So, the news was released today that Peter Jackson is going to make 'The Hobbit' into three movies, not two, and heaven strike him down he if attempted to make one movie out of a solitary book. Really.

As you might be able to tell, I am not happy with this idea. The more I think about it, the less and less I like it. Let me try and list out the ( Read more... )

I spotted this years ago and always wanted to try it, so, hey, why not? Stolen from Twirlynoodle, and dangit but they and I have fairly similar tastes, so there might be some overlap.

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I just thought of a different way to think about the Hogwarts Houses. I was musing that "Brave" is a really super vague House trait; it's not like bravery precludes intelligence or hard work or ambition, in fact courage and ambition seem to go together perfectly. I was also trying to figure out where in the four Houses Katniss Everdeen would fit. ( Read more... )

I'll probably have legions of Tolkien readers, not to mention his ghost himself, haunting me for what I'm contemplating on my readthrough of Fellowship of the Ring this time around.

( On Aragorn, Rings of Power, and Genderbending )

I'm always working on my paper in the major, always afraid that I'm not getting enough work done, that I have nowhere to begin and don't know my subject matter that well. That's why the time that is not spent writing is spent reading.
Since I've decided to make Mind's Eye, Soul's Reflection part of my paper, I have to/get to reread it. Fortunately ( Read more... )

Back at school and starting to make preparations for my Paper in the Major (English.) I'm looking forward to this project with some enthusiasm; the same cannot be said for the counterpart paper I'll have to write in French. Also, *snf* have come down with a cold.

My Paper in the Major will be on Harry Potter fanfiction as a literary art form that ( Read more... )

It's been a real blast from the past lately, to use a trite cliche. I have been on a massive Harry Potter kick, and one far more thoughtful and intellectual than I think I was capable of as a young'un.
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It's always hard to give up on a book. Especially a book that I really want to like, that I have high hopes for, that I like the film or musical adaptations of. Readers, I have given up on The Mists of Avalon.
( Here's why... )

My project this summer is to start to put together a coherent, glorious portfolio for my application to writing programs. I'm finding that the process is a bit reminiscient of animators and actors that I've observed: short films where an animator has to create, in a very short amount of time, a character that the audience finds appealing and ( Read more... )