oh, dearie me...

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not all present and accounted for today. i understand i'm supposed to write addictedkitten broom innuendo. ooookay. this isn't it.



Better Living Through Learning: Dean Thomas
thanks to ethrosdemon for the beta.

Dean doesn’t understand how Ron can take the piss out of West Ham colours when his beloved Chudley Cannons race around like a bunch of oranges with toothpicks sticking out of them.

Really, Dean just doesn’t get it at all. Of course, he likes Quidditch. How could he not? He likes watching his mates play and he likes how Seamus gets all excited and generally loses his voice before the match even begins. Dean really likes that part because it makes him laugh, but Quidditch is still relatively new to him and it just doesn’t have the same history that football does.

Football is well, football.

It’s footie, and it’s a holy thing, and okay, so the ball never leaves the ground for very long, but it’s still entertaining. There are hat tricks and red cards and celebrations and at least in footie everybody has a chance at the glory. Not that Harry’s not great, but in footie there are two forwards, and there are halfbacks and defenders and anybody can score.

Not just anyone can catch the Snitch. It’s just odd, and Dean can’t imagine trying to explain how Quidditch works to his Uncle Otis.

Uncle Otis who paints his face blue and claret for his beloved West Ham.

Uncle Otis who’s been eating the same ritualistic meal of beans and rice and curried goat before he steps foot out the door to go to the match since time began. Dean's uncle won't even go to the pub to even watch the match without his prerequisite jerked chicked. Jamaican food and footie are synonymous in Dean's mind.

Dean bets that Ron’s beloved Cannons don’t inspire that sort of devotion, or well, perhaps they do because Ron has a lot of orange shirts. But none of Ron’s Cannon’s were on the 1966 World Cup squad, and that’s something every West Ham fan can be proud of, even if their World Cup hasn’t been around since the 15th century like some sports. That’s something that Dean is proud of even if he’s only heard about the match from Uncle Otis fifty times; it’s still worth repeating.

It’s still worth knowing.

Just like football is worth knowing about even if it’s not necessarily a wizarding preference. Just because Quidditch is magical doesn’t make it better, and just because football is for Muggles doesn’t make it wrong.

Dean doesn’t care what Malfoy says. He doesn’t care that he’s Muggle-born or that his poster doesn’t move no matter how many charms Ron tries to throw at it. He’s proud that his Uncle Otis came from Savanna-La-Mar to try out for the West Ham reserves, and he’s even prouder that he is who he is. Dean draws and he likes Quidditch, but that doesn’t mean he can’t like other stuff as well.

Comments

[oneko-briar.livejournal.com]

that's just! soo *cuute*.... :) Like, the language and stuff.

...

ok, possibly I am not that awake yet. Hi.

"but in footie there are two forwards, and there are halfbacks and defenders and anybody can score."

*g* "footie"!

[hackthis.livejournal.com]

ok, possibly I am not that awake yet. Hi.

hi, darlin.' it's okay, i'm not that awake myself.

[holographis.livejournal.com]

It’s footie, and it’s a holy thing Damn right. ;)

Yay for Dean, although, boo for West Ham. I must confess to supporting my town's team, even if we are nowhere near the premier league (in fact I don't think we're in any league at all, so shite are we).

I like this fic just because there are so few pieces of writing that actually look at Muggle things - even though they're obviously just as important. I imagine it's quite confusing to be half Muggle half magic and not be able to choose either. But as long as there's football, it'll be alright. :) I think you captured the British obsession quite nicely there - although it gets an awful lot worse during the World Cup and Euro-whatever-year. *g*

[hackthis.livejournal.com]

I think you captured the British obsession quite nicely there - although it gets an awful lot worse during the World Cup and Euro-whatever-year. *g*

hee hee. i used to live in london, i have my own footie obsession. not with west ham, bleh, with liverpool. liiiiiiiverpooooooool. liiiiiiiverpooooool. i was there when michael owen played his first match - against wimbledon natch. bless.

[holographis.livejournal.com]

Oh, Michael Owen is such a little cutie. There is so very much scope for slash in football; G (who I work with) summed it up with: Men getting sweaty together then hugging each other and bathing together afterwards. Except for the fact that he annoys me by being so thick (and he's so happily married), David Beckham would be perfectly slashable.

And don't even get me started on the Portuguese football team. *g*

oh, no doubt.

[hackthis.livejournal.com]

There is so very much scope for slash in football

the selfridges advert said it best ' 90% of all men are married to 11 players.' i just had a moment, is is just me or does michael remind you of oliver wood?

Re: oh, no doubt.

[holographis.livejournal.com]

Yes! He does rather, with all the passion about his sport and the need to win all the time - but he's so young and innocent looking. *sigh*

Another acotr who looks like I imagine Sean Biggerstaff might when he's older is Joseph McFadden (http://image.guardian.co.uk/sys-images/Film/Close_Up/Players/1999/04/28/joseph_mcfadden.jpg). Right down to the Scottish accent and everything. Somewhere in one of my folders I have slashed him ruthlessly with some bloke whose name I forget. Yum yum yum. Oliver Wood is the source of so much goodness.

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[hackthis.livejournal.com]

omg. i know joseph mcfadden, no not know, as in biblical more as in i saw him in something on the bbc. bugger, what was it? sex and chips and rock and roll. oh yes, i do watch the crap telly. *g*

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[holographis.livejournal.com]

yes yes yes! that was it! crap telly nothing, I loved that show. *g* I slashed him with the one who went by "the wolf" or something along those lines.

He was in a wuthering heights remake last weekend. *lust*

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[oneko-briar.livejournal.com]

I just think it's soo cool that there really is actually a game called "footie" and it's not something JKR or you made up, Z. :)

aand- in other news. *ahem* "We are pleased to inform lj-user=HackThis that she has been chosen as one of THE TOP SEXIEST BITCHES ON LJ." Well, according to yours truly. Go drink champagne! :)

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THE TOP SEXIEST BITCHES ON LJ." Well, according to yours truly. Go drink champagne! :)

you like me, you really like me. sally field moment - OVER!

thank you, darlin.' wow. does this come with a naked man, because you know, i could use one of those.

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[oneko-briar.livejournal.com]

yes! *snicker* of your choice!

we even have the "farmboy" package, which comes with fruit! and a farmboy!!

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we even have the "farmboy" package, which comes with fruit! and a farmboy!!

fruit and farmboy? how interesting, i see a marketing potential here. of course only organic fruit will be used. *g*

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[oneko-briar.livejournal.com]

wah?- no fertilized non-organic corn laced with kryptonite water??

Didn't we wanna kill the cows? :)

[beat]

*shrugs*

[cyclogenesis.livejournal.com]

::stomps foot:: Want broom innuendo!

But this! This was very interesting. Well-told gen, gives a nice look at the character. That last sentence really draws it all together, and I may or may not have mentally added "...like Seamus Finnigan" to the end. But that's just me.

Lovely as usual, my dear.

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i working on it doll face. it's being contrary. draco wants to go fly a broom.

[dsbs.livejournal.com]

Excellent. Very fun to read, nice look at Dean (I've always been interested in him). But especially about the "anyone can score. Not just anyone can catch the snitch" thing. I actually shouted "exactly!" at my computer when I read that.