HARMONY PODCAST TRANSCRIPT #17
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HARMONY PODCAST TRANSCRIPT #17
Hello and welcome to the Christmas episode of Harmony Podcast.
[SONG - Feels Like Home - Chantal Kreviazuk]
That was Feels Like Home by Chantal Kreviazuk. Hello and welcome everyone this is Misti once again. Hopefully wherever you spend Christmas Eve and Christmas Day feels like home to you as well. In this episode we`re going to have just the basics, there will be three songs, there will be the birthdays and I will be reading the winner of the Harmony Podcast Christmas Fan Fiction Contest. I was going to do a separate Harmonics for it but the person that I requested an interview from for this episode declined. Basically I was unable to find anyone else to interview on such short notice. So we`re just going to do a short podcast for the Christmas episode. Hopefully you guys don`t mind, with my father coming in on Friday not to much free time so I`m combining the two together to save some time for myself as well. Also we will have Christmas greetings, some of them read by my oldest son and the rest of them by me. And also I will play the Christmas greeting that were phoned in on the voicemail and the Skype voicemail line. Lets get on with the Christmas show and we`re going to go straight into the Christmas greetings.
CHRISTMAS GREETINGS
VOICEMAIL
“This is ladybluestar and I`d like to leave Christmas greeting for you Misti first of all just to say thank you for all the wonderful things you do for our ship. Also for AnndeeGranger Headmistress over at Hogwarts In Harmony who`s a good friend of mine, hope she has a wonderful Christmas. To bingblot if she`s listening, who is just a great writer and I always like to support her. And for mad scientist or bladeandwand on Live Journal I`m his beta and just love working with him. Thank you much Misti bye bye.”
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From magickira
I just want to wish all my friends, LJ and the ones who aren't, a Merry Christmas, and I hope they get everything they wanted from the Jolly Old Man!
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From chentxu
I want to wish all my friends from "La Pareja del Fenix" Forum ("The Couple of the Phoenix", in english) a Merry Christmas and I really hope that we get closer the next year and that they receive everything they want!
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From superbeffie
Merry Christmas to alphamatrix Thanks for all the support and for listening to me complain all the time. Love,superbeffie
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VOICEMAIL
“This is Gracie, called gracie_in_greek on Live Journal as I`ve said many times. I just got finished… oh I`m not finished but I`m just now being able to listen to Harmony Podcast 16 and I just got a little inspiration to call you and let you know that I hope you`re having a very Merry Christmas I think you are doing an absolutely wonderful job with all the commitments that you have. We all know that you`re very, very busy and very time consumed so when you`re able to work on stuff for us and even just stuff for yourself we know it`s a big treat. So I just wanted to say thank you very, very much and if there is ever help you need on anything, we know you have everything handled and you do the absolute best you can and you do a beautiful job with it but if you decide you ever do need help with anything like more recommendations, more ideas, more like stuff like that, I think I speak for a lot of people when I say just feel free to post on LJ whenever you need to just ask for ideas or you know just throw stuff around or just anything like that. You do so much for us and if there`s ever anything we can do for you I am sure there are those of us who would jump at the chance. Even though fandoms been really slow there`s still those of us who check when we can and get involved in any way that we can afford so anyway, sorry to bend your ear of like I always do and I hope you`re having a good warm up to the holiday and that your Christmas is good and that you`re reading good fluffy fan fics and just feeling well. Okay, you`re doing a wonderful job and we really appreciate it. Happy Pumpkins or something [laughs] Bye.”
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From aniraangel
Merry christmas to Herminia, Greenhera, Niokapayne, midnight_ljc, sazzlette and new_revelation_ I hope you all have wonderful holidays of your choice. And Misti, for being a wonderful pillar of Harry/Hermione fandom. We love you
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From danirosealoise
I just want to wish a Merry Christmas and a Happy Holidays to everyone on and off of Live Journal. May your Christmas be Merry and Bright.
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VOICEMAIL
“Hi this is better known as Marian. I usually haunt Portkey. I think your podcast is really cool. I`ve been a Harmony shipper now for 4 years thanks to the second movie that kinda made up my mind. Anyway… I listened to your interview you had with a… the Ron and Hermione fan which I thought was very straightforward, honest. At least she didn`t you know pull any jabs on us which some of them do on other sites that will remain nameless [laughs] But um I`m glad that at least I can listen to her side of the story, why she ships what she likes and she doesn`t you know slam us so that’s good at least we`re all fans here in the interest of fellowship here. I`m really glad that we have a podcast we can go to and listen to our fellow shippers opinions. And there`s still hope for us for Book 7 cause I`m just now learning about all the alchemical properties of why Harry and Hermione work and you can`t over look that evidence. So I think it`s pretty evident. Have a good day, thanks for your time.”
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From brentdax
The Pumpkin Jews wish everybody a happy Hanukkah.
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From rowanbrierbrook
Best holiday wishes to all of my fellow H/Hr shippers who found it in their hearts to continue on in the fandom, and to those who had to leave. I can't say with any certainty what will happen in the books, but you all have made fandom a special place to be. Special thanks and Merry Christmas to Misti for all the hard work she does keeping us all together. Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good night.
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VOICEMAIL
“Hello Misti, this is Justin also known as AdarkanddrearyKnight on the Harmony Podcast forums. I wanted to call and wish you guys…wish you, your family and everyone else involved in the Harmony Podcast a very Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays. Also a Happy New Year. Thank you, bye.”
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From shantari
I want to wish silverjedi and berenicepotter a very Merry Christmas, because of everyone I know online those two are my very special friends. And I would also like to wish you, Misti, a very good Christmas, with a nice family time. I'd say you deserve it after this year.
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From Cerea
I am sure that we all come from different places, but here in the Harmony Podcast we are all one family so I would like to wish all of my shipmates on the HMS Harmony a very Merry Christmas and a Happy Holidays.
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From ceps
I would like to wish all my fellow Harmonians a Merry Christmas (Feliz Navidad).
And I will like to wish my family and friends, the best Christmas and a Happy New Year full of blessings.
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From Maecey
I wish to greet my friends a very Merry Christmas from the fandom, Sandra, Terese, Jennifer, Yazmin, Alex, Cami, and the rest of the Chimis in H&H.org cbox. Also, my friends from the forums, Josh, Meg, and Ethermopointer. And I would, also, like to make an appeal to the kind hearts of the world for a helping hand or even just a prayer to be sent out to those who have been unfortunate to lose their family and homes in Western Philippines after they've been hit by a super typhoon killing more than a thousand and leaving lots more homeless. I really do hope they would feel Christmas. Thanks, Misti.
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From sbertie
Merry Christmas and Happy Birthday to Bernicepotter. Not only are you an amazing Harmony artist but you`re one of the best friends a person could ask for. Big big smooches sbeegee.
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And by way of email,
The happiest of holidays to the Harmony Podcast listeners may your Christmas be merry, your Kwanzaa happy, your yuletide blessed and your Hanukkah full of light. And a very special seasons greetings to Misti for all the hard work you do to shine a little HHR goodness into our lives. Extra hugs to all my fellow shippers. Avidbeader.
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VOICEMAIL
“Hi Misti, this is grangergal. I just wanted to wish all my fellow Harry/Hermione shippers a wonderful holiday season and wanted to thank you for a great year and podcasts and videocasts and just wanted to give a personal shout out to Cleo and midnites_angel. Have a great holiday.”
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From spoonjosh
Dear Harry/Hermione shippers, a big wonderful happy Christmas to you. I hope you enjoy it with all of your love ones and hold them close. This time of year is a wonderful reminder of how family and friends are so important in our lives and to celebrate the love and strength that we all draw from one another. I wish you the best for new year and hope all your inner wishes and dreams come true. Lots of hugs and kisses, Josh.
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Thank you so much to everyone who sent in those wonderful Christmas greetings. I appreciate that you took the time to send it in and to make the podcast more special and especially more personal. Thank you so much.
SECOND SONG
Now I`m going to play my second song. This one is a more Christmas theme song than the first was and I don`t know if any of you have heard it yet. It`s by Sarah McLaughlan it`s from her brand new Christmas CD and it`s entitled Wintersong. Hope you enjoy it.
[SONG - Wintersong - Sarah McLaughlin]
VOICEMAIL
“Hey Misti this is grangergal again just wanted to leave you a voicemail with some thoughts that I had and this is easier for me than doing an email thing. Wanted to let you know how much I love the podcast that you`re doing… the Harmony Podcast and Harmonics. I think you`re doing a great job and even though we`re always not very responsive to things at first, we`re all busy we really do appreciate you allowing us to have some entertainment and to feel bonded with our ship. I know for me knowing there are so many people out there, it makes me feel… I guess a little less delusional [laughs] hearing your voice and hearing you talking about the Harry/Hermione thing. I also have a song request by Nickelback it makes me think of the relationship of Harry/Hermione if you take into account Half Blood Prince and how neither of them were themselves in that book. Also I wanted to ask if it was possible as some point to interview maybe the creators of Portkey. I would be interested about hearing more about them, you know when they started Portkey, how they started it, that sort of thing. So anyway thanks again for all the wonderful work you do. Bye bye.”
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VOICEMAIL
“Hey Misti, I don`t know if you`ve been around fandom today but the title of book 7 is out and I know this has nothing to do with your Christmas podcast but the title of book 7 is Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Not exactly a surprising name but very curious none the less. Anyways I`m looking forward to the podcast. Talk to you later.”
BIRTHDAYS
Now for December birthdays. Happy Birthday goes out to,
kalishaka,sherlock_nomes, bingblot, tephiebird, mirtilla98, wafball, emilierevan, lupisnoctis1286, harryig, davidbrookes, colorshine, shantari, hermionecrazy, burned_toast33, sparkling_kiwi, a27386, berenicepotter, rain_witch_85, neytaritook, five_x_five, x_silentious, muzzy_olorea, hoshiamai, greenhera and ladybluestar.
Happy Birthday for those of you that have already celebrated and all of you whose birthdays are upcoming and we hope you have a very wonderful birthday.
WINNER OF THE HARMONY PODCAST FAN FICTION CONTEST
And now for the winner of the Harmony Podcast Christmas Fan Fiction Contest. It`s titled He`s A Magic Man by GrangerGal
He’s A Magic Man By GrangerGal
"Come on home, girl" mama cried on the phone
"Too soon to lose my baby and my girl should be at home!"
"But try to understand, try to understand
Try, try, try to understand…
He's a magic man, Mama
He's a magic man"
~Heart
Harry blew a warm breath of air into his cupped hands before starting his ascent to the roof. The fire escape’s handrails were so cold he wondered if his hands could freeze to them since he wasn’t wearing any gloves. Honestly, it didn’t matter to him; even if the gentle snowfall made the ladder slippery, he was determined to make it to the roof.
Tonks had better be right, he thought as he climbed. It was Christmas Eve and he didn’t want Hermione to be alone, not even for a couple of hours. She shouldn’t be away from her friends on a holiday and Harry had an overwhelming need to find her. As someone who had spent a lifetime missing his family, he knew that holidays could be especially hard. Hermione can’t be with her parents on this Christmas Eve, he thought, but she’s my family and we need each other.
In a way, he was surprised that Hermione had confided in Tonks, rather than in himself. In all honesty Hermione never was the type to have close girlfriends. But he had a hunch she kept these feelings from him so that he wouldn’t feel guilty. And she was right. He did feel guilty.
The wind gushed around him causing him to pause for a moment before finally reaching the roof. He climbed up cautiously and gained his balance. As he looked down and around the edges of the rooftop, Harry couldn’t help but be amazed at the sight of the urban winter-wonderland below. Headlights from the muggle cars on the street showcased the swirling snowflakes as they made their way to the ground. Street lamps were adorned with lights and wreaths and store fronts were decorated with various displays of holiday greetings. There was warmth in the air as muggles bustled about wishing each other good cheer and heading in and out of stores to make their final purchases before the stores closed. A group of young girls squealed with excitement as they twirled in the falling snow and then collapsed on soft ground to make snow angels. A mother hugged a small child to her chest as she crossed the street in an effort to keep him warm. Down the street a bit farther, the sound of carolers filled the air.
Then he saw her. She was sitting at the far corner of the roof looking down into the street. Her legs were pressed tight against her chest with her arms wrapped around them. Her scarf was flapping slightly in the breeze and her chin rested gently on her knees. The bushy hair that Harry had become so fond of was playful dancing with snowflakes in the breeze. She looked so sad, so alone.
From where she was seated, she had a perfect view of the other side of the street, and more importantly, directly into her parents’ dental clinic. The large, picture window was dressed in garland and lights. There was a weathered sign just above the door that read, Grangers’ Family Dental Clinic. Harry wondered how many after-school afternoons or evenings just like this had Hermione spent at the clinic. A yellow ribbon was tied on the door knocker. Was this ribbon for Hermione and for a war that their patients knew nothing of? With the office lights still on, Harry could see the Christmas tree in the clinic’s waiting room. The twinkling lights glowed through the frosty window, illuminating a portion of the icy sidewalk.
Harry looked back to Hermione and noticed how vulnerable she seemed sitting there all alone. Her normal “down-to-business” attitude regarding their training, the horcrux hunt, and Order meetings masked the fact that she was just a teenaged girl who missed her family and perhaps wished for some normalcy in life, like it was before she found out she was a witch. He knew she had sacrificed more than she should, more than anyone else. While Ron often went on rants about his Mum’s “mothering” or his brothers’ relentless teasing, he loved having his messy and imperfect family near.
And as for Harry, he would give anything to have his parents and Sirius back. Imagining himself with his parents sitting around a Christmas Tree at the cottage in Godric’s Hollow was enough to produce a patronus without a wand. And here was Hermione up on this roof all alone, possibly imagining a similar scenario. Ron still had his family and Harry’s choice had been made for him .But Hermione had chosen to fight alongside Harry, even if it meant being away from her family. Not many people he knew would be strong enough to make that kind of decision.
Seeing her now reminded him of something that Tonks had told him. Tonks had gone with Hermione to visit The Grangers at the beginning of the summer. Harry had offered to go with Hermione, but she had declined his offer stating that Tonks had to go with her anyway to discuss her parents’ security. She had come back too late that night to talk, and the next morning she appeared to be her usual positive and determined self. It was only after cornering Tonks later that Harry realized the extent of Hermione’s cover-up. Tonks seemed rather upset to bring it up at all, but she relented for Harry. She told him how heartbreaking it was to see Hermione tell her parents that she and her magical friends were in danger and that there was a good chance she might not come back to them. The Grangers were terribly upset that she couldn’t visit them for their own safety and that the school wasn’t doing more to restrict their daughter from fighting in a war. “Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage,” Tonks told him, “and Hermione has a rather big life right now.” And the subject was never brought up again.
Harry could only imagine the intensity of the Grangers’ response. He didn’t ask Tonks to elaborate, but he knew enough about human nature to know what they must be struggling with. It was probably hard enough to lose their daughter to a world that they couldn’t be part of, but to know that she was in constant danger must be terrifying.
Looking at her now, Harry didn’t see a vulnerable girl at all, but a courageous one. One who made the right choice, even if it wasn’t the easy one. Sometimes, Harry wondered if Dumbledore would have had an easier time mentoring Hermione Granger, brightest witch of her age, as the “Girl Who Lived” rather than himself.
Sniffling from the other side of the roof broke into Harry’s thoughts and he began to carefully make his way over to Hermione. She wiped away a renegade tear and without turning her head said, “Hey, Harry.”
“How did you know I was here,” he asked in amazement.
“Well, I have been known to find you even when you’re under that invisibility cloak, so this was no major feat,” she smiled and looked up at him, obviously glad to see him. “The real question is how you knew where to find me?”
“I have my ways,” he replied, “I am a wizard after all.”
She sighed and surprisingly didn’t push the issue. Exchanging small smiles they shared the knowledge that they were destined to have difficult choices and difficult times, but they also had each other. They
returned their gazes to the small clinic across the street. Harry heard a pause in Hermione’s breathing as the last patient, a plump, elderly woman, opened the door and stepped out onto the sidewalk. Just then Hermione’s parents came into view. They walked over to the Christmas tree in the clinic lobby. Her father handed her mother what looked to be a steaming cup of cocoa and they stood there arm in arm for a while.
“You know what my parents told me this summer when I told them about the war and that I was going to be fighting in it?”
Harry didn’t know what to say. Hermione never talked about her parents, even when their conversations had entered more sensitive subjects.
“At first they were so shocked and scared that they tried to talk me out of it. My mum said that I was too young to make such a major and irreversible decision. She told me, ‘Life is like drawing without an eraser’ and then rambled on about how serious the consequences of this decision would be. I almost laughed out loud at this thinking back to our third year and the time turner. A wizard’s answer to the eraser I suppose.”
She paused for an instant and Harry got the sense she just needed someone to listen to her.
“Eventually they calmed down and realized that I was making exactly the sort of decision that they raised me to make. I often wonder if I will ever be as strong as they are. To make a decision for yourself is one thing, but when you have to watch someone you love make a decision that you don’t understand or agree with, and then watch them follow through with it regardless….That, Harry, is true courage.”
Harry thought about this and smiled to himself. The Grangers’ ancestry was probably laced with Gryffindor types. Here Hermione was giving up her carefree teen years and her warm family life to fight in a war, and she was admiring her parents’ courage! What a woman!
“What in Hogwart’s History…,” Hermione began as she moved closer to the edge of the roof. Inside the clinic her parents were opening up a small box which appeared to be a Christmas present.
“That looks like the gifts I purchased for them…and my letter!” Hermione’s excitement was growing. Shacklebolt had warned her of having any contact with her family during this time. The auror department had agreed to help somewhat with the Grangers’ protection, but they were spread thin at the moment with all the death eaters on the loose. It was likely that Voldemort’s minions would discover Hermione’s relationship with these otherwise harmless muggles and use it to their advantage.
“How did they get that box? I wrote that letter, but I never sent it,” her bewilderment grew as all the logical scenarios ran through her mind.
“I hope you don’t mind,” Harry began, “but I took the liberty of making sure they received your gift and letter.”
“Oh, Harry! But, how? Surely you didn’t send Hedwig,” she questioned.
“No, it was much easier than that,” he grinned, “it was…magic.”
Hermione’s face finally broke out into a smile and she leaned into Harry’s arms so that he could hold her as they watched her parents embrace with thankfulness that their daughter was still alive. He cast a simple warming spell and the two of them sat there for a while longer just watching the snowfall.
Harry made a mental note to thank the Grangers’ last patient of the day, Mrs. Figg, for delivering Hermione’s gift. He knew that after Christmas they would have to go back to the task at hand, but for now Hermione deserved a little magic in her life. And he was her magic man.
~The End
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That`s it for the Christmas addition of Harmony Podcast. The very last podcast for 2006. I hope that everybody has a very Merry Christmas and a happy, safe new year as well. And we will be back in January of 2007 with the brand new Harmony Podcast for the brand new year.
Thanks to everybody who supported me this year. And special thanks go out to nappa and especially to Lisa my best friend and co-everything with the podcasts, every single one of them and the website. And she also helps me out with my fan fics quite often, she`s my proof reader. And also to Gwen for taking over when demosthenes could no longer do the news segment you`re an absolutely fabulous news girl, thank you so much Gwen. And demosthenes we miss you so much it was great to have you around when we could and it`s just sad that you got pulled away from us this year. Hopefully your life and your new job, jobs is going well for you.
That`s about it, I`m going to leave you with the same song that I left you with last year. A Soldiers Silent Night and hopefully you`ll join me in sending out thoughts and prayers to the military people that are stationed overseas. And also from the military personnel from all the countries that are serving overseas right now. They are the bravest people that I know and my heart goes out to every single one of them but especially my thoughts are with Mike. Mike I hope you`re doing okay, haven`t heard from you in a while and I know that you moved stations so… hopefully you`re doing all right and please email me when you get a chance, just to let me know you`re okay. Thanks again everyone, remember Merry Christmas, a safe happy new year and we will see you in 2007.
[SONG - A Soldiers Silent Night]