Veni Vidi Vivi

So there was this last weekend:


At the Close: A Harry Potter Wars Comment Ficathon

I took my time this week to write and read. I don't think any of mine need warnings except maybe for violent imagery for the Voldemort and Bellatrix ones.

My contributions:
Minerva McGonagall/Tom Riddle - First Wizarding War and previously
i have searched for your springs
but people, they stagnate with time

Voldemort + Tom Riddle!Nagini
You're the closest I'll ever be to me

bellatrix/tom - first war
The cinders, they splinter
And light the path

Minerva McGonagall- Apocalypse Please by Muse

Other comment fics I really liked:
falseeeyelashes
the stigmata - bellatrix/rodolphus - azkaban

digi_dragon
Neville/Luna - post war - you musn't give your heart to a wild thing.

rumpledlinen
Neville - post HBP
And you know that, mother, I'd be lying
If I didn't tell you I'm afraid of dying
I really liked this Neville POV.

anythingbutgrey
Ginny Weasley, post-war, She has her own names for her children.
Um, this one makes a reeeeeally good point. Oh, Ginny.

eleusis_walks
boys who lived - neville/dean - second war - nc-17
This isn't a ship I've seen before, but in this context it REALLY works.

eleusis_walks
la maquis - beauxbatons - second war (pg-13)

rumpledlinen
No Regrets - Frank/Alice - The First War (PG-13)
i don't want to think back to the one thing that i know i should have done
Alice Longbottom is fierce.

and_backagain
I Feel It All - Dumbledore's Army - Second War
Warnings for violence/torture: Hogwarts during the time of siege (not very graphic, just disturbing)

quidditchkiss
In the Deepest Hollow of Our Minds; A System Failure Left Behind -- Remus/Sirius -- G
Remus quoting Shakespeare during sex... GUH. This one has no comments but mine. You should all read it and tell the author how amazing it is!

I planned to see the new Harry Potter tomorrow afternoon. I still plan to see it then! But I couldn't wait until then, so I met adjudicated and her kiddos at the theater right after work.

( Oh my god, you guys, SO MUCH SQUEE )

I've just watched a new trailer for Half-Blood Prince twice. I got shivers both times. Oh, it's nice when an old favorite can give you shivers. It looks like it's going to be very, very good.

I wish it were coming out in November instead of goofy Twilight.

Ahahahaha...


Harry Potter Personality Quiz by Pirate Monkeys Inc.

Check out this lovely, poignant HP genfic by lady_altair called Cauterize. It's post DH, an it's quite good.

My kitty was much better today. Phew.

I am getting serious nostalgia. It is a nice thing.

I also have a Tom Riddle action figure. He is pretty. He also glows in the dark. Why? Why not!

I'm not sure of the source, but a teacher friend sent me this. It's pretty damn cool.

( Harry Potter Works Magic at School )

Pity we couldn't do that in the States; there would be parents protesting the occult. Still, that's SO cool.

Oh, hey, HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Mr. X aka babezilla1! I hope you had some yummy treats and a good time with Mom and Dad and lil' brother!

Sigh. I am never going to get around to writing about HP:DH. No, I will one day, but I am still kind of processing as I read through a second time.

So instead, I give you links! All of which are chock full of spoilers, o' course.

First of all, check out Muggle Studies: A Harry Potter Fic Challenge. We're delving into history, sociology, linguistics, you name it. Come and play!

Secondly, three epilogues of beauty:
Platform 9.99999999999999999999... by trickofthedark

Nineteen Years and One Day by bethbethbeth

Untitled by maeglinyedi. She also has some great Snape meta here.

Thirdly, my two favorite quotes from DH, from which I will likely frame my response once I write it. ( Cut to protect the unspoiled )

So yes. 'Tis a happy HP summer for me.

Oh hey, btw, I am in Chicago. Um, I leave today (NOOOO!!!) but I am here. This is a gorgeous city, and the hotel is right smack in the middle of it.

I have had a fantabulous time at Millicon. This year's was so much better than last year (and I can say that having helped plan last years, but not this year's. :-P ). It was just... so much fun.

I did indeed finish Deathly Hallows yesterday. No spoilers, but it was one rough ride at times. Wow. I did like it very much, though, and I am pleased about how the end has come to pass.

Warning: Look at comments at your own risk, just in case there are spoilers.

However, this does not have any spoilers, and it is hella funny.

Mmm. HP, fandom geekery, costumes, Chicago, GOOD FRIENDS... it's been a brilliant weekend.

On one hand, I'd like to bonk the Spoiler Meanie on the head for spoiling so flagrantly in a most tacky way. On the other, I am fighting the intense temptation to not suck down the files as quickly as they hit my computer.

However, I am too busy running about like a chicken with my head cut off trying to get squared away for my flight Wed. night while technology thwarts me at every turn (four computers in this house - could ONE just bloody well work correctly? Hmmm?)and I outgrow my clothing, literally, overnight (DAMN YOUR SINISTER ATTRACTION, ICE CREAM).

SO instead, I give you two NON-SPOILERIFIC drabbles!

Good Omens/HP Book 7 Crossover written by vulgarweed

Tom/Minerva in 100 words by yours truly, written for the prompt "elf-made wine" in the romancingwizard writing comm.

ETA: I just got my reminder from Borders about my book (and instructions for wristbands).

It awaits me, precious. I can feeeeeel it out there. We waaaants it! But not in scanned form. :-P

I am floating in a cocoon of happy fandom happenings for the next two weeks or so.

Not only do I have a fine Harry Potter movie to enjoy, but I also have the very last book to devour soon. Smack in the middle of it all is Millicon, which is a gathering of like-minded fandom folks(not all HP, of course) for four glorious days of geeking out.

I might explode with glee.

See, it might be odd to some that I will use a good chunk of socialization/geeking out time for reading a book. Now that we've found out that the Borders we're going to is not doing a line, I am most relieved to not have to stand in one an over-long time. This gives me a little more time for RP-centric (and again, not HP-related, necessarily) activities beforehand.

But I will be reading that book as soon as it is in my hands. I've waited seven years (not having begun the series till 2000), written upwards of 150,000 words of HP fanfic, goodness knows how many words of HP-related RP at Milliways, and I am invested. A lot. A whoooole lot.

The end of the series just means a lot to me on very many levels. This will probably be the last time I rush to a bookstore at midnight to pick up an anticipated book. It's the end of an era. I am going to relish the moments, as well as enjoy the copious, non-HP related events associated with the Con. Because I can do both. The whole schedule has been planned very well to enable this (Thanks Aspen, Feather, and Deb!)

So yay! Happy, happy, joy, joy.

Also, I am seriously, seriously considering vox_lacuna. No Minerva is listed yet. I may have made a journal for her already. Heh.