Nearly three years ago, Elina T. (a former contributer to this blog) and I were collaborating on a fanfiction that centered around Neville’s last year at Hogwarts. Our initial brainstorm for this story left us with a skeletal outline and great excitement at the prospect of writing. However...
The train slowed right down and finally stopped. People pushed their way towards the door and out on to a tiny, dark platform. Harry shivered in the cold night air. Then a lamp came bobbing over the heads and the students and Harry heard a familiar voice: ‘Firs’-years! Firs’-years...
Harry wakes up still lying on the field in the rain and recognizes Lockhart leaning over him. Lockhart tells the anxious crowd that Harry doesn’t know what he’s saying, and tells Harry not to worry, that he is about to fix his arm. Harry says “No!” He hears a familiar clicking ...
it features a complex and interesting Remus/Sirius that feels like a fresh and original take on an over-written pairing. Their characters are familiar yet different, as all well constructed AU characters are, and while this version of Sirius may feel too settled for some people’s tastes, the...
Harry Potter is a British boy who lives with the Dursleys, his aunt and uncle. His parents have died in a car crash when he was a small child, that is what he is told by the Dursleys. His cousin Dudley is bullying him whenever possible and Harry has to live in a cupboard under ...
most children's movies reveal their weaknesses in how they diverge from the books upon which they're based. And much of what makes the Harry Potter phenomenon unique is that it is the first time in ages that a children's book, without a movie accompanying it, has generated this much popu...
Accepting his party’s nomination for president for a third time, Donald Trump addressed the Republican National Convention in July, returning to a familiar theme.“We… have an illegal immigration crisis, and it’s taking place right now, as we sit here in this beautiful arena,” he told ...
Lindsay had a sudden urge to run and hide from everything and everyone. Then, out of the corner of her eye, she saw Percy do something odd. The wizard popped the now calm Fred quickly and carefully in his jacket pocket, and called out “Has anyone seen Fred? I’m so sorry Fizzy I...
she crashes into a chair. She clutches her belly as she gets up. We see blood on her dress. She lifts her dress and we see more blood. She was pregnant and the fall has caused a miscarriage. She is insane with grief. Betrayal and the loss of love were bad enough, but the loss ...
Maybe the Sahara agreed with Brooks Atkinson that the Sahara Lady was so overwhelmingly familiar a presence that she ran the risk of being ignored by passers-by. The hotel removed the massive silver dollar she stood upon at some point, whereupon she began spinning right above the neon SAHA...