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Found via a locked post, but I got such a giggle out of them, I had to share. Essentially, it's a comparison of how female characters react to the loss of the "love of their life" along with some who didn't have them.

First, I saw this one, then this variant.I think I like the order of the second one better. Hermione definitely trumps Bella, but Zoe ( Read more... )

Another note to you H50 fans who've been pimping.

I have finished season one.

I am caught up with season two.

In need of an icon or three.

I still greatly dislike you all.

[off to read more fanfic]

In other fannish related things, Rifftraxx has done their treatment of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. If you're not familiar with them, it's sorta ( Read more... )

Time: The Boy Who Lived Forever

Interesting article about fanfic, slightly focused on Harry Potter (probably timed for print near the final movie release), and actually not condescending for a change. It doesn't even sneer over slash, so bravo.

Right now fan fiction is still the cultural equivalent of dark matter: it's largely invisible to the ( Read more... )

CliqueClack: A review for BBC's Being Human, which I still haven't watched, despite having the series for a while. [ahem]  Definitely considering watching my original source after reading this:

A middle finger was inexplicably blurred out, but I got over it quick.

Not as horrifying an offense as the pixelation of Captain Jack's ass, but makes me ( Read more... )

How's that for a mix of topics? ;-)

So we know the Harry Potter slash fandom is going batshit insane over the news that Rowling has said Dumbledore is gay. Well, more batshit insane than normal. *g* Now the question is this... how will the mainstream (and not so mainstream) public react to the news ( Read more... )

I'm thinking any of you at Comic Con this weekend might be able to relate to this one, but it applies to any con going experience. I'm reminded of a con many years ago, when I was with three friends, and the lone male in the group cautioned the wimmenfolk about going down the hallway where the gaming guys were hanging out. It wasn't that he was ( Read more... )

Saw Order of the Phoenix yesterday. Been a while since I read the actual book, but I think they did as well as can be expected with the adaptation -- a faithful one would be a five-hour spectacle. I do have one not-exactly-spoilery-but-kinda-speculation question though( behind the cut )