T&A in the DA
Rating: M (for two chapters) Warning: Nudity, auto-sexual acts
Timeframe: Fall of 1995, with consideration of things from before.
Disclaimer: I did not create the characters or locations, which belong to JK Rowling and her associates. I gain nothing from this effort, either monetarily (damn it) or other, except the enjoyment. She built the playground, and I am just playing on the swing set.
Further, I also have no connection with Joss Whedon or any rights to his creations. I only use one quote (or as close as I remember), as it is one of the best distillations of what passes for the 'mind' of an adolescent male that I have ever seen.
I have read some other fan fiction concerning the family backgrounds, but I think I have taken a different tack on them; if you find my plotlines a little too familiar, I can assure you that it was not intentional, and that you enjoyed the other stories as well. You may consider this more of a treatise on family histories and not a story – all I can say is wait for it.
I must thank Bobmin for the identification of the wizards' garbage disposal system.
Summary: In order become more comfortable with each other, the female members of the DA get together for an evening's fun and entertainment.
Author's Notes
This developed from a plot bunny that hopped by. Bunnies tend to reproduce rapidly. Also, as Alice found out, following bunnies can lead you to some rather strange places.
I have long been puzzled by certain features of the Hogwarts curriculum, given my own education and the typical British school structure. I have attempted to address one or two aspects of this.
I have long been fascinated by where and how people end up as they are and where they are. Often a parent's foibles or career choice will affect their children's strengths and weakness in life, sometimes in unpredictable ways. For example, the son of a gambler may be a risk taker themselves, or extremely conservative with money seeing the damage it caused.
As part of full disclosure, I have to point out I am an adult male, so my understanding of the teenage female mind is speculative at best.
I also agree with several other authors that, in my estimation, Ron and Hermione do not belong together as a couple as they have completely incompatible interests. However, at the timeframe of this story, there are only a small number of male characters who will have anything to do with Hermione, and while she is closest to Ron and Harry, Harry's chances of surviving to graduation don't look too good, and Hermione's analytical brain could not have overlooked this fact. However, this digression is completely and totally irrelevant to this story.
One other point is my point-of-view concerning of Luna Lovegood. It is apparent in the canonical stories that wizarding folk can be just as narrow-minded as muggles. Just as muggles deny magic, because they haven't seen true magic, most pure-bloods do not see the implications of their treatment of muggles and elves as inappropriate. If confronted with beliefs or experiences which they have not shared (such as observation of rare creatures, such as the okapi, the mountain gorilla, and other fauna which were believed fantastical), they might well tend to dismiss them and the people (or in this case, a young woman) holding these views.