Sorry I mis-spoke Ted and Tonks. Totally worth ignoring in your own canon. But Wiki is sometimes wrong. They had Snape's middle name on there one day but thus far in canon no middle name for Snape. But if Sirius didn't meet them till after Azkaban in "canon" then perhaps Ted and Andromeda were in the Order somehow. There house was a safe house after all.
I wish more people did go AU. I enjoy it more and more and I do think it is trending that way for others as well. But I think some people like using canon when they write because it's sort of like giving the finger to JKR. You know? She tried to sink our ships and make it all clear but she couldn't do it and we can still keep going.
The movies make me sick anyway. I liked OotP for five things other than that it sucked. I am hoping and praying for the Harry chasing Snape scene in HBP and for Snape kicking his ass. I want to see Rickman play the duplicity of Harry thinking he's the worst person ever and Snape totally being torn to shreds inside. I am not holding my breath though.
WT and Bellatrix I HATE them the most. Nothing worse than a traitor IMO and Bellatrix is just a crazy bitch, I was happy when Molly killed her too. That actually is one of the few things JKR made better for me. Saying how she had Molly kill Bellatrix because they are opposites in many ways and how sometimes people just don't expect things out of a mother who just stays home and raises her family. Sometimes I feel that way because I have made choices to stay at home with my daughter and not have some huge career that sometimes people don't think I can do the things I really can. Did I just ramble or does that make sense?
You know you can use Krum in RP he's not an OC and you chould just have people be ambassadros to the Americans and so on. So you cna say the Americans feel this or that ect.
I hope so...right now, it's actually getting worse instead of better. I feel like I'm in the minority lately. torino10154 and i have been feeling really down about ij/LJ and fandom too lately. Just like people don't care as much or don't love the things we love. But I think right now is a bad time the weather is shitty most places and everyone is in there little worlds getting ready for Snarry games and Drarry world cup and all these other fests. *sigh* I think re-fredding could go very very well.