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Friends Only
After almost six years, I have decided to make my LJ friends only. Leave me a comment if you would like me to add you as a friend. If you love Harry Potter (particularly if you are a fan of OBHWF), Avatar: The Last Airbender/The Legend of Korra, leftist politics, and/or Jane Austen, we'll get along swimmingly. If not, I'm flattered that you wanted ( Read more... ) -
The Tale of the Three Brothers
I can't claim credit for this, as I saw it first on Mark Reads Harry Potter by one of his commenters, but it is a brilliant insight. The Three Brothers in the Tales of Beedle the Bard parallel the lost boys of Hogwarts, Voldemort, Snape, and Harry ( Read more... ) -
When Worlds Collide
Woah, long time no post, LJ.
This will be another short entry, as I have a French composition to finish, but I just wanted to say I woke up to an NPR story on the Harry Potter Alliance. I cannot even begin to express the myriad ways this is awesome. It's also kind of weird, because I've known about HPA for years, but there are plenty of regular ( Read more... ) -
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Why are there Republicans in my West Wing class? It's like finding mold on a piece of bread you've already bitten into. Ugh.
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30 Days of Harry Potter Meme - Days 5-7
Sorry, missed a couple of days there. Time to do a few questions at a time!
01. Discuss how you got into Harry Potter.
02. Your favorite book.
03. What house would you be in?
04. Your favorite movie.
05. Wizard Rock: discussQuite honestly, I never really got into Wizard Rock. I feel as though I ought to like it, but I just don't. It's nothing ( Read more... ) -
30 Days of Harry Potter Meme - Day 4
01. Discuss how you got into Harry Potter.
02. Your favorite book.
03. What house would you be in?
04. Your favorite movie.
As of now, it's Half-Blood Prince, but I'm fully expecting that to change once the Deathly Hallows movies come out. I know, I know, never trust a trailer, but I still have very high hopes for DH. The filmmakers have roughly ( Read more... ) -
30 Days of Harry Potter Meme - Day 3
01. Discuss how you got into Harry Potter.
02. Your favorite book.
03. What house would you be in?This is a tricky question for me. I don't really identify with one Hogwarts House the way much of the fandom seems to, and those silly Sorting Hat tests don't help (I've rarely found one that didn't make the results completely obvious from the get-go ( Read more... ) -
30 Days of Harry Potter Meme - Day 2
01. Discuss how you got into Harry Potter.
02. Your favorite bookHands down, Deathly Hallows. Even the epilogue. No contest. And oh hey, look what day it is! Appropriate post is appropriate ( Read more... ) -
30 Days of Harry Potter Meme - Day 1
Jumping on the bandwagon!
30 Days of HP Meme
01. Discuss how you got into Harry Potter.
My first exposure to the Harry Potter books came when I was nine years old, in third grade. It was 1999, and back then the series' popularity was mainly due to word-of-mouth praise. I went to the library (at that point known to me primarily as the "liberry," ( Read more... ) -
OMG! NEW DEATHLY HALLOWS TRAILER! *FLAIL*
Guys, I am so excited for these movies, you don't even know. The Forest Again? Check. The Silver Doe? Check. Seven Potters? Check. And of course OBHWF, but that goes without saying ( Read more... )