OMG! I'm bloody FREEZING ( Read more... )

So, you've signed up for a fic/art exchange, you get your assignment, and as you read through the list of kinks/likes your recipient listed, you find yourself faced with a few that make you uncomfortable, or make you cringe, or make you scream: "DO NOT WANT!"

What do you do?

First, you say to yourself, "is there anything here I can write/draw ( Read more... )

Oh, look! A fandom related post! (By the way, I'm not cutting for spoilers anymore, so if you haven't read Deathly Hallows, scroll on by. Thanks ( Read more... )

Like everyone else, I've been reading lots of LJ posts about Deathly Hallows: reactions, meta, a few fics here and there (though I haven't really delved in with that latter just yet. I'm sure that will change after Prophecy is over.) In my travels, I've also been leaving a bunch of comments all over, discussing various aspects of the book like ( Read more... )

After my post about Remus on Sunday, and spurred by discussions in the comment, I've been thinking more about him. Shocker, eh? It's more that in my last post, I didn't really delve very deeply into his flaws as they've been portrayed in canon since he was first introduced, and I just had a few more things I wanted to add. Pardon my rambling. ( Read more... )

Oh, fandom, fandom. You slay me. You really do.

So, jumping in to the fray to discuss Remus Lupin. And because she's directly involved, Tonks. (Did anyone think that I wouldn't have anything to say on this matter?)

( Obviously cutting for spoilers )

A little bit of meta for your Friday afternoon. I've probably discussed this before - I know I have in comments in other people's journals, but in light of the movie release, I think it bears repeating.

So, in the OotP movie, ( cut for spoiler )

This started out as a reply to pir8fancier's post, regarding plot-driven versus character-driven writing. She uses Hermione, i.e. her behavior in HBP with regard to Ron & Lavender, and the poor characterization of Slytherins in general as examples where characterization suffers because of plot requirements. As I am wont to do, I'm going off more on a ( Read more... )

Is it just me or has this month whizzed by in a blur? Five and a half more days until Springsmut is finished. I'm not quite sure what I'll do with myself when it's over ( Read more... )

This is such a bad time for me to be musing on meta-ish topics - I've got a busy few days ahead, I'm still feeling very out of it, and I don't know if I'll get around to promptly replying to comments… *eyes last meta post and other recent posts and blushes furiously*…but seeing as how I've been reading a lot of pairings outside my "usual" fare, ( Read more... )