)

[tree_and_leaf]

T'Pol.

[dolorous_ett]

T'Pol has far more experience of emotions than almost any of her Vulcan contemporaries, and some of her experiences have been pleasurable - or at least memorable. But to her it's like being dtunk for humans - all very well once in a way but you wouldnt want to live your whole life like that. She finds it frustrating that it's her emotional reactions that get approval from her human crewmates. It reminds her of some of the rowdier sports/drinking clubs at Starfleet Academy - to be accepted, you can't be sober.

There was never any sexual tension on her part between her and Captain Archer, but she is fascinated by the way he manages to secure the trust and respect of his crew while using entirely the wrong part of his brain.

[tree_and_leaf]

It reminds her of some of the rowdier sports/drinking clubs at Starfleet Academy - to be accepted, you can't be sober

Hee, I like this - and I also like your point about Archer....

[dolorous_ett]

Well you've been to Oxbridge, I'm sure you've seen the sort of thing I'm on about!

[snorkackcatcher]

Margaery Tyrell.

[dolorous_ett]

Margaery Tyrell secretly envied Brienne of Tarth - not her skill in battle, or even her time spent with Renly, but because Brienne somehow managed to do exactly what she wanted to do, and go off and be a warrior in the face of social stigma. Margaery has to behave perfectly at all times, and even when she's alone she has to assume someone's watching. This has gone on all her life, and she's become very good at spontaneously perfect and charming behaviour - but sometimes it is such hard work!

[cloudsinvenice]

I like this meme idea! :)

I'm gonna say Professor McGonagall.

[dolorous_ett]

Professor McGonnagall met Miss Jane Marple in the village of Inverhogg, where she grew up, and where Miss Marple had come for the fresh Highland air and delightful scenery. It goes without saying that there was a shocking murder thar summer, but with young Minerva's help Miss Marple soon brought the villain to justice.

[cloudsinvenice]

I like your headcanon. :)

[nineveh_uk]

Neville Longbottom.

[dolorous_ett]

Neville has never been much good at managing money. At one point he seriously considered Hermione's offer to have his childhood with Uncle Archie written up as the first Wizarding misery memoir. Fortunately common sense prevailed, and he persuaded Uncle Archie to fund a plant-hunting expedition to the Andes instead. Once he got wind of the misery memoir project, Archie was happy to oblige. Neville went on to discover a most beautiful, hardy shrub which contained all the base ingredients for a cure for the common cold. This kept him financially secure to the end of his days, but he'd have been a millionaire if he'd only hired a sensible accountant to protect him from shady deals. But at least he's happy.

The first misery memoir was written by Pansy Parkinson's and called "Poor Little Rich Girl".

[nineveh_uk]

I love the idea of wizarding misery memoirs!

[dolorous_ett]

I imagine it reads rather like a certain kind of badfic...