selene_rain @ 2003-08-19 11:40:00

Lucius posts
Mood: enraged

Next stop: Mudville.

EDIT: The poem is "Casey at the Bat" and the whole thing can be found here.

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arborwin @ August 19 2003, 11:45:21 UTC

A little bit of both.

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shallowfemme @ August 19 2003, 11:48:13 UTC

Go here. ^_^

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babytyggeryss @ August 19 2003, 11:48:22 UTC

Casey's ego was his downfall.

Maybe Lucius can relate?

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selene_rain @ August 19 2003, 11:48:59 UTC

I edited the post to include a link.

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selene_rain @ August 19 2003, 11:50:03 UTC

Or not. *grin*

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neveth @ August 19 2003, 12:17:51 UTC

AUGH DEMENTOR!

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selene_rain @ August 19 2003, 12:18:42 UTC

Sorry to scare you. Is this better?

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neveth @ August 19 2003, 12:20:56 UTC

Is that from the movie or elsewhere?

Oh yes, much better. XD

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selene_rain @ August 19 2003, 12:28:10 UTC

Is what from the movie? My dementor icon? I got this picture from Mugglenet and made the icon from it.

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arborwin @ August 19 2003, 13:15:42 UTC

Those are bloody frightening.

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selene_rain @ August 19 2003, 13:20:51 UTC

I know. Don't you love it?

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anjaliesque @ August 19 2003, 11:50:00 UTC

Oh my gosh- I don't know about anyone else, but this made me laugh and laugh. This is the poem that would make me cry as a child, but the image of Lucius as Mighty Casey just seems so incongruent at first. Now I feel a tad guilty... :/

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Anonymous @ August 19 2003, 11:51:35 UTC

Unless Casey is someone else. Sirius, maybe? Narcissa?

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sistermagpie @ August 19 2003, 12:36:46 UTC

It used to make me cry too! But something about seeing Lucius quoting it and being "contemplative" I just found hysterical. I love his player for doing that.

Also, since this was a Malfoy, I couldn't help but make the connection to "Mudville" as in "Mudbloods" but that could just be a coincidence.

It's possible that he's mocking everyone else, of course. Like, if Narcissa has left him in a huff he could be sarcastically saying he guesses he's like Casey at the Bat and there's no joy in their home (Mudville) and quoting poetry like Narcissa has done. I'd love him for doing that too. But having no idea what's actually going on...I'm in the dark here as usual!

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small_rodent @ August 19 2003, 14:20:15 UTC

When I read it, the thought of Lucius as Casey made a lot of sense to me... although I think I take a slightly skewed view of the poem since when I first read it, I totally missed Casey's attitude. I thought Casey had been horribly wronged and that the umpire was a bastard for not playing fair. Now that my brain has grown a bit, I can see how Casey may very well have deserved his comeuppance, but if Lucius is reading it and inserting himself as Casey, he may see the prideful behavior as completely natural, and thus go along with my youthful interpretation of the poem.

Also, a little more out on the limb, the actions have a certain parallel to the Malfoy spats. Casey doesn't swing for the first pitches, and Lucius doesn't directly confront Narcissa either, preferring to oppose her passively. And then, when he actually tries to do something about the problem, he misses and gets into a fight. If he'd tried earlier, then he might have had another chance, but Narcissa is now on the end of her rope and leaving.

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Anonymous @ August 19 2003, 14:36:20 UTC

Very good.

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Anonymous @ August 19 2003, 14:34:39 UTC

What does it mean now that his mood is "shiny" though?

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Anonymous @ August 19 2003, 14:39:45 UTC

That I screwed up.

--his player

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Anonymous @ August 19 2003, 14:43:05 UTC

I see. Sorry. ^^;;

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selene_rain @ August 19 2003, 12:11:00 UTC

I totally agree. The way he's quoted such an American folksie poem, it feels like mockery. I'm sure he isn't Casey.

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Anonymous @ August 19 2003, 12:11:55 UTC

I can't help but wonder if he picked such a "pedestrian" poem on purpose. It's muggle, it's American, and it's ostensibly about baseball; all of which Lucius likely knows very little. I think there's more below the surface. The poem is all about Casey's ego, which brings about his downfall. Lucius's ego is certainly large but he doesn't seem the self-introspective type.

Ooh. Maybe Casey = Voldemort. Or Sirius.

Ha. Maybe he's saying that without Narcissa, he's nothing more than a poor muggle.

Or maybe not.

I gotta get me an LJ.

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neveth @ August 19 2003, 12:17:20 UTC

Give the Nev an e-mail addy. Will give code.

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selene_rain @ August 19 2003, 12:24:00 UTC

The poem is all about Casey's ego, but specifically that he was the only one who could save the day. Perhaps he's talking about repeated failed attempts to get Remus and Sirius back together? Or maybe someone trying to repair his own marriage and failing?

That particular passage is so gloomy, saying that there's no joy to be found anywhere near Mudville. What would have that kind of an impact?

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loony_moony @ Deleted Deleted

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Anonymous @ August 19 2003, 15:33:30 UTC

But Narcissa isn't a Black in NA, she's a Peltier. Lupin's cousin, instead of Sirius'.

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loony_moony @ Deleted Deleted

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luna_lg @ August 21 2003, 11:29:00 UTC

Too true...

Oh, LOVE the icon, BTW.

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