Fic Recs:
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this could have been the beginning of the end if i wasn't already in the middle, by
throughadoor. HP. Marauders, James/Lily, Remus/Sirius. This is about the prank, only not, and about the Potters' Secret Keeper, only not, and it's so precise and surprising and it's one of those stories that made me go, why didn't I think of that first, damn it?. kel. has the most amazing, insightful take on what led up to the first downfall of Voldemort, and I worship at her feet.
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since we've got no place to go, by
frisbyg. lotrips, Dom/Billy. PG. Lovely structure, gorgeous writing, and a tiny smart heart-warming ending. *thumbs up*
Fandom:
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Spoiler pics from Goblet of Fire! Krum, the Golden Egg, the mermaids. Rockin'. Apparently these have been taken down per WB's request. Sorry, kids.
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Why you should be reading and writing in the Harry Potter fandom. A statement I agree with entirely.
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An absolutely gorgeous Rolling Stone interview with Dom. It made me all weepy. <3
Random Crap Wot I Found On The Internet:
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The 50 Best Episodes of Television 2004. If you're going to click this link, tell me what you think #1 should be before you click. Me, I think it was "Smile Time". THEY MADE ANGEL A PUPPET, PEOPLE, THAT'S BRILLIANT ANY WAY YOU CUT IT.
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An early poster for the Miyazaki Howl's Moving Castle film, which is going to be fantastic on about seventeen different levels.
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The DNA of Literature: Welcome to the DNA of literature-over 50 years of literary wisdom rolled up in 300+ Writers-at-Work interviews, now available online-free. Founder and former Editor George Plimpton dreamed of a day when anyone-a struggling writer in Texas, an English teacher in Amsterdam, even a subscriber in Central Asia-could easily access this vast literary resource; with the establishment of this online archive that day has finally come. Now, for the first time, you can read, search, and download any or all of these in-depth interviews with poets, novelists, playwrights, essayists, critics, musicians, and more, whose work set the compass of twentieth-century writing, and continue to do so into the twenty-first.
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What Would Happen If Zombies Really Did Take Over The World? Well, haven't you always wondered? I figure that if zombies take over, I'll seek out my friends Loud Bill and Mikey, who've seen every zombie movie known to man at least three times; they should know what to do. *grin*