So we were watching "Smith & Jones," the first episode of Doctor Who S3, and something said by the arch-villain of the episode jumped out at me. The Doctor, who is pretending to just be a random human being, is nattering on rather humorously while the Plasmavor goes about her Evil Plan. She finishes and shuts him up by saying "You're quite the ( Read more... )

Stolen from travels_in_time because I have nothing better to do ( Read more... )

Okay, peeps, in the wake of DH I'm in the mood for Harry Potter fic, and I turn to you, my trusty friendslist denizens, to aid me in my time of need. Rec me some HP? I prefer gen to anything shippy, though I don't mind the occasional dose of canon ship, as long as it doesn't get in the way of the action or the funny. I'm particularly hungry for DH- ( Read more... )

A non-spoilery icon inspired by Deathly Hallows, or rather by an exchange I had with my husband after reading Deathly Hallows. Yes, I said the first bit, he responded with the second bit. It's possible that I hit him for this. Anyway, the exchange so amused izhilzha that she declared it icon-worthy. Thus:


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A Chesterton quote that I thought of last night, while reading the last few chapters of Deathly Hallows. Putting it behind a cut, because it fits one of the book's themes so nicely (at least to my mind) that it practically constitutes a spoiler.

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I have been gifted by the gernumblies.

That is to say, I finished reading Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows last night. I stayed up till past midnight to do it, but at least now I can go back to having a life, and that will be nice once I recover from the tired ( Read more... )

Since I can't actually read Deathly Hallows just at the moment (this whole thing where I have to "work" for eight hours a day? totally overrated) I am reading about Deathly Hallows ( Read more... )

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So if y'all need something to do while you wait for the advent of Book 7, I strongly suggest you refresh your memory of the plot as it stands by reading mollyringwraith's brilliant and hilarious Condensed Version of HBP (link goes to part one of two). It's one of the funniest things in existence and it's faster than reading the actual book again ( Read more... )

Aaand the award for Written Work Currently Kicking My Ass goes to "Who is Snape?" by Orson Scott Card. I nearly always enjoy Card's non-fictional musings, even when I don't entirely agree with his position on the topic of discussion, and this incredibly insightful essay is a shining example of why. Quite long but very worth it ( Read more... )