...and I don't know how I feel, really. Mugglenet has announced that they're closing the Chamber of Secrets forums this summer, probably some time in July, due to inactivity. The nostalgic part of me is all, "Awww..." COS forums were the first internet home I ever had in the Potter fandom, and, like Jo Rowling's three abandoned boys, I'll always ( Read more... )

As promised. I originally posted this on Mugglenet, so when I refer to "others here" or "people here" in the text, that's the "here" I'm talking about.

( Just be warned, it's a long-ass mofo! )

I've been a Beatles fan my entire life (no choice in the matter, really, thanks to a dutifully-obsessed Boomer brother) and a Potterphile for the last four years or so, so you'd THINK I would have noticed this sooner.

( D'oh! )

Imagine my shock (and delight) when I found THIS in my e-mail today:

"Congratulations! Your fic The Miseducation of Severus Snape has been nominated in the following categories at the Multifaceted Fanfiction Awards ( Read more... )

TITLE: In Snape’s Kitchen

AUTHOR: hb_princess (Not Exactly Dickens)

PAIRINGS: Snape/Lily (implicit)

WARNINGS: None

RATING: PG, for language and sexual references

DISCLAIMER: This story is based on characters and situations created and owned by JK Rowling, various publishers including but not limited to Bloomsbury Books, Scholastic Books and ( Read more... )

AUTHOR: Not Exactly Dickens ( Read more... )

I'm sure Mary GrandPre is a very nice person, loves her mother, gives blood regularly, and bakes homemade fruitcakes for everyone on her Christmas list, but...

DOES SHE HAVE TO RUIN MY BOOKS WITH HER GOD-AWFUL FRIGGING ART?

Just wondering, you know.

A word to Ms. GrandPre: There are literally thousands of fanart pictures of Severus Snape on the ( Read more... )