Remus/Tonks-y movie thoughts

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Has anyone of you seen If Only? I was zapping channels this morning (well, you English-speaking people would call it afternoon, since it was past noon) and it was just starting on the paid channel, so I figured, why not?

There's something very Remus/Tonks-like about this movie. The characters, the way they act... the introverted guy, so worried about the future, trying to make everything go right and prevent all the bad things (and failing dismally), and the vivid, happy girl who seizes the day, whose biggest joy in the world is being with the man she loves.

Remus probably wouldn't forget his girlfriend's graduation concert, but hey. Can't have everything.

Besides, even the looks fit. Well, not the age difference, but see this still from the film. Jennifer Love Hewitt with short hair matches my mental image of Tonks very well. A sweet girl, but not drop-dead gorgeous. And Paul Nicholls - he might not be my Remus of choice, but take a careful look at the pic! The serious British gentleman and the youthful girl worried about him - it's just SCREAMING Remus/Tonks.

(I'm *so* submitting this picture as a prompt for the next rt_challenge ficathon.)

I enjoyed watching this movie. The end is bittersweet, and while I was hoping for a really happy end, it fits. Won't say more for fear of spoiling you, in case you want to watch it ;)

Off for lunch...

See ya,
Anna.