On Tumblr there was a discussion about which Hogwarts houses differnt non-Potterverse characters would be in, and I decided to do that for my own characters ( Read more... )

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So when the trio needed to get into Hogwarts toward the end of the 7th book, why didn’t they have Kreacher help? He could’ve apparated them all in!

Also, what happened to Professor Trelawney?

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This is a pretty awesome post. The human brain is fucking amazing!

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Not long ago, Alex made a post quite uncharacteristic of himself, over in his LJ/DW. He talked about how he was tired of always feeling like he had to be "the angry one," and how he felt like he has to keep maintaining this facade in order to keep himself active and distinct. (In his mood at the time, quite forgetting all the times he remains ( Read more... )

Earlier, I thought about what the Ah'Koi Bahnis, specifically a Shao'Bahn, would say if someone explained the Vulcan philosophy to them. The response I got was, "I have never heard anything so completely absurd." Pushing the matter further by asking why it's absurd, the Shao'Bahn answered, "Because suppressing emotion never works for long. The ( Read more... )

Enlightenment is a never-ending process, not a destination. It is not a place you can reach with enough work; the work never ends. The road to enlightenment is a circle. Yet you always make forward progress, as long as you walk the path, and even when you find yourself ending at the beginning and beginning at the ending, you are better off than you ( Read more... )

The people who made Babylon 5 always did an excellent job on the effects. Even when you could tell it was CGI, it didn't matter, because it was good enough that the excellent story made us ignore the effects. (Though I have had a lot of fun, this time around, spotting who amongst one race played another. Like the Narn character who was obviously ( Read more... )