Bella Tonks

Jun Matsumoto? I have the ones from limitbreak

Any Taylor Hanson?

In the house on Paper Street, a police detective stated calling about
my condominium explosion, and Tyler stood with his chest against my
shoulder, whispering into my ear while I held the phone to the other ear,
and the detective asked if I knew anyone who could make homemade dynamite.
"Disaster is a natural part of my evolution," Tyler whispered, "toward
tragedy and dissolution."
I told the detective that it was the refrigerator that blew up my
condo.
"I'm breaking my attachment to physical power and possessions,' Tyler
whispered, "because only through destroying myself can I discover the
greater power of my spirit."
The dynamite, the detective said, there were impurities, a residue of
ammonium oxalate and potassium perchloride that might mean the bomb was
homemade, and the dead bolt on the front door was shattered.
I said I was in Washington, D.C., that night.
The detective on the phone explained how someone had sprayed a canister
of Freon into the dead-bolt lock and then tapped the lock with a cold chisel
to shatter the cylinder. This is the way criminals are stealing bicycles.
"The liberator who destroys my property," Tyler said, "is fighting to
save my spirit. The teacher who clears all possessions from my path will set
me free."
The detective said whoever set the homemade dynamite could've turned on
the gas and blown out the pilot lights on the stove days before the
explosion took place. The gas was just the trigger. It would take days for
the gas to fill the condo before it reached the compressor at the base of
the refrigerator and the compressor's electric motor set off the explosion.
"Tell him," Tyler whispered. "Yes, you did it. You blew it all up.
That's what he wants to hear."

Anyone know where I can find icons of David Draiman from Disturbed?

Looks like the call went unheeded last time someone asked, but since she's regularly on the "Good Wife" these days, I thought it'd be worth a shot-- are there any Archie Panjabi icons out there in the world? At all? Please?

geri_chan asked how I got into Snupin and ended up as a mod for lupin_snape.

I think I've sort of told this story in bits and pieces in different places over the years, but to have it all in one place....

Once upon a time, I was a fandom lurker. I'd drifted into HP from XF and after a couple years of lurking, some LJ friends were pimping a new RPG on their journals...over and over again. I started to wonder if I shouldn't give an RPG a try. I wanted to write again and I'd been reading an RPG avidly, so why not try it myself? From my reading experience at my fave RPG and checking out a few others, I was sure putting in an application so late in the casting period would net me a super-minor, low-maintenance character like Hannah Abbott or Stephen Cornfoot (remember him?); a student character not close to the main action. I said I'd take anyone. I received back: Snape.

Severus Snape? Are you kidding me? I don't care about the adult characters?! Arrgh!

But I said I'd take anyone, so I went on a research bender for Severus Snape. O....k. You know, when you bother to look beyond the surface, there's something up with Snape. He's not just the year-long red-herring; he's Albus' right-hand, he's powerful, he sees through Harry and when Voldemort comes back, Albus sent him off to re-join the Death Eaters (this RPG started in the weeks before OotP was released). I came to respect Severus Snape while looking at the facts. I fell in love with him when I started reading the fan fic.

RPGs are all about the shipping, did you know that? (*snicker*) I started to wonder with whom I could possibly ship Snape (even in a longing, unrequited way in the RPG). I ruled out the kids right away (I didn't even know what "cross-gen" was back then, but I don't like unequal relationships), and I realised there were no developed women in HP that were Severus' age either. I'd just had the slash light turned on by Aragorn/Boromir -- surely I could slash Snape! There were at least a few candidates around his age. With those limitations in mind, I hit the Snape FQF archive.

I read several pairings for Snape, but the character that I kept going back to was Remus. I read some great stories in many pairings, don't get me wrong. But much of the Sirius fic was hatesex or I didn't recognize Snape or Sirius in them, and Harry fics bothered me as much as I thought they would. Albus usually involved power games, the Weasleys weren't really in play back then, Kingsley wasn't on the horizon, James was dead, Lucius was a married bad guy and I wanted my Snape to secretly be good, etc.

Severus had real history with Remus. They were the same age, had held the same job, had gone to school together, had darkness tinging their souls. Snape had followed Remus' gang around school, Remus had almost killed him and Snape still made him Wolfsbane. Severus and Harry have history, but it's convoluted and uneven at best. Same with Albus. And Sirius, not so much. In fact, I've always found it hard to believe that Snape/Lupin wasn't a popular ship right off the bat. Maybe it seemed too easy to some people, I don't know.

ANYWAY, the more I explored Snape/Lupin, the more in love with the idea I fell, until Snape/Lupin was all I wanted to read. The problem I had was that there wasn't a whole lot of Snupin out there. After I went through the FQF, I found lupin_snape, which, at the time, did not have much activity, and I scoured the journals and archives from there. Once I'd exhausted all the resources I could think of, I knew there was only one thing to do:

Go on an Epic Campaign to encourage more Snape/Lupin.

To Be Continued in the next post. I started this late for a reason....

love, lore

I have James Potter and Rita Skeeter over at The Other Side. Think of this game as your wet dream crack characters in a game with substantial plot. I promise it's worth your time. Promise.

Rita currently needs:

(♂) "Bozo" Bosso. He ends up being Rita's cameraman for the Daily Prophet, but in school Rita, Gilderoy and Bosso would hang out. He's "Bozo" in canon, but in game canon that's just Rita mispronouncing his last name and then sticking with it because she's stubborn like that. Oh, and Gilderoy also demands you come over. Don't say no to him. He has gorgeous hair.

Horace Slughorn because she adores him. She needs a teacher who likes her just a little bit and since Rita has future success written all over her, it wouldn't be surprising that Slughorn wants to collect her.

Hesper Keddle. He's an original character that's been mentioned in the game. He runs the local newspaper and let's face it, Rita wants to score a job there. It would be great if he could mentor her on the wonderful methods of destroying people via articles.


James currently needs:

Peter Pettigrew because they all need the mousy little Marauder to tease. Come join your Brethren, Peter! They need you. Plus, James and Lily don't know you betrayed them in the future yet, so you don't have to worry about them hating you.

Molly and Arthur Weasley. Why? Because Harry married Ginny and well, he wants to have a talk with the Weasleys about it. Maybe grow closer over some pints and have long talks with Arthur about how scary redheaded women are when they're mad. Their heads aflame. It's terrifying and he needs someone to bond with over this other than his son.


Plot-wise we need:

-Dopple!Draco Malfoy and Dopple!Lucius Malfoy. (Dopple!Narcissa is in pending!)
-Dopple!Rodolphus Lestrange. Bella needs her hubby. Oh, and our Dopple!Neville is going to need his adoptive father, after all.
-Dopple!Sirius, Peter and Remus. The Dopple!Potters want you around. And, really, who wouldn't? Maybe in the New World, Peter is redeemable? Up to you!
-Dopple!Fenrir Greyback. Head of the "Guard Dogs".
-WEASLEYS. C'mon! You guys spread like rabbits, how is there only one of you over here? Ginny wants her family! Not to mention Harry needs Ron.

I have James Potter and Rita Skeeter over at The Other Side. Think of this game as your wet dream crack characters in a game with substantial plot. I promise it's worth your time. Promise.

Rita currently needs:

(♂) "Bozo" Bosso. He ends up being Rita's cameraman for the Daily Prophet, but in school Rita, Gilderoy and Bosso would hang out. He's "Bozo" in canon, but in game canon that's just Rita mispronouncing his last name and then sticking with it because she's stubborn like that. Oh, and Gilderoy also demands you come over. Don't say no to him. He has gorgeous hair.

Horace Slughorn because she adores him. She needs a teacher who likes her just a little bit and since Rita has future success written all over her, it wouldn't be surprising that Slughorn wants to collect her.

Hesper Keddle. He's an original character that's been mentioned in the game. He runs the local newspaper and let's face it, Rita wants to score a job there. It would be great if he could mentor her on the wonderful methods of destroying people via articles.


James currently needs:

Peter Pettigrew because they all need the mousy little Marauder to tease. Come join your Brethren, Peter! They need you. Plus, James and Lily don't know you betrayed them in the future yet, so you don't have to worry about them hating you.

Molly and Arthur Weasley. Why? Because Harry married Ginny and well, he wants to have a talk with the Weasleys about it. Maybe grow closer over some pints and have long talks with Arthur about how scary redheaded women are when they're mad. Their heads aflame. It's terrifying and he needs someone to bond with over this other than his son.


Plot-wise we need:

-Dopple!Draco Malfoy and Dopple!Lucius Malfoy. (Dopple!Narcissa is in pending!)
-Dopple!Rodolphus Lestrange. Bella needs her hubby. Oh, and our Dopple!Neville is going to need his adoptive father, after all.
-Dopple!Sirius, Peter and Remus. The Dopple!Potters want you around. And, really, who wouldn't? Maybe in the New World, Peter is redeemable? Up to you!
-Dopple!Fenrir Greyback. Head of the "Guard Dogs".
-WEASLEYS. C'mon! You guys spread like rabbits, how is there only one of you over here? Ginny wants her family! Not to mention Harry needs Ron.

http://community.livejournal.com/hp_britglish/491884.html

What sort of bar/pub/drinking games do you play?

I'm thinking something like Beer Pong, Quarters, Up and Down the River, High-Low, etc.

I need something for girls to play at a Hen Party that's already had strippers and a game of "I've Never."

Thanks in advance!

http://www.the-leaky-cauldron.org/2009/11/21/more-reports-of-march-2010-release-date-for-lego-harry-potter-video-game

Back in June TLC reported that pre-orders for the new LEGO Harry Potter video game are now available, bearing a March 26, 2010 release date. Tonight, there are several more sites showing pre-orders with various March release dates, notably this Target pre-order card for the Wii platform of the game and a March 23, 2010. Play.co.uk has a March 26, 2010 date yet Barnes and Noble says March 1, 201...

Title: Too Good to Hide
Author: alisanne
Rating: PG
Pairing: Severus Snape/Harry Potter
Word Count: 100
Genre: Humor
Warnings: None that I am aware of.
A/N: Written for centaury_squill, who correctly guessed which fic I wrote for the snarry_ldws. Her request was Snarry, prompt: Kilt.
Beta: sevfan
Disclaimer: The characters contained herein are not mine. No money is being made from this fiction, which is presented for entertainment purposes only.

( Too Good to Hide )

Happy birthday, Jamie Campbell Bower (Gellert Grindelwald)!

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Happy Birthday today to

mom2enk!

and



phoenixsong71!

Many happy returns! ♥

http://www.the-leaky-cauldron.org/2009/11/21/new-half-blood-prince-dvd-trailer-knowing-voldemort-clip-years-one-to-six-giftset-trailer-more

Amazon.com now has a new clip from the Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince DVD online. In the video producer David Heyman speaks to the ultimate plan of Voldemort and the Horcruxes we learn about in HBP. Meanwhile over on the UK Amazon site we can see a new trailer for the special Harry Potter Years One through Six DVD giftset.Also while it has been floating online for a while, Warnerblu.com...

Title: Sweet Kisses
Rating : R
Author: lilyseyes
Word Count: 100
For:angela_snape who guessed which fall_fantasia story I'd written! The word prompt was 'bond' ~
Warnings: * Implied forced-bonding*
Disclaimer: JKR owns the Potterverse – I just play in it. No money is made from these amateur works.
Summary: The morning after At Last, A Kiss.
Thanks to alisanne for the once over! *smishes you*

( Sweet Kisses )

OMG, they are naked!

Finally I am writing fic where the boys are undressed in less than 5000 words. 

Kisses both boys soundly, and gives them chocolate and Firewhisky to share.  Kisses Muse too, even if she gives inspiration and whole paragraphs while I am in the shower and have 15 minutes to get to work after.

The boys are naked!!!!!!

Title: Malfoy Mistletoe
Author: alisanne
Rating: PG
Pairing: Lucius Malfoy/Hermione Granger, Severus Snape/Harry Potter/Draco Malfoy
Summary: A Malfoy always has a plan.
Word Count: 520
Genre: Humor, romance
Warnings: Potential threesome.
A/N: Written for for, who correctly guessed which snarry_ldws story was mine. Her request was for Lumione, prompt: Mistletoe.
Beta: sevfan
Disclaimer: The characters contained herein are not mine. No money is being made from this fiction, which is presented for entertainment purposes only.

( Malfoy Mistletoe )

Urf. I am in writing lockdown until smutty_claus is done, because *draws hearts around story* but also *stabs it with a fork* a;slkjdfs.

But! Had to reappear for a moment to point out that the first-ever Harry/Scorpius Last Drabble Writer Standing competition at harryscorp100 just started. Yes, I have a soft spot for Harry/Scorpius, although no, I'm not in this competition. Just an interested observer. I only recently figured out a.) what LDWS things are, and b.) how they work, so now I want everyone to do them. :)

So, there are 15 writers in it, and each week they get a prompt, and then they write a drabble (defined here as under 500 words or so, I think or, in any case, not 100 on the dot), send it in, and they are all posted anonymously mid-week. Then readers vote for their favourite, reveals happen on Sunday, and a new weekly round begins, with one less person. Fifteen weeks later, we have a winner. Fun, yes?

Maybe I'm just addicted to reality TV shows wherein voting for favourites occurs? Hm.

Anyway, I point out this week's Week One drabbles because they are all super good. The first prompt was 'Age Disparity,' so all entries have something to do with the age difference. Scorpius is underage in some but not in others, so read the warnings and go with whatever floats your boat. I had a great time over coffee the other day reading through them and trying to decide on a favourite. No, I'm not always in favour of competitive stuff in fandom, and yeah, it sucks that someone has to be eliminated every week, but hopefully all the participants are okay with that and know not to take it personally. Anyway, if it appeals to you, go have a read through over there and vote!

In other news, I just read through a super awesome story for snupin_santa this morning that made me fall in love with Snupin all over again. Swoon!

*runs back to smutty_claus* Hope all your holiday fest stuff is in and you lot are having a relaxing weekend!

http://www.the-leaky-cauldron.org/2009/11/21/first-looks-at-xeno-at-lovegood-house-forest-scenes-from-deathly-hallows-found-on-ultimate-editions-dvds

As readers will recall Warner Bros will be releasing the first video preview at Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows next month when the Half-Blood Prince DVD is released in the US and UK. However, there are quick glimpses contained within the extras on both the Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone and Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Ultimate Editions released this week in several coun...

the_minx_17 wrote a wonderful post yesterday about bdsm. Her post inspired irana to write a post on consent.

I'd like to add a few thoughts on Polyamory.

My name is sg. I play in an organization that expects its members to behave in a chivalrous manner and show respect to all who attend their events no matter their orientation. As a result of this, I have met folks who practice Polyamory.

( rough draft, subject to change with discussion )