hackthis_archive | so much for abdication

holographis both wrote me ron/oliver. :::sighs happily::: all I need is someone to buy me a year of LJ and an Aston Martin Vanquish and we’re in business. Oh, and can you also buy me Adrien Brody, or perhaps rent him for the evening? not really picky.

question of the day: if you don’t trust someone, is it still possible to love them? when I say trust I mean in terms of trust broken, not in terms of trust not yet forged.

I was all set to leave SV-verse (it’s okay, put the sharp objects down) but after a repeat viewing of ‘Crush’ last night I realized that I just can’t. When SV is good it’s really fucking good. When it’s bad – we get ‘Hothead.’

And then there’s HP-verse…oh, lord. HP-verse pairings are like a Mr. Potato Head - you can just mix and match shit all day long. I read James/Lucius, it was good. Ron/Oliver? Oh, yes. Draco/Harry, Ron/Hermione, Neville/Draco, Percy/Marcus/Oliver with Seamus doing slut duty? Bring it all on. Recc it, kids. I just don't care, it's all so goddamn good.

Better Living Through Learning: Oliver Wood
Summary: It’s all effortless for Oliver.
Improv: sprain, indigo, miffed, juggle
(on the occasion of

icebun's birthday)

you can do anything you want to, and all you’ve gotta do is try

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The indigo ink bleeding into his robe doesn’t vex Oliver, and even though he knows Marcus spilled it on him on purpose, he doesn’t mind. A few muttered words and it will come out, but he’ll wait till later so Marcus won’t get miffed.

It never even crosses Oliver’s mind that he should feel put out.

It takes a lot for Oliver to get riled up in the first place, and when Marcus Flint is involved, well, then Oliver knows he’s being deliberately provoked. Flirting has never been Marcus’s strong point, and eventually, Oliver will give him what he wants. If only because it’s what Oliver wants too, and he’s simply waiting for Marcus to sort himself out and make the effort. Marcus will come to him.

Everything comes to Oliver in time, and the oddest thing about his life up to this point is that it’s all happened without effort. It’s all been on accident. Not that he was an accident, Oliver knows how desperate his da was for a son after three girls; but the rest of everything else has just, well, happened.

Not that Oliver is complaining, but his life has been comprised of so many incidents or strange coincidences that any other wizard would be reading the runes or juggling the tea leaves to find peace of mind. Oliver’s not like that - he’s not really that bothered. He doesn’t prefer his tea white or black, or his jelly strawberry or grape; he takes it as it comes. He doesn’t exert himself. Oliver reckons that people make it hard enough on themselves without complicating the wee issues; and it’s a rare thing to see him making a concerted effort about anything off the Quidditch pitch.

Don’t get Oliver wrong; he’s not a bad student. He’ll never be a prefect or a head boy, but he does well and would probably do better if he applied himself. His mum says it’s a terrible thing the way he wastes his mind, but it’s not really a waste. He’s just not using it, there’s really no need. Everything he desires sort of falls into his lap, even Quidditch, and he didn’t actively seek out the captainship, it just sort of *happened*.

One minute there was Stephen Gaines lording it over all and sundry and the next he’d met with Marcus Flint’s head, and wham, Oliver became captain. How Marcus came away with just a sprained wrist is still a cause for consternation, but it happened. Oliver never bothered to question it because his teammates did vote for him, and he is a good Keeper, even without the practice. It’s true that he does drive a hard practice, but that’s only because he’s found that not everybody is as natural as he is. Some people do require practice, some people do have to *try*, and Oliver wants to make an allowance for them.

Some people make an effort, and Oliver wants to make things easier for other people. It’s not as though he’s the one that has to try. It’s been so long since Oliver’s had to try at anything that he can barely remember what it’s like. He vaguely remembers actually working in his first year to learn something, and he knows that he pursued Percy Weasley at some point but he never tried. Oliver knows that the first time he tried to fly he ran smack dab into the side of the house. It was not an auspicious occasion; and point of fact, his mum laughed so hard that she began to cry and his dad had to be the one to make sure he hadn’t broken anything too important. Still, eventually he got the hang of it. Learning to fly wasn’t hard, it only required a minimal effort, and Oliver still wonders what it would be like to have to make a concerted effort to try for something.

He spends a lot of time wondering about it actually – making a real effort - and his nan used to say that if he ever joined his head in the clouds, he’d not come down again until Robert Burns Day. Thinking of his nan makes him think of Scotland and he really does miss it. Scotland and England are not the same country, and it only took the Muggles forever to realize that. But Oliver has always known it, just like he’s always known he was a wizard. He likes being a wizard, just like he likes being Scottish and playing Quidditch. They’re not things he has to try at they’re just sort of there. They’re attributes that are part and parcel of who Oliver Wood is, they don’t require effort. But Oliver still thinks it would be nice to have something to try for, something that he works long and hard to attain. He suspects that it might be good for him to have something that he can say he’s properly earned.

He thinks he might learn something from the experience.

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note: ‘Better Living Through Learning’ is a Series idea for HP. I suspect I shall submit Neville and Ron to it as well. And probably Seamus and Dean.

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if you don’t trust someone, is it still possible to love them? when I say trust I mean in terms of trust broken, not in terms of trust not yet forged.

random, overly personal answer from someone you don't know: yes. and it sucks. i think all hopes of any successful relationship are gone in that equation though. no matter how much you love someone, it sucks having to be guarded around them at all times - the result of the broken trust. unless you decide that you don't care, you're willing to risk being deeply hurt (again)... that's just hard to imagine.

random, overly personal answer from someone you don't know

i always applaud the random observation as generally you have nothing to lose so you tend to be more honest. generic you i mean. but, um, hi. *g*

think all hopes of any successful relationship are gone in that equation though. no matter how much you love someone, it sucks having to be guarded around them at all times - the result of the broken trust.

yes! exactly! that's kind of where i'm at now and it's hard b/c i actually miss this person, but it's hard enough for me to trust anyway and the whole being used sensation is not going away. i feel rather bitter. see, i knew this emotional shit was a red herring, i want a refund!

oh. i had thought maybe your were asking bc you were pondering this question for fic writing purposes. but it's real life thing, huh? sorry. i know how much it sucks. i can feel it right down to the bitter part. and i wish i had something comforting to say... the relationship in my own life that i'm relating this to never really healed. it continues to exist as a shadow of its former self. i wish better things for you - but they involve personal risk. blah.

and hi to you too. *g*

oh. i had thought maybe your were asking bc you were pondering this question for fic writing purposes.

oh, it'll come up in a story sooner or later. you'll find that most of what i write has some sort of basis in my reality. besides, i like throwing out personal stuff every now and then, my life tends to scare people.

she was deleted.
where is the fic?

I am going to have to send you real fb for this one! Ack! You are an Oliver natural. Oh dear. A new person for you.

Oliver/Ron? lol

Ooh, interesting. I like this look at Oliver. This reads like a prelude to a great, epic romance, and that's a good thing. It leaves me satisfied, and yet interested in more. What could Oliver try for? And why does my mind keep shouting "Harry!"

Lovely as usual, doll.

And why does my mind keep shouting "Harry!"?

See, I can barely hear around the "Percy!" shouts in my head.

Lovely job, Z!

And why does my mind keep shouting "Harry!"

ack! no! stop that ::turns to oliver muse::: no, no! stop that! don't get all excited, please.

would you look at what you've done, you've got a pubescent boy all excited what am i supposed to do now?

I was all set to leave SV-verse (it’s okay, put the sharp objects down) but after a repeat viewing of ‘Crush’ last night I realized that I just can’t.

*releases breath and puts down machete*

Good thing you clarified, toots. Z going nowhere! *firm look*

I will stalk you if necessary. Don't push me *wink*

When SV is good it’s really fucking good. When it’s bad – we get ‘Hothead.’

Bahahahaha!!! So true. Hothead was the worst of the season, by a ton. Not any competition IMO.

*releases breath and puts down machete*

i get a sick rush from thinking i'd be missed, i admit it! but you know, i could never completely leave a fandom that you and hope and wendi and jayne write in. i'd be a fool to lose all that good stuff.

I like this piece a lot. Quiet and understated.

so much for abdication

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