Reviews for Deathly Hallows Part Two are raising eyebrows because people from outside of fandom are refreshingly blunt and to-the-point about what they see in the movie. It's like a breath of fresh air (to Snape fans at least)  to see the series through the eyes of the newbies, who aren't hobbled (or beaten down) by years of nonsensical going ( Read more... )

Thanks to viper_w for the link.

MTV Blog: Yates Says Snape's Memories are Oddly Moving
"It didn't feel quite like a memory. It wasn’t quite evocative enough," Yates said. "I think we were telling too much story basically, so by fragmenting it, it just became oddly more moving ultimately."

The original sequence had a lot more conversation between Snape and ( Read more... )

My friend megsmithwriter interviewed me for an article about Harry Potter Fandom, and it's a fun read - she makes me sound smart. Thanks for a great article, Meg!

Harry Potter Fans Mark End of Magical Era

And don't forget the Fan Poll on that page: Vote for Snape!!!

Speaking that, a newspaper in northern California tried to have a Harry Potter Poll, but they left ( Read more... )

I haven't done one of these in a while...
Thanks to custos_noctis for the first link:

The Willy the Wizard Trial marches on. Read my past posts on the subject  HERE.
The Bookseller: Willy Estate Ordered to pay Million Dollar Court Cost Before Trial
The High Court has ordered Paul Allen, the trustee of the estate of the late Willy the Wizard author Adrian Jacobs ( Read more... )

I haven't been following or linking much to the blog called Mark Reads Harry Potter mainly because his use of multiple expletives in nearly every paragraph is a turn off for me. Truly . . . there are other ways to express surprise than that.

But I can overlook all that just this once because guess what? Mark Reads Princes Tale and his head explodes ( Read more... )

Okay - these are reports from various websites who toured the DH set!!! 
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Thea J. Nilsson of course is our good friend  ( Read more... )

I'm not sure if I've linked before to The Last Muggle To Read Harry Potter , but the blog is a joy to read. She has recently finished the series and it's fun to read the responses of someone with a less jaded eye than the old-timers. While she writes eloquently about her emotional reaction to Snape's Redemption, you might also want to check out ( Read more... )

To Friends, Readers, Lurkers, and the Anony-Rotti out there:
Due to recent insulting posts from anonymous cowards with no manners or logic, I want to clarify a few things.

• I allow Anonymous posts for my friends who don't have LJs
• I also allow Anonymous posting by anyone who wants to keep their identity secret for a good reason.
• I don't mind if an ( Read more... )

Just a heap o' links while I'm taking a break from watching the Olympics.

And speaking of the Olympics: Have you noticed all the glitches and strange problems they are having? Not just the extremely sad death on the Luge, but just the strange way things are going?

Tonight on the NBC news they had a story about how people want their picture taken ( Read more... )