A challenge - Vilja and Veela
Nov. 26th, 2009 09:13 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
I was listening to various versions of Franz Lehar's great Vilja oh Vilja song, which is clearly about the same kind of creatures as JKR's Veelas.
It occurred to me that I had never seen any fanfic that really dealt with the Veelas as JKR described them during the World Cup scenes in GoF - in particular, the hidden yet profound link between their terrible and irresistible beauty and their other form as cruel sharp-taloned birds of prey. I do not quite feel that a story on this theme is in my chords (the closest I got was in The Dark Star, but the conclusion was still too human), but I would love to read one. Of course, I would not want a cliched "cruel selfish beauty" plot, but something more complex and - perhaps - threatening must be possible. Does any one of my HP-reading friends feel up to trying their hand at a fanfic? Bonus points if you include Lehar's song.
It occurred to me that I had never seen any fanfic that really dealt with the Veelas as JKR described them during the World Cup scenes in GoF - in particular, the hidden yet profound link between their terrible and irresistible beauty and their other form as cruel sharp-taloned birds of prey. I do not quite feel that a story on this theme is in my chords (the closest I got was in The Dark Star, but the conclusion was still too human), but I would love to read one. Of course, I would not want a cliched "cruel selfish beauty" plot, but something more complex and - perhaps - threatening must be possible. Does any one of my HP-reading friends feel up to trying their hand at a fanfic? Bonus points if you include Lehar's song.
Re: OT
Date: 2009-11-26 08:02 pm (UTC)