Hmm. I've heard "He bolloxed it up" to mean "He messed it up," but pretty rarely, and I think I always assumed it was a British thing.
Oh! A few days ago, I noticed a kid wearing a S.P.E.W. t-shirt. I desperately want one.
Fire bad. Tree pretty.
Buffy ,'Chosen'
The Buffista Book Club: the Harry Potter iteration
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***SPOILER ALERT***
Hil R. - Aug 22, 2007 6:31:55 am PDT #2569 of 3301
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Kathy A - Aug 22, 2007 6:40:57 am PDT #2570 of 3301
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Okay, question: do we know what happened to James' family?
Since we find out in DH that Harry is the last descendant of Ignotus Peverell, I'm guessing that the Potters were down to their last few members by the time that James was born. IIRC, JKR said that Petunia's parents died of natural causes in an interview (there were rumors on the internets that maybe they had been wiped out by Voldemort during his first Reign of Terror), but she's never said anything about the Potters.
When I write a review at Checkmated
Did I get you hooked on that site, Aimee, or were you hanging out there before I recommended Midnight Confessions?
Aims - Aug 22, 2007 6:42:17 am PDT #2571 of 3301
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Did I get you hooked on that site, Aimee, or were you hanging out there before I recommended Midnight Confessions?
ALL YOUR FAULT.
And I finally got my own password into The Bedchamber.
Some of that stuff makes me blush right to the roots of my hair.
Aims - Aug 22, 2007 6:43:55 am PDT #2572 of 3301
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Kathy and Theodosia - insent.
Kathy A - Aug 22, 2007 6:50:06 am PDT #2573 of 3301
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Hee!!
Oh, and did you insent to my profile addy, or to the addy I e-mailed you from before?
Aims - Aug 22, 2007 6:54:40 am PDT #2574 of 3301
Shit's all sorts of different now.
profile addy.
Kathy A - Aug 22, 2007 6:55:09 am PDT #2575 of 3301
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Cool--I'll make sure I pull that up ASAP!
Connie Neil - Aug 22, 2007 7:06:37 am PDT #2576 of 3301
brillig
Just don't be snarkily critical of The Fic where the poor author gets to see you being cruel. Honor the intent that it was posted with, i. e. most bad authors meant to write something good and fun and did so to the best of a limited ability. Much better to praise to the skies the stuff that is brilliant.
The lady, she is wise and kind. The poor darlings need somewhere to practice, and stomping on their heads doesn't serve any good purpose.
Aims - Aug 22, 2007 7:07:27 am PDT #2577 of 3301
Shit's all sorts of different now.
I would never ever stomp on anyone's head.
Unless they tried to take my DR from me.
Then, I'd have to cut a bitch.
So. That Deathly Hallows book. Great read!
Kathy A - Aug 22, 2007 7:13:02 am PDT #2578 of 3301
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
I still think about writing an HP fanfic that goes into the European Wizarding world during the WWII/Grindelwald era. Problem is, what I've got in mind features a Polish Jewish wizard who ends up in the Warsaw ghetto and gets more into Holocaust fic, which I think might be a bit presumptuous on my part as well as with loads of potential of me completely fucking it up. Dumbledore and Grindelwald only show up at the end of the fic as I have envisioned it, so DH doesn't joss it completely.