Arista!

[alt_player]

http://alt-ron.dreamwidth.org/80241.html?thread=1086577#cmt1086577

(Just wanted to be sure people could find it.)

Comments

[sporky_rat]

Oh my gosh oh my gosh oh my gosh oh my gosh.

Arista! If they manage to get her out, then it will be amazing and wonderful and flat out fantastic.

[contrariwise]

Seriously.

Good thing I didn't have anything else planned tonight!

[kiya]

A little bit ago I was all, "Oh, right, running battle in the Department of Mysteries. There was one of those."

[adeliej]

Yes, it will! But despite that, my mind keeps going back to the canon battle... at least this time we know there's a point to it, though.

And yay magical tracking stuffed cat!

[contrariwise]

Wonder who's going to die this time?

I've been afraid for weeks that it would be Raz, but since he's not there... and neither are Sirius or Snape...

[(Anonymous)]

I'll be upset if Im right cause he is a fantastic character although a very bad man.

I think it will be Dolohov as he is Barty's newly acquired Father figure.

As that was the position Sirius was filling in Harry's life in canon.

[ellemir]

Oops, that was me.

[contrariwise]

Ugh, I would be so sad if we lost Dolohov. He's utterly fascinating. (My gosh, him starting to question Voldemort after his death was fantastic -- and he even got BARTY to, too!)

But he's more likely than Barty, though I'd be really happy if it was Barty. (Also quite well-written, but... so much less sympathetic.)

[ellemir]

Lets all hope it's Barty then. I'll miss his particular brand of evil, but the fallout with Narcissa would be amusing

[contrariwise]

I'd kind of love to see Draco's reaction to it too.

[kiya]

Draco will be so epically pissed if he's not the one who kills him.

[worthywords]

Just think: Ron's been posting about that stuffed cat, what, all year? They've been planning this all this time.

[adeliej]

That thread of them both being confused by how easy it was to 'kill' Voldemort was amazing. If Dolohov survives Voldemort eventually being overthrown (well, I assume V will be), and isn't immediately thrown into Azkaban, it will be fascinating to watch his thinking and dealing with the situation.

Also if he discovers who he's trying to catch at DoM right now - particularly Sally-Anne, Harry, Justin and Draco.

[contrariwise]

I was just thinking about how Dolohov would probably be able to figure out it was them. They're not fully-grown yet, are they? Well, maybe they are -- I haven't been 16 in a while, I can't remember how different teenagers really look. But Dolohov knows his students so well, their abilities and everything, and watches them so closely...

It makes me think maybe he will be the one to die then, since otherwise they'd basically all be dead, even those who are his favorites.


...or would they? Considering Dolohov just went through a moment of wavering loyalty...

[ellemir]

Yeah, who needs sleep.

[ellemir]

Have you seen what Sally Anne said?

She thinks he knows.

[contrariwise]

Just saw it. GAH. He's got to know, he's hearing their voices while casting things, screaming... of course he knows. It's Dolohov, he's incredibly perceptive.

If Barty's the one to die... that would make Dolohov so, so dangerous.

I don't even know what to hope for anymore!

[(Anonymous)]

This is fascinating- can't go to sleep while it's still going on!

[jenett]

We have an icon for that! (Which is to say, icon is for sharing.)

[(Anonymous)]

Ooh, awesome- I've been following this for about a year now, but only just found this "watchers community"- it's great that there's a place to talk!

[contrariwise]

Orrrr he doesn't know. But if he survives, he'll probably figure it out.

I mean, Barty would too, if he had the opportunity. But he isn't around them as much.

[(Anonymous)]

Wait- what do you mean?

[jenett]

Welcome! The Dreamwidth alt-fen community is pretty recent (a month or two now? I'd have to look, and there is Game!), but we also have one over on LiveJournal. (And import the latter over here every week or so, just so you don't get too confused.)

[selecting one of my other Alternity icons: I note that most but not all of the ones on my journal are Alternity related]

[ellemir]

I know Dumbledore saved the day in canon.

But this seems much more realistic. Two Deatheaters easily holding off all the ISS.

[kiya]

The stuffed cat was how they tracked Arista down. So there was this whole thing with Ron writing little stories about it, and bringing it along to the wedding so that it could visit with her and all, and it's all, all, all because they were going to need it for this battle.