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Dancing Death Eaters!
Yes, I know I'm supposed to be doing a six-sentence Sunday update, but, this week, I just haven't had time to get much further in the WIP. You see, Deirdre and I were participating in Avada Kedavrock in NYC - the dancing death eaters actually did a quickstep to one of our songs! If you don't know wha a dancing death eater is, here they are dancing ( Read more... ) -
Thoughts on a quote by C.S. Lewis
I am just crossposting here an essay I put up on Deathtocapslock. Here's the link:
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Got this quiz from Sionna Raven
And I, too, rather like how it came out!
Your result for The Sorting Hat: A Comprehensive Harry Potter Personality Assessment [Test/Quiz]...
Hufflepuff
52% Ravenclaw, 54% Hufflepuff, 50% Slytherin and 47% Gryffindor!
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This is really sad, if it's true-
Publisher's Weekly tweeted this. I hope Rowling will speak out against it; that might make some difference.
But really, kids old enough to read the Potter books ought to be able to tell the difference between fantasy and reality! One wonders how long this has been going on, and whether it's happening in other countries? harry potter, current events, natural historyNarnia and Hogwarts (or, why I like Eustace better than Harry)
Author mary-j-59
Title Narnia and Hogwarts
Genre Informal essay, g-rated, about 2,800 words
Summary Is Rowling really the C.S. Lewis of this age, as some have claimed? why or why not?
( Read more... )Terminus! (among other things)-
Well, we are back, and we had a blast! Draco and the Malfoys like us! Kids were asking us to sign their T-shirts! Eek! More under the cut, because I'm rambling a bit. ( Read more... )19th-century Mores (yay!)
Travis Prinzi got back to me with a very nice note last night, so all systems are go! He and I disagree strongly on (1) theology and (2) the way we see the "Potter books", but he liked my paper, anyway. :) It may still need a little editing, but I do think it makes sense.
Here goes:
Author mary-j-59
Title J.K. Rowling and the mores of the 19th ( Read more... )a poll on Deathly Hallows - just for fun
Poll Has your opinion of DH changed in the six months since reading it?My Final thoughts on Deathly Hallows and the Potterverse
I am now unlocking this essay, having done a brief rewrite, but I'm sure I'll need to do another rewrite. Have I toned it down enough? Does it make sense to you? I have added a brief list of citations, but need to get exact info for some of them, particularly websites. Looking forward to your responses! I did try to outline it, but, at this stage ( Read more... )One last essay before Easter -
I've decided to seriously cut back on my fan activity for lent, so I won't be posting anything more here until after Easter (unless, of course, it's not fan-related). But I have been thinking of writing up these observations for a few months now. They are about a possible influence on J.K. Rowling, and what this might mean for the themes and ( Read more... )