So, I FINALLY saw the movie. Enjoyed it very much as a whole, despite a few quibbles and annoyances. It very much reminded me of everything I love about this universe, to be honest.

( Cut for reactions that contain spoilers for all HP movies/books. Or something. Seriously, does anyone not know at this point that soylent green is people? )

Regarding Good Fan Fiction to Read:
(To the authors of these fantastic fics: I've been so busy lately that I haven't had the time to post comments yet, and I'm sorry.)

A Thousand Shades of Orange by piratesword, PG-13, Buffy/HP. Gen interactions between Willow and Luna while Willow's recovering in England.

Timewatching; or, Five Ways Ianto Jones Seduces ( Read more... )

Taken from heidi8, a post-DH meme! Now back to writing.

Rules: Go to the music player of your choice and put it on shuffle. Say the following questions aloud and press play. Use the song titles and/or one to two lines from the song as your answers.
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Two spoilery Deathly Hallows questions re: past JKR statements . . .

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Several observations, now that I've finished the book and skimmed several flist posts on it:

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The Leaky Cauldron made a post "as a full staff" begging readers to chastise the New York Times for yesterday's book review of Deathly Hallows:

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Now that the scans have been widely distributed, I'm curious:

Poll Me myself? While I have welcomed spoilers to a certain extent, I think I'd enjoy the book much more if I had it in my hands, rather than peering at a poor-quality jpeg file. So I think I'm going to wait for Friday night ( Read more... )

I know you've been avoiding spoilers, so in the instance that you stumble upon one (a spoiler journal friends you, or somebody posts in a community, or whatever), you're pissed off that now the book has been ruined for you. It's an understandable reaction ( Read more... )

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