I finished listening to the main part of The Return of the King. I just have a little bit of the appendices left. The last few chapters made me think of some more tribonds. I'm not entirely satisfied with the first one, as I think Rose/Nine is not quite as close a fit as the other two. The first two are so close I almost think this incident in HDM ( Read more... )

The Harry Potter shipping war has, I think, forever changed the way I look at romantic subplots in any fiction I consume. Meet cute. UST. Show, don't tell. I learned these things from HP fandom, and primarily from the shipping debate corner of fandom. Now I find myself analyzing the ways in which writers do-or don't-signal romantic vibes between ( Read more... )

Two of last night's tribonds have been solved and one has not. Thanks to everyone who made guesses and especially mrs_bombadil and rhrsoulmates who posted the correct answers first. Here's a hint on the remaining one:

3. Draco...Dolohov...Aberforth

They all [blank] someone's [blank]. (Keep it clean!!!)

Joie

ETA: I thought of another one:

4. Filch...Arabella Figg...

Because I don't have my Pottermore email yet, I have to find some other way to amuse myself. Come out and play, plz?

1. Harry's wand...the Whomping Willow...Hermione
2. Harry & Ginny...Remus & Tonks...George & Angelina
3. Draco...Dolohov...Aberforth

Joie

Thought of another one:

Potterwatch...the Marauder's Map...Advanced Potion-Making (Snape's/Harry's copy)

Joie

Harry Potter dubond:

Charity Burbage and Professor Dumbledore

Anyone know what they have in common (that no other character, as far as we know, shares)?

Joie

The election coverage is not exactly nail-biting right now, but should anyone want a distraction, I HAS TRIBONDZ ( Read more... )

I have many things I would like to say about Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, but I'm not quite ready to say them yet. For now, I'll just say that I loved the book and thought it was a very fitting ending for the series ( Read more... )

It's been a long time since I've posted a tribond question, but I had an idea for one last night that I had to share.

For those of you who have never played the game before, the goal is to find the common factor between three things.

( Here's the question, complete with visual aids )

Do I need to change my religion? Or could it be that this quizmaker has no idea what my religion is really like? Considering that Scientology is futher along the "Reason" spectrum than Judeo-Christian beliefs, I'm gonna go with the latter. *rolls eyes*

( Joie, the...Humanist? )