The Daily Snitch: Saturday 17 April

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Harry Potter - Actors:
'Helen McCrory, Actress Who Portrayed Narcissa Malfoy, Dies at Age 52'
'Star of Stage and Screen Paul Ritter Has Died'
'Matthew Lewis Opens Up About Final Moments with Alan Rickman on “Harry Potter” Set'
'Castium Revelio: The Wizarding World Turns to Crime'
'Social Media Roundup: Creative Vibes'
'Castium Revelio: Serpents on Screen'
'Domhnall Gleeson Teases Writing and Producing “Frank of Ireland” While Acting as Doofus'
'Jump Down the Rabbit Hole: Helena Bonham Carter’s Lifelong Relationship with “Alice in Wonderland”'
'Castium Revelio: BAFTA Winners and a First Look at Hook'

Fantastic Beasts - Actors and Movies:
'Mads Mikkelsen Cast in “Indiana Jones” 5'

Cursed Child - Actors:
'“Cursed Child” Broadway’s Albus Potter, Nicholas Podany, to Star in Live-Action “Powerpuff Girls” Pilot'

Fan Activism & Resource/Info Sharing:

HouseOfBlackPod tweeted: "I ask that you please PLEASE support #DaunteWright son and girlfriend. Here’s info on how you can get supplies and support to them. Lift them up in love as they need it so so much right now." (With infographic).

HowAirplanesFly tweeted: "Yes. Here's a reminder that the police we know today got their start as slave catchers. They were "protecting" private property. Sound familiar?" with a link to 'The Invention of the Police'.

TheHPAlliance retweeted
ACLU's Protest tips. They also linked to 'Here’s How To Be An Ally To Transgender And Nonbinary Kids' from
ScaryMommy, 'How to stop the dangerous rise in hatred targeted at Asian Americans', Bystander Training with
ihollaback, petitions, 'Provide Funding for More School Counselors in Philadelphia and Throughout Pennsylvania' and 'Tell Amazon to let workers unionize', the American Association of School Librarians' "resources to celebrate and engage with your students" during this School Library Month, and information about the For The People Act. They also shared their Avatar toolkits and their Jessica Jones toolkit for Sexual Assault Awareness Month, their '(Virtual) Volunteer Management Guide', tweeted about their Hero Training sessions, and linked to 'Mapping Fandoms and Fan Activism Futures'.

jackisnotabird retweeted
chasestrangio's action plan thread about combating anti-trans bills in Arkansas and
MicaBurton's link to "resources to therapists, hotlines, and more for black african americans struggling with mental health". He also linked to 'Women’s prize condemns online attack on trans nominee Torrey Peters' and 'Wait, what? NCAA clarifies it hasn’t actually made a decision about championships in states with anti-trans laws'.

HPANA retweeted
AJLUnited's link to donate in support of Daunte Wright's family and
BrynnTannehill's thread beginning: "A short history of where all this anti-trans stuff came from, and why you should be concerned." They also retweeted
glaad's link to 'Families, Doctors, Lawmakers Speak Out Against Anti-Transgender Bills Nationwide' and their 'Guide for Journalists: Reporting On Anti-Trans State Legislation', and
notCursedE's tweet: "ill go one step further tbh jk rowling is not only a transphobic bigot herself, but the bigotry she has inspired and emboldened will go on to cause serious and irreparable harm to transgender people. the polite version of bigotry still gets marginalised people killed". They also urged HP fans to boycott JKR's upcoming book.

WrockSnob retweeted
orangebegum's tweet: "what kind of gas lighting is it to spend $100B+ on armed agents of the state to respond to traffic violations, mental health emergencies, intimate partner violence, and more -- to defund everything else -- and then to say, more money will stop them from doing more violence?",
inafutureage's link to 'Rage Is the Only Language I Have Left',
MaraWilson's link to donate to 'Bed Fund for Refugees', and
ChelseaPBPF's link to 'A Portland Program Intended to Reduce Police Interactions With People in Crisis Is Off to a Slow Start'.

TonksNtheAurors retweeted
willinabucket's link to 'Musicians deserve a raise too, and they're right to organize against Spotify's exploitative practices'.

grace_kendall retweeted
deanspade's retweet of
Tuhmorruh's thread about Supervisor Mandelman's “A Place For All” legislation for SF,
linzsports's link to 'Living Nonbinary in a Binary Sports World', and
IolaElla's thread about wins in the Defund campaign. They also linked to 'I’m Transgender. Here’s How Playing Sports Saved My Life'.

usquidditch retweeted
chasestrangio's tweet: "FLORIDA folks - contact your senators and reps and tell them to stop HB1475 and SB2012. These bills target trans kids in sports and will threaten Florida's economy and the well-being of trans youth. #LetKidsPlay" and linked to sign-up for their Chaser 15 Mile with
PotterheadRuns.
'London Store Inspired by “Harry Potter” Launches Walking Tour to Support Mermaids'

Communities:

blkgirlscreate announced their new podcast,
nerdsaretyping with
ConStar24 and
deliaistyping, reminded 'These Bewitching Bonds' is available for purchase, shared new newsletters [1] and [2], announced the winner of the poll for fans' favourite #WizardTeam ep is 185, 'Bathilda’s Secret', and linked to another favourite ep from the #WizardTeam archive, 255, 'What if Nearly Headless Nick was Accepted into the Hunt?' and a #WizardTeam merch sale (through Sunday). They also retweeted
nkjemisin's link to her Masterclass on SFF writing.

nerdsaretyping announced a pre-launch event: ":Public address loudspeaker:10 DAYS UNTIL THE NERDS ARE TYPING! To commemorate the countdown we are going to be typing all of the characters from
blkgirlscreate's "Hogwarts BSU" (Black Student Union) canon, starting with Lavender Brown:Sparkles:!" (Thread also features Lee Jordan, Hédwig, Angelina Johnson, Alex Johnson, Nicola Zabini, Blaise Zabini, and Desiree Warbeck). They also released a trailer.

wizrocklopedia linked to new Wrock Wreviews, 'The Time Has Come' and 'i solemnly swear that i am up to no good' by TK Lawrence, 'The Wizard Rock Sampler: 2021' by TK Lawrence, and 'Making Magic: House Show How-To' by Bess. They also announced they are now accepting Bertie Botts Every Flavor Jam submissions via Twitter and Instagram and The House Show: Series 18 on Sunday 25 April @ 5:30 ET featuring
datm and
weirdosareout. They shared new Archive Releases, '3 More Albums by Nagini!' by Sagan, linked to new music, 'Veil' by
nanzdemort, and reminded there's still time to submit to 'Hut on the Wrock: A Sea Shanty Compilation'. They announced "Why We Fight, a very special series of articles by #wizardrock fans and musicians about the struggles that the wizard rock and Harry Potter fandom has gone through in recent years."

TheHPAlliance linked to merch, shouted out their Volunteers and reminded that fans interested in volunteering can check out their open roles (with link), reminded fans can support them with a donation and also sign-up for their mailing list.

MandalaSongs uploaded 'Live at the Library' to bandcamp.

percy_prefects dropped a new album, 'Live at O.W.L. Fest 2021'.

WZRDRadioPod announced submissions are open for 2021 Wizard Rock Sampler and that from 8 May there will be listening parties hosted on the
wrockresource Discord server.

PediaCompClub announced more bands for the second comp: Pottörhead and Rubeus and the Hagrids.

PussycatDolores uploaded video of the Pussycat Dolores set from O.W.L. Fest 2021.
sshp_prophet posted new editions 28 March-3 April, 4-10 April, and 11-17 April.

drarrystrugglefest opened claiming.

hpwlwbigbang opened artist sign-ups.
femmefest reminded the deadline approaches and posted collection info and called for pinch hitters.
• The Rec Center shared newsletters 275 and 276.

usquidditch tweeted about changes to regions for next season and staff updates, and solicited input on what resources players want to see to help avoid injuries when play resumes.

TotallyKnuts tweeted: "We have an official album title for our wrock sea shanty comp!!! Hut on the Wrock: a Sea Shanty Comp will be released this May! If you haven't submitted a song yet and want to do so, you have plenty of time to get those into me! Send me a PM if you want more info. :)" TK also linked to merch.

FWHPodcast linked to merch.
snape_potter reminded The Deadline for Snarry-a-Thon21 is 18 April.
femslash_today posted a new edition 5-11 April.
hphet announced Mini Fest 2021.

fixitfest opened sign ups.
harrydracompreg posted fest submission info.
rarepair_shorts posted a Ficathon reminder.

wrockresource tweeted about the Wizard Rock Discord's 8 May listening part, with the theme: perspectives.

hpsacredtext tweeted about new Patreon perks.

hprarepairbingo posted an update about account activity and opened prompting until further notice.

quidditchfest posted the fest sched.

Prompt Challenges:

theiceroyals posted the April prompt.

femslashficlets posted challenge #304 - denial.
neville100 posted Prompt 458: Scandalous.
draco100 posted Prompt 108: Animal.

wolfstarwritingchallenges posted Prompt #4.

Masterlists and Weekly Round-ups:

hptriadfest posted Week One Round Up and Week Two Round Up.

hd-cluefest posted the Masterlist.

remuslupinfest posted the Anon Masterlist and Reveals.

ron_draco_fest posted Weekly Round-Up (1).

wolfstarwritingchallenges posted the Monthly Round Up.

dracotops-harry posted the 2021 masterlist.

regulusblackfest posted Week 1 Round-Up.

Fandom Recs:
themightyflynn recced 1 piece of Snarry art and 1 piece of Lucius art and 1 of Lucius/Severus art.

gameofdrarry shared a rec list of epilogue compliant HD fics, one of Powerful!Harry HD fics, and one of Veela Creature!Fic HD fics.
toblass recced 1 piece of Snape art.
smirkingcat recced 1 Lucius/Narcissa fic.

Archive News:
'March 2021 Newsletter, Volume 155'
'OTW Finance: 2021 Budget'
'April 2021 Drive: Thanks for Your Support'
'The OTW is Recruiting for Communications Fanhackers Staff and Translation News Volunteers'
'2021 OTW Election Timeline & Membership Deadline'

Podcasts

blkgirlscreate posted ep 274 of #WizardTeam and The Time Room, 'What if the Time Room had an open bar?' and linked to the video recording of the final ep.

thegaylyprophet posted ep 71, 'A Witch in Muggle's Clothing'.

ArchivesPod posted bonus ep 1.5, 'Beginning Your Fanfiction Journey' with
deliaistyping.

AccioPolitics posted ep 530, 'Upholding Wizard Supremacy (Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 30)'.

bbtalkspodcast posted ep 25, 'Fanfiction: Author Edition'.

ohwitchplease posted book 3, ep 3, 'Animal Studies Revisited'.

SwishFlickCast posted ep 189, 'Bowling for Prophecies' and ep 190, 'Sobs with Sarah'.

the3broomchicks posted a new ep, 'Potter for Dummies 3: Part 1' and 'Potter for Dummies 3: Part 2'.

WhyNotWizards posted ep 20, 'Book Two Chapter Six: Revelio Desidero'.

AlohomoraMN posted ep 319, 'Dark Arts & Beasts: Justice for Basilisks'.

realweirdsister posted 'Sirius Black: Character Study, Part 5', 'Frank Bryce: Character Study', and ep 5.39, 'Real Weird Crossover Part 1: Duro!' with
realweirdalice and
realweirdmartha.

sloppysorting posted ep 30, 'A Very Potter Musical'.

PotterlessPod posted ep 171, 'My Immortal, Part 1' and ep 172, 'My Immortal, Part 2' with
FanaticalFics.

podtrificus posted ep 3.9, 'Grim Defeat' and ep 3.10, 'The Marauder's Map'.

FWHPodcast posted ep 5.3, 'The Debt of Time: In Love (Tim Tam Slam)' and ep 5.4, 'The Debt of Time: Intervention (Crop Dusting Disney)'.

WZRDRadioPod posted a new ep, 'Russ Benoit'.

Potterversity posted ep 7, 'The Puffs' Perspective' with
Drmoonyprof and
LaurenCamacci.

General Fandom News:
'The Top Ten TikTok Accounts All Potterheads Should Follow'
'Quidditch Europe Elects New Leadership'
'Qeurovision 2021 Dates and Participants Announced'

Have a Laugh:
'Professor Snape vs. COVID-19'

Nifty:
'Potter DIY: Light-Up Deathly Hallows Symbol'
'Potter DIY: “Harry Potter” Baby Mobile'
'The Wizarding World in Wednesbury: Couple Opens “Harry Potter”-Inspired Coffee House'
'Potter DIY: “Harry Potter” Flower Pots'
'Potter DIY: Mini Book Charms'

Searches:
bella526 posted a search for Slytherella by alexis_sd.

sloppysorting tweeted: "What do you want us to sort in Season 3? Comment below!"

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