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Gah. Gah! Professor.

by Cassandra

**Clutches head** I am confuzzled. Over the last few weeks I've gotten no less than four emails from people who want to join the RPG, and they all tell me that they've enrolled here.

Now, I don't think that can be correct, or is there some other route to the Student Form besides the link that used to be given out here? I hesitate to think that our RPG is so magnificent that they're all lying through their teeth in order to join it.

To simplify things somewhat, I'll give you their names. If their forms are in your email box, I have no arguments to make.

Nicodemia Martin
Windy Moon
Roger Green
Jenni Ngouya
Nevada
Lesha Snape

Aid, me Gentle Professor, lest my head explode and An be left partnerless in the wild world of GMing!


Posted on Jun 18, 2002, 8:07 PM

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Did I say four? I lied. I meant six. (n/t)

by Cassandra

>_< Typos.

Posted on Jun 18, 2002, 8:08 PM

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*says very unladylike words*

by Prof. Brinklove

There are 54 posts in that mailbox! Somehow, people are finding the form!!!

I'll have to look tomorrow, because my job has suddenly decided to heat up and I don't dare take a break long enough to go through 54 emails. Is tomorrow OK?

Posted on Jun 19, 2002, 12:16 PM

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Gawd, next week is fine if it's better for you.

by Cassandra

It's summer-time (and it is for me, because I have no provincial exams this semester! HAHA!). My obligations consist of casual work in a hospital kitchen, commissioned artwork and whatever the hell I feel like doing. I don't need to hammer out time by inches for people unscrupulous enough to duck The Rules. For heaven's sake, take your time.

Posted on Jun 19, 2002, 1:27 PM

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Fellas, please take some time to notice those rather interesting new posts of mine...

by Lockheart

DOWN BELOW! OUTSIDE!

What are you doing in here, now?

Posted on Jun 19, 2002, 5:51 PM

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**Blink**

by Cassandra

Er . . . forgive me for sounding like a pillock, but who was that aimed at? The Professor and me? The people who've been creeping in through the chinks in the wall? What is who doing in where now? Please explain?

Posted on Jun 19, 2002, 5:54 PM

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Yes, and...

by Prof. Brinklove

...what did it all mean? I'm not usually obtuse, but ya lost me there.

Posted on Jun 19, 2002, 7:22 PM

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*laughs herself hoarse*

by Lockheart

People coming in through chinks in the wall!!! Ha! Okay, that was funny...

Yes, in a way, that message was directed to you guys. I was commenting on the sad notion that a message can remain posted for days without anyone coming through and replying. Then, when someone finally strolls through, it still gets ignored, and then someone gets angry, and then posts like the one you just read start to appear...


To answer your question, "down there" and "outside" refer to my lonely posts below your new ones outside of the individual message space...like the one in which you are reading right now. I wondered what you were doing in this particular message nook when the title message in the main message list told you specifically to please go down and reply to my lonely messages without replies, which I notice you have still failed to do.


Shame on you.



Posted on Jun 20, 2002, 1:25 PM

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Perhaps we simply have nothing to say.

by Cassandra

I, personally, have never read Lewis Carroll, though I regret the omission. I don't know anything about the Tweedle brothers. I try to ignore the obnoxious ads on these forums as much as possible. I don't really have much interest in meagre coincidences. (And I don't spend much of my time thinking about Ludo Bagman.) I'm sure the Professor has different reasons for not replying; those are mine.

In some cases, a simple silence is better than a strained conversation full of exclamation marks and overcompensations. If initiating a conversation didn't work, why not try joining in somebody else's?

See? We're already having a conversation, so it worked. Still, it would have been nicer if it'd simply been an off-hand remark that started it, not an insistence on personal attention.

(Back outside now. Busy courting sunstroke.)

Posted on Jun 20, 2002, 3:25 PM

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Oh...okay

by Lockheart

Err...sorry about that.
I see what you mean. I guess I was just being rather childish and rude, insisting on attention from folks whose interests I certainly do not know of in the first place. Well, at least I can say I tried to make the request as funny as possible, so I wouldn't sound too much like an immature middle-aged man.

I guess there's my lesson learned for the day.


Posted on Jun 20, 2002, 5:15 PM

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Apology accepted, and no doubt the Professor will agree.

by Cassandra

Two things there pleased me very much: firstly, that you had the guts to admit straight off that what you'd said was rude. Some would have tried to bluster their way out of it, thus only making the situation worse.

Secondly, damn, when you decide to confront someone, girl, you go all the way. I can't help but admire a slap in the face, even if it does annoy me.

Welcome to the Post.

Posted on Jun 20, 2002, 6:18 PM

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I do agree

by Prof. Brinklove

Not that I blame you, of course - I've posted many times (on this and other forums) and had no one reply, and it bugs me! But I know from my own habits that no-reply doesn't mean not-read. I often read posts but have nothing of value to add, so... I don't add it. (And yes, I did read all yours even before you said anything.)

Posted on Jun 20, 2002, 8:33 PM

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Gee, thanks!

by Lockheart

I'm flattered...thanks, Cassandra, Professor...(shakes hands)I'm proud to be a member of such a fine post!

I actually thought my confrontation was unreasonable from the start, but I was so.. irritated (for no reason, I'm now sure) that I just went full steam ahead.
I've done that before (read a post, but not reply to it). And I read my other posts over again, and I thought they looked pretty lame. No wonder no one replied to them!

Silly me. (slaps self in face)

Posted on Jun 21, 2002, 7:28 AM

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Is this sarcasm?

by Prof. Brinklove

LOL! If so, it's funny.

Hey, I have a theory about getting along with others that, unfortunately, I inherited from my family. It goes, "You have a right to bitch, but we have a right to tell you to shut up." Loosely translated for here, it's fine if you get irritated, as long as you are cool with us jumping all over you and stomping you. No, JK. But you know what I mean.

Your posts weren't lame, they were interesting. They simply didn't need a response other than "Cool" or something like that, and I'm usually doing these things in a hurry so no one at work catches me at it.

Posted on Jun 21, 2002, 1:00 PM

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(wide eyes) No, no sarcasm here...!

by Lockheart

Heh..it's just that sometimes my good-naturedness gets interpreted as such. It gets pretty nasty when one is reading it, without knowing for sure whether the person behind it is really the gender or species she says she is! But I digress.(That was meant to be funny.)
I, of course, meant every word I typed. Though not well known, I think this really is a fine forum, and...
Wait, hold on...What exactly did you think was sarcastic?

Of course, if you thought it was funny, then there's no reason for me to worry..right?

Posted on Jun 21, 2002, 4:03 PM

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LOL!

by Prof. Brinklove

No, no reason for you to worry. Believe me, when I'm ticked off, there's no mistaking it. You'll know it.

(species??)

Posted on Jun 21, 2002, 10:08 PM

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Psssst. Professor!

by Cassandra

(Good god, I haven't seen a thread extended all the way over to the right side of the page in a long while.)

Kat, could you check your Victorian Corner email? I sent you a couple of ... things. **Scuffles toes.**

Right. **scuttles off.**

Posted on Jun 22, 2002, 12:13 AM

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Question and comment

by Prof. Brinklove

Question: On "Soap", did you want me to copy and post it, or just link to it?

Comment: My God. You just MADE my night.

Posted on Jun 22, 2002, 1:26 AM

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(wide eyes) No, no sarcasm here...!

by Lockheart

Heh..it's just that sometimes my good-naturedness gets interpreted as such. It gets pretty nasty when one is reading it, without knowing for sure whether the person behind it is really the gender or species she says she is! But I digress.(That was meant to be funny.)
I, of course, meant every word I typed. Though not well known, I think this really is a fine forum, and...
Wait, hold on...What exactly did you think was sarcastic?

Of course, if you thought it was funny, then there's no reason for me to worry..right?

Posted on Jun 21, 2002, 4:03 PM

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Sixpack ads!

by Lockheart

Something funny happened just now while I was rereading the post I made that mentioned Ludo's muscles. The usual advertisement above the post featured an ad for a summer body-toning regiment...and there was also a picture of a guy's cast-iron pecs beneath a large, bronzed chest. Very disturbing, very disturbing indeed. Ack.

I'm guessing the ads folks can tell which ones to send by way of what words the poster used in the message...

Hmph. Muscles.

Posted on Jun 17, 2002, 9:18 PM

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A peculiar coincidence I've discovered...

by Lockheart

with Jemima's stories, and GoF, is that in each, Ludo is somehow associated with chickens. Remember the rubber chicken wand Fred and George handed him?
(We all know about Jane and her chicken farm already now...)

Posted on Jun 15, 2002, 12:35 PM

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Ludo and Otto: The Tweedle brothers?!

by Lockheart

One thing I've discovered while on my thrice-daily drool-fest over GoF: Ludo and his brother Otto's names sound similar. Could this mean that they might be twins? And, we all know how the Tweedles are described as looking like "a pair of great schoolboys". Ludo's face is boyish!
Maybe Ms. Rowling got their basic characters from the Tweedles!

Just a thought..I could be wrong.

Posted on Jun 15, 2002, 12:30 PM

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harry potter MIDI

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if anyone has any MIDI files from the Harry Potter soundtrack can u email them to me at glimmering_star_99@yahoo.com thanks!!! but i cant come back here.. so id really appreciate it if u emailed me some!

Posted on Jun 14, 2002, 2:42 PM

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Curious about fellow obsessors of Quidditch...

by Lockheart

Saying, of course, that whatever character one likes, one always ends up liking whatever Quidditch team he or she is associated with...like, if one likes Oliver Wood, then one will also like Puddlemere United.(I guess you can see where this post is going... cough Wimbourne Wasps cough ...teehee...relate, Jemima?
Anyone around here have a favorite team of their own?

I made up a couple of my own: The Charlestown Zingers(just like the Wasps, only that the colors are yellow, black, and red, and green..
And then there are the Flipshot Flutterbys, which is basically just a joke, a name to make me, er, "roar with laughter".


Posted on Jun 13, 2002, 7:46 PM

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Quidditch stuff

by Jemima

Yeah, I think they should sell T shirts/jerseys with the various Quidditch team logos on them; Heh, I'd get a "Wimbourne Wasps" shirt. Actually, I think that would be a great product, since other HP fans would "get it" and the people who might rant at you about HP being a tool of the devil wouldn't get the reference. I like "Flutterbys" as a team name. I made up the "California Condors," who play out in the SoCal desert. Ludo aside, I'd probably have to be a Holyhead Harpies fan, since I like the idea of the all-female team, and my favorite bit in "Quidditch Through the Ages" is the one where the Heidelberg Captain proposed marriage to the Harpies' Captain, who, in answer, "concussed him with her Cleansweep 5."

Posted on Jun 13, 2002, 9:21 PM

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Quidditch stuff

by Lockheart

Hey, that part was my favorite, too!
My other favorite part was where they said the thing about the goal hoop baskets..."and over here on the other end they've got these big wicker caves swinging around." Ha!

Imagine Ludo proposing marriage...I've often wondered how much of an effect women have on him. I mean, there was never any indication that he enjoyed the dancing veela at the World Cup. Or maybe he's too old and/or too dumb to stop thinking about his silly bets. That man!

Posted on Jun 14, 2002, 10:02 AM

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Well, in my reality...

by Jemima

... Ludo is utterly smitten with Jane Tweedy. No mere Veela can compete with her! I really do need to write this far eventually; Ludo and Jane have their ups and downs, but they're just doomed for each other.

I loved "Quidditch Through the Ages" in general - lots of laugh-out-loud bits all the way through.

Posted on Jun 14, 2002, 7:19 PM

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Aah! I'm so jealous!

by Lockheart

That's just so romantic. I'm really excited to read the rest of their story....Please say you're almost done!

One thing that confuses me, is the thought of that one mean lady from Chicken Run having a baby. Did you know, at first I thought Jane WAS that mean woman?

...perish the thought

Posted on Jun 15, 2002, 9:20 AM

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Almost done?! Try hardly begun

by Jemima

I've got so much stuff in my head, heaven only knows if and when it will all get written. I'll keep trying, though. And nope, Jane is Mean Woman, Jr. If you haven't read it, and want to, "The Tweedys of Yorkshire" (part one) includes Jane's birth and explains where she came from (or rather, how she came about). It's at Kat's/Prof. Brinklove's Animated Lust site, and the direct addy to it is:

http://www.dragonfare.net/AL/ff/therese14a.html

I think that'll work. To answer your other two posts: I never thought of Ludo and Otto being twins, although I suppose they could be. Otto's probably a pretty funny character on his own, what with getting in trouble over "a lawnmower with unnatural powers" and all. I hadn't realized the chicken connection, either.

Posted on Jun 15, 2002, 2:06 PM

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Ah, oui..

by Lockheart

You're such a talented writer! How old are you, anyway?

Posted on Jun 15, 2002, 3:27 PM

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Thanks :-)

by Jemima

I'm 42, actually.

Posted on Jun 15, 2002, 10:35 PM

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That explains the "too genius to be 16" writing talent..

by Lockheart

Hey, my stepdad just turned 42 today! Coinkidink!


Posted on Jun 16, 2002, 5:06 PM

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Heh, if I were a REAL genius...

by Jemima

...my name would be J.K. Rowling and I would have invented this stuff and be making a fortune off of it. Thanks for the compliment, though. I think I've been making up stories and characters ever since I understood the concept of "let's pretend," and I'm coming up on 6 years since I posted my first fanfic on the internet (gosh, time flies!).

Posted on Jun 18, 2002, 5:12 PM

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Chamber of Secrets 30-second teaser released!

by Shandethe

And when they say teaser, they MEAN teaser. sigh It's better than nothing, though. It's up at the offical Warner Brothers Harry Potter site. Here's the link for those who don't have it memorized by heart.

http://www.harrypotter.com

Basically, it introduces Dobby, and we get a nice glimpse of the flying car--plus a hilarious clip of Ron and Harry driving to Hogwarts, and a near-miss (I hope) with the train. (Harry's deadpan tone of voice and the look on Ron's face are absolutely priceless. If the rest of the movie is this cool, I absolutely can't wait.)

Also, for all you Snapeheads--on the Leaky Cauldron site there's a nice, big black and white (and unfortunately somewhat grainy) picture of the Duel scene between Harry and Draco. Snape is much clearer in the background, and we get a nice glimpse of him without the flowing cape.

Thought I'd present you all with this before I went away. See you guys on Monday!

--Shandethe

Posted on Jun 12, 2002, 11:14 AM

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Ludo Bagman

by Lockheart

Excuse me for barging in unintroduced, but.. has anyone here ever had a crush on Ludo? Everyone I've talked to about him thought I was weird.
But I love him!

Posted on Jun 12, 2002, 9:00 AM

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Jemima, we'll leave this one to you.

by Cassandra

Jemima is something of a Ludo fan - in fact, she's written him as a wee'un into a particularly fantastic series of Chicken Run/Harry Potter crossover stories. Let me tell you - Jane Tweedy and Ludo Bagman make a cute couple.

Posted on Jun 12, 2002, 9:48 AM

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Cass? Oooooh, Caaaaass...

by Kuraki

...couldn't tell me if you got my email of the 3rd draft, could you? .(I'm not being impatient, I'm just not sure if I sent it. -_-')

And come to think of it, have you seen An lately? It's all ready and waiting for her to make her own alterations as soon as I have her address. ^_^

Posted on Jun 12, 2002, 1:18 PM

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An and her server.

by Cassandra

The truth of the matter is that An's cable company is a flaming son of a [hacking sound of mangled censorship button], and she hasn't been able to access certain servers for several days. For example, Network54, Google, and Lycos, the latter of which is her primary email server, have all been inaccessible to her.

She and I worked on a fourth draft - if you will - of the post on Monday night (at least, I think it was Monday). It's all done now, but I haven't been in contact with her since then, and thus didn't know that she hadn't actually been able to mail it to you. It should be in your inbox the next time you check.

Posted on Jun 12, 2002, 11:24 PM

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Thanks for the intro, Cass...

by Jemima

Hee, yes, I like Ludo! He's probably my 2nd fave in the whole series, behind Remus Lupin, and he's SO much fun to write for! Cassandra's right, "student age" Ludo is a regular in my Hogwarts fanfic, which is posted in the "Hogwarts Library" linked to this forum. (Shameless self-promotion warning...) Check him out in "Tweedys of Yorkshire II," "Visiting Day," and "Making the Team." (He's not in the other two stories, but he'll be in more future stuff.) Also, be sure to look (in the Gallery, and attached to 'Visiting Day') for Cassandra's darling drawing of Ludo and Jane Tweedy as First Years.

I'm going to be really disappointed if JKR comes back and tells us he's really evil. I prefer the idea that he's just this big, lovable, self-serving lunk who probably tends to bite off more than he can chew.

Posted on Jun 12, 2002, 5:04 PM

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Oh?

by Lockheart

Harry Potter with a Chicken Run accent to it, huh? I've read the stories, and they seem pretty cool. I wrote a Peter Pettigrew/Hunchback of Notre Dame story once...came out looking pretty strange, now that I think of it.

Isn't it a wonder that this is the only real website with any Ludo material on the entire WEB?

By the way, I only just noticed that "adult fans of Harry Potter" thing up there... does that mean only adults are allowed on the forum? I'm 16, but I'm an OLD 16...and I display a wisdom beyond my years.(Apart from the fact that I have chosen a screen name derived from one of Harry Potter's least popular teachers...)

Posted on Jun 13, 2002, 12:32 PM

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One more thing...

by Lockheart

Sorry...I meant to say that Jemima's stories were REALLY cool. (Don't know where the "seem" came from...)

Posted on Jun 13, 2002, 12:35 PM

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Oh, that word "adult" again

by Prof. Brinklove

That word changes with every context, doesn't it? I'm sorry that it's unclear here and gave you even the slightest hesitation in joining us.

By adult, what I mean is that we are not the audience that HP is supposedly targeted for, according to the idiots who deem that there are stories meant for children and stories meant for adults, and never the twain meet. If I have to slap an age on it, I'd say 14 or over. But as I hope everyone here will agree, a good book is a good book, period.

Posted on Jun 13, 2002, 1:49 PM

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Whew, that's a relief..

by Anonymous

Ugh, how true. I hate the way folks put "children" labels on things just because a lot of children happen to read it. It annoys me to no end, I tell you.

So! rubs her hands together I can join! Shall I get cracking then?

Posted on Jun 13, 2002, 2:41 PM

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Hello!

by Molly Featherstone


Hi, I'm Molly Featherstone, a Ravenclaw second-year who is HORRIBLE at flying class and couldn't make the Quidditch team in this lifetime, ever. My character is clutzy and her family grew up best friends with the Longbottoms who lived right across the street...other than that I'm not really connected to any "famous" HP characters.
That's my CHARACTER, of course...naturally I myself don't have a name anything like "Featherstone" and I'm a bit older than 12... :P

I must commmend you on your...erm..._courage_ in choosing that for a screen-name, anyway... :P (Stupid off-to-the-side comment: I wonder if TIFA Lockheart from Final Fantasy 7 is any relation...? Hee. )

Anyway, welcome to the board! We don't care about physical age so much here...as long as you can ACT halfway mature, is the important thing. I've seen 12 year olds that sounded like 30-year-olds and middle-aged dudes who whined like bratty little tiny kids....it all depends on mental age, I guess.

...Notorious

Posted on Jun 14, 2002, 1:58 AM

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How d'ye do?

by Lockheart

Nope, no relation to TIFA whatsoever. Haven't even heard of her, as a matter of fact.

My character is loud and noisy, with a bit of a sea-talking accent. I have blonde hair (any surprise?), a round face (really, I do!), and....



*almond*-shaped eyes.

Ha, caught you there!
And, my father is a buccaneer on the High Seas,as is my mom. I dislike sports, and play no Quidditch,but I'll bet you you'll find more than a few things in my cottage with a pattern of yellow and black.Bwahahaaa.


Posted on Jun 14, 2002, 10:13 AM

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Hee...

by Molly Featherstone


I was joking about the Tifa thing. If you are into the video gaming world she's an extremely famous (_in_famous, in some ways...) character. She's from Final Fantasy 7, and she is rather...er....well, top-heavy, ifyagetwhatimean, and wears a tight skimpy outfit, and she is THE chick that ALL the fan-boys drooooool over. Most people think of her as a bimbo who is worthless except for her looks. But I don't! I don't think it's fair to judge somebody just by their appearance, good or bad, and besides, they're not noticing other things about her, that are painfully obvious to anyone who's actually PLAYED the game. Such as: She's a really butt-kicking martial artist! And she is not too bad with _magic_, either... And her personality is _sweet_, not slutty.

In this game, you can only have three characters active in your group at one time, so you have to pick carefully to get the people with the right skills and abilities for the right situations...you following me? Like, if you're fighting a monster who is immune to magic, bring along strong physical fighters...if you are going to be fighting a powerful wizard, bring along other mages to counteract his spells...kind of a thing. You can only take three characters along at any one time, but there are SEVEN main characters to choose from, by the end. So you have to choose which ones you bring.
Well, I chose to bring Tifa Lockheart along with me to fight the very last guy...and I won the game, with her! Useless bimbo my foot...
At least she's upholding the honour of the Lockheart name, what hey? Defeated an evil insane wizard and all...

Anyway, that's who she is...OBVIOUSLY she's no relation to the Harry Potter Lockheart, I was just having fun with the fact that they've got the same last name. They do both kind of have the reputation of being bubbleheads who have nothing else to them but their looks, for another "connection", however...(even if it's not deserved in Tifa's case.)

Sorry for going way off-topic there. A "sea-talking" accent? Does that mean you occasionally say things like, "Avast, ye scurvy dogs!" and so forth? Heh...
I'm not that much into the Quidditch stuff...I haven't read "Quidditch Through the Ages" so I can't keep up with that conversation we've got going on here. Er...If I was gonna make my character a fan of any Quidditch team, she would like....er....I dunno. Right now she just cheers the Ravenclaw team I guess. :P

Shutting up finally...

...Notorious

Posted on Jun 14, 2002, 6:03 PM

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Aye, matey...

by Lockheart

No, I don't talk pirate-like. Mostly I just call everyone "matey" all the time...or, at least I'd like to. And I live back in the buccaneering days, so I haven't even heard of Bagman at all.
Okay. ENOUGH ABOUT MYSELF!!

(looks around)..What a pleasant forum! I feel as if I have finally found a place where I can be comfortable. One forum I posted at, everyone totally ignored me. What rude dogs.


Posted on Jun 15, 2002, 9:32 AM

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How very sad!

by Tina

Well, we shant ignore you! Mah ha ha... um, yes. Anyways, a big, hearty welcome to you from me also! I have found Bagman to be a very charming character to study, however I confess I hadn't seen very many attractive qualities. No, I don't really go for gamblers, I usually like the escaped convicts much better... You should certainly not worry about age, dearie, for I have yet to turn 16 this fall jumps up and down in anticipation! Then I can finally get my bloody drivers liscence! skips off to do her summer reading3

Posted on Jun 15, 2002, 5:10 PM

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Harrumph!

by Lockheart

Thanks for th' hearty greeting..I give my best to you too!
(ponders) So, you like Sirius Black, huh? I used to be fond of Lupin, and before that Professor Snape.(That was fun.) And now it's old Ludykins. giggles
I'm not at all attracted to his conly nature. Mostly, I like his carefree, boyish attitude. He's very energetic, he regards the rest of the Ministry as "that lot", he likes to relax on the grass... and he has muscles. (Sigh.)
Sorry..


Posted on Jun 15, 2002, 9:21 PM

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Muscles you say...

by Tina

Hmm... I may have to rethink that then... hee hee! Very true indeed. I like Lupin very much also, he's like a pet, ya know? You want to give him a big hug sometimes. If I'm not making any sense right now, please forgive me here cuz I am running on negative sleep here. yawns I should prolly get to bed now, so I'll leave you to dreams of Ludo and such...

Posted on Jun 16, 2002, 1:06 AM

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Hogwarts School Ties

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Has anyone seen any ties like those worn by students of the four houses for sale anywhere? Wouldn'tmind the muffler either. Would really like to find a Gryffindor tie (actually wouldn't mind all four) - found one that looks like Gryffindor at BenSilver.com but $70.00 for an 11th Hussars seems a wee bit pricey. Saw a gentleman wearing what looked like a Gryffindor tie in the Cincinnati airport in January and regret not appraoching him and asking him where he found the tie. Am I the only adult who wants towear a Hogwarts school tie?

Posted on Jun 8, 2002, 7:43 PM

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Screenshots and audio for the CoS preview!!!!!!!

by Shandethe

It's all here:

http://www.the-leaky-cauldron.org/

They have lots of images (not of the greatest quality, but images nonetheless) AND, as a real treat, the sound file for the CoS preview! It sounds awesome...now if only they could get ahold of the video!

The sound file is great...I like Dobby's voice, though it's not as high-pitched as I imagined it...and Kenneth Brannagh's whining (as Lockhart) is hilarious.

Can't wait for this to come out! Woohoo!

--Shandethe

Posted on Jun 4, 2002, 8:33 PM

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EAT WALL, LOCKHART!!

by Kuraki

Severus blasting the merry hell out of Lockhart! I HAVE to see that!! If CoS has but one ultimate scene, the dueling club will undoubtably be it. (At least...for this Slytherin.)

But then we all know how small the likelihood of there only being a single ultimate scene is, don't we?

Posted on Jun 5, 2002, 10:29 AM

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Go Snape!

by Shandethe

Sev, Sev, he's our man, if he can't do it, no one can!
(waves green and silver pom poms around)

Well, I doubt very much that Snape-blasting-Lockhart will be the only ultimate scene...but it'll definitely be at the top of the list. (Snape looks hot, doesn't he? Get him, Sev!)

Personally, I can't wait to see the flying car (That's gonna be awesome!) and the Chamber looks awesome, too. And...well, watching Lockhart get hung out with the laundry will not be without fun.

--Shandy

Posted on Jun 5, 2002, 1:17 PM

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(**joins in, waving Slytherin pom-poms**)

by Kuraki


Snape? Looking hot? (**coughs into her pom-poms**) I er... don't know what you mean! (**coughs again, and scurries off - mumbling something about charms homework.**)

Posted on Jun 5, 2002, 1:36 PM

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you know you're obssessed with HP when....

by Willow

1. you expect pictures to move
2. you await mail by owl
3. you try to fly on your household broom and nothing happens
4. you search for the perfect twig to use as a wand
5. you wonder why said "wand" doesn't work
6. you try several spells and they don't work
7. you wish you were either Harry, Ron or Hermoine
8. you are counting the days to the next movie release!!!

Posted on Jun 3, 2002, 7:21 PM

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New Artwork!

by Shandethe

While I look for a summer job, I'm trying out some new techniques in my pencil work. So here's a drawing of my rendition of Severus Snape's mother, Livia.

And yes...I am crazy. Here's the link:

http://www.angelfire.com/weird/siriusfansite/siriusfanart.html

You have to scroll down (Angelfire doesn't allow direct linking of images, sadly) but it's at the bottom of the "Fanfiction and RPG" art.

She looks kind of scary here...maybe it's just me. Anyway, I'm proud of this one.

--Shandethe

Posted on May 31, 2002, 9:04 PM

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She looks great

by Jemima

Whoa, whatever that woman wants, give it to her NOW! I like her - what a great expression!

Posted on May 31, 2002, 10:43 PM

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Thanks :)

by Shandethe

Well, Severus had to get his temper from somewhere. Glad you liked it.


Posted on Jun 2, 2002, 6:24 PM

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First CoS movie pics!!!

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Some GREAT teaser shots, including a test shot of Dobby, can be found here -

http://www.ew.com/ew/report/0,6115,254304~1~0~asneakpeekat,00.html

Enjoy!!

Posted on May 31, 2002, 6:42 PM

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About time, too!

by Shandethe

Tyne, I love you! Thanks for the link! Harry looks adorabe...awww, he's all scruffy and dirty, poor guy. Everything looks wonderful.

And is it warm in here or...no, it's that lovely picture of Alan Rickman as Snape! He certainly looks irritable, doesn't he? Irritable never looked so sexy.

--Shandethe

Posted on May 31, 2002, 9:00 PM

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Gee Manee

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They look great. Dobby looks kind of cute (cuter than I imagined, but never mind). It looks like a great film.

Posted on Jun 1, 2002, 3:53 PM

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Aaa! Pickled Eel!! (HP DVD)

by Jemima

So, I got my DVD of the HP movie, and I was playing with the stuff on Disc 2, and when you choose to enter Diagon Alley, there's a quick montage of appropriate visuals to take you there, including a chalk menu board from the Leaky Cauldron and guess what was on it - PICKLED EEL!!!! Pickled Eel is Freddy Shrike's favorite Wizard delicacy, and a running gag between him and Kevin, but I never knew till now that it was a "legit" HP reference. Ahahaha!

I got to the deleted scenes, with some help from my sister and a website, but my favorite part of disc 2 is in the Charms classroom, where you can watch the scene where the kids discuss Fluffy and Snape and Nicolas Flamel with Hagrid in several foreign languages. (Except, on the list of language choices, those languages that do not use the same alphabet as English are written in their own characters, and I don't know what they all are.)

Posted on May 30, 2002, 2:31 AM

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Re: Aaa! Pickled Eel!! (HP DVD)

by Featherspy

on the left, the very complex characters are (almost certainly) Japanese. On the right, slightly less complex characters are Korean, while below that, on the right, is Greek.

Posted on May 30, 2002, 11:57 AM

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also, a question

by Featherspy

how do you find those deleted scenes? I;ve heard tell of a library, but I followed that blasted tour and couldn't find it!!

Posted on May 30, 2002, 12:09 PM

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Thanks, and try this

by Jemima

I was thinking the second language on the left might be Chinese, but Japanese makes sense, too. I was lost on the Korean. Greek I had a pretty good idea of. What's the last one on the right? Something like Hebrew or Arabic, maybe?

As for the deleted scenes, I'll post a link below that's helpful. You have to start by going into Diagon Alley (the Snowy Owl on the Disc 2 menu screen). Then you have to highlight the right sequence of bricks to open the wall - I had to go back and watch the scene from the movie to get it. It's something like two on the left side of the indented bricks and one on the top, and you go clockwise. Once you're in Diagon Alley, be sure to highlight and click on the key at the bottom of the Gringott's sign - my sister had to tell me to do that. It's fun playing with wands in the wand shop; I got Mahogany. Jim Dale will give you some instructions as you go, and it was pretty straightforward once you got through Diagon Alley.

The link for tips is:

http://www.harrypotterfans.net/dvdstuff.html


Posted on May 30, 2002, 5:08 PM

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Yeah the last one on the right is probably hebrew

by Featherspy

I finally found the scenes, though I did it the hard way, by getting blown up repeatedly in the Potions room, until I got the answer right. I especially love the one where Harry is in front of the fire! If they had put that in the movie, I would have bawled my eyes out!

PS- I don't see why they couyldn't add all those scenes in! It would add, what? twenty minutes? that's not soo much, and they are really important too!

Posted on May 31, 2002, 12:19 PM

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The scene they *really* should have left in...

by Jemima

...is the one involving Neville and the leg-locking curse. It helps set up Neville's character more, and it has Ron (I think) telling him that he needs to start standing up to people - which, of course, sets up his standing up to H/R/H and getting the house points for it in the end. As it is, I always thought the stuff of Neville trying to stop them came out of the blue, and if you didn't know the book, you wouldn't completely appreciate it.

I liked the fireplace scene, too, and the lads looked so cute in their Weasley Jumpers.

Posted on May 31, 2002, 5:35 PM

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did you notice how they contradicted themselves?

by Featherspy

the part where the languages are all changy, Hagrid says that Snape helped guard the stone, but they cut out his thing, and also, they deprived Hermione of her glory, which isn't really fair. That could have built up even more pressure than the Chess scene, IMO.

Posted on Jun 1, 2002, 9:37 PM

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Cassandra...! I need you!

by Prof. Brinklove

As you probably know, Jemima has posted her "warmer" Kevin/Freddy story at Kat's Victorian Corner, and will be posting another. I would like to do a little "splash page" for them and her, and I would like to use the "Oranges" pic. For that, I need your permission, and given the nature of the site, if you say no, I'm cool with it.

Posted on May 29, 2002, 11:55 AM

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You need my permission? You have it.

by Cassandra

I'd like to see the page when it's done, Professor. I'm looking forward to it.

I may be doing more Kevin/Freddy pics soon. This weekend my last artistic obligation will be over and done with (AHAHAHAHA! Screw you, District Scholarship!), so I intend to celebrate by doing some piece that I'd never ever dream of including in a portfolio.

Posted on May 29, 2002, 5:20 PM

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Woohoo!

by Jemima

Anything you'd like to do in the way of my little darlings would be delightful. By the way, the page (and the 'warm' K&F story) are up. If you can find your way back to the AL Fanfic/Fanart Forum (where I begged to be egged on in this project), I think Kat's got the link on a post in there.

Posted on May 29, 2002, 6:13 PM

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I'll put the link here

by Prof. Brinklove

http://www.angelfire.com/wizard/kvc

Posted on May 29, 2002, 8:58 PM

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while going through withdrawal, I came across a question

by Willow

At the end of Book 2, it mentions that 50 years ago, Dumbledore was the transfiguration teacher. Now, my question is- Does a person NEED to be an Animagus in order to teach Transfiguration???
and if so, what kind of animal is Dumbledore??? scratches head in ponderment3

Posted on May 26, 2002, 9:37 PM

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I don't believe so...

by Tina

I never heard anything about there being such a requirement to being a transfiguration teacher. I kind of doubt that Dumbledore being a natural Animagus anyway, seeing as there were only seven in the past century and that's just plain unlikely. I could be wrong, though. flounces off to watch a Kevin Kline interview3

Posted on May 26, 2002, 10:19 PM

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I don't think so but re Dumbledore...

by Jemima

I'm sure you wouldn't have to be an animagus to teach transfiguration, because there are so few registered ones, it would rather cut down on the pool of available teaching candidates. On the other hand, there would probably be a certain logic that says anyone who was interested and knowledgeable enough in transfiguration to teach it would also be interested in trying to become an animagus.

As for Dumbledore - I think she's already given us enough animagi for one set of books, but someone somewhere pointed out a loophole: Hermione knows the animagi registered in this century (eg the 20th), but Dumbledore is old enough that he was probably registered in the previous century, and maybe she didn't research back that far.

Posted on May 27, 2002, 9:38 AM

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You may have a point, for afterall...

by Featherspy

I've heard tell that Dumbledore is upwards of 130, while McGonagal is in her 60's or 70's. At any rate, Hagrid is in his sixties, but you all knew that, I'm sure...

Posted on May 30, 2002, 12:04 PM

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A small fic to accompany all the filks.

by Cassandra

I've been writing more in the last week or so than I have in the last three months. Albeit, all the material that has been transferred from my brain to WordPad is nonsense of a largely useless strain, but at least it's rather good nonsense. Or at least, I think so.

I've just finished this little snippet, and thought I'd offer it up for commentary. (See if I can compete with Shandethe and Kuraki and Tina. Probably not.) It's completely idiotic, really, but I had fun writing it.

I call it Good Soap. Sirius waxes philosophical over the last two inches of a jug of Guinness to poor James Potter, who doesn't hold his drink very well.

Since it's short for a story, I'm not going to bother with making a page for it. I'll just post it up here.

Since it's long, even for drunken sermonising, I'm going to post it in the response column for this message.

... By the way. I'd like to hear from anybody who reads it and actually understands what it is they're talking about. I can't decide whether it's sneakily obvious in a Terry Pratchett style or completely obscure.

Posted on May 25, 2002, 5:09 PM

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Good Soap.

by Cassandra

Author's Note: You have the choice here to proceed or not. I am heretofore not responsible for any, you know, seizures, earthquakes of belief or other such things, which may occur during the reading of this snippet.

*


Sirius put down his drink with a decisive clunk. Hands cleared, he swivelled to face James.

"Now, look, James, imagine a bar of soap." His fingers waggled in the air, defining the planes of a fair-sized block of soap, little extra waggle in the centre of the upper plane to indicate an impressed company mark.

James stared at the imaginary block. "Soap?"

"Yes, that's right. Soap. Incredibly good soap. Not the nasty harsh lavatory-scented stuff you get off the shelf. Soap made with top-quality huile d'olive ahaha vièrge. From - from Tuscany. Soap that foams up in your hand if you touch it with a damp flannel, and leaves your skin like a baby's cheek. Do you understand me? This is bloody good soap, James."

"If you say so," said James, who was still aground on the fact that it was soap, and hadn't had the tenacity to move himself on to the next reef.

"But the point, James, is that it's soap. It's not diamonds or emeralds or Rhodesian mahogany floorboards. It's soap. It's meant to be washed with until it's worn down to a little sliver that gets lost in the drain. What are you going to do, save it up for your twenty-first birthday, or refuse to use it until you find some really festive mud that needs washing off? In fact - you can't. It might go rancid if you let it sit too long, or get all hard and waxy on the outside. You can't preserve it forever. You have to use it while it's still in top form."

He paused to drain the last half-pint in his glass and wave for a refill. James, meanwhile, took the opportunity to collect his senses; and he did not like what he found upon examination.

"Now wait - wait - wait," he said, shaking a finger waveringly in front of Sirius' face. "I can see where this's going. But you're wrong, it's completely different, see, with soap that good, you should save it. 'Specially if you're not saving it for long, see, 'cos soap like that should be used for a very shpesh - special show - ba - ablution. Never know when you might find soap like that again." His face contorted waxily as he struggled for further words. "Anyway. This soap's only bein' saved for shix - secks - six months."

"Don't be an arse, James, it's been lying around for three years. Soap isn't like wine, James, it doesn't mature. It may very well have spoilt already, being offered and held back and locked away again for three years. 'S a bloody shame, three years washing with just water, when you could have used that soap."

James squinted. By now he was weaving slightly on his seat. "That's not making sense . . ." Then, his face suddenly cleared to a grin. "Oh, I understand! You're drunk!"

"'M not drunk," Sirius mumbled. "I just think it's a bloody shame. Good soap . . . you can always get more good soap. Even if you have to go alla way to Rome to get it -" a wild expressive wave of his arm knocked over an abandoned glass - "you can still get good soap. Shame, to save up that one bar of soap like a skifflin' - shkinfli - miser. Soap don't make a bath, but you can't have a real bath without soap." He scowled at the feeble epigram, pinched the bridge of his nose, couldn't come up with anything better, shrugged; drained his glass and set it down. Getting to his feet, he clung momentarily to the bar.

"'m going home," he said, and on that parting note wove gently out of the pub.

James listened to the ruckus and the cursing as the key was haphazardly manipulated into the ignition, followed by the booming roar of the motorbike, and stared contemplatively into the last two inches of his glass. They were amber-brown.

"Shoap," he mumbled. He was beginning to suspect that Sirius' insistence on the value of good soap came not from personal experience of, well, good soap, but from several years of rubbing himself raw with carbolic.

That man understood the value of soap.

*



Posted on May 25, 2002, 5:19 PM

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Hee hee... and I think I get it

by Jemima

I love 'drunk Sirius,' he's very eloquent. So, my impression is that they're arguing over whether or not James should ah, sleep with Lily; James thinks he should wait, Sirius thinks he's wasting valuable time; six months refers to the time remaining until they're married, three years refers to the time they've been sweethearts without doing anything. Am I close??

Posted on May 25, 2002, 10:38 PM

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Spot on.

by Cassandra

**Applause** Absolutely dead-on right. Give the woman a biscuit.

I swear that Sirius wrote it. I had nothing to do with it. Come on, look at me. Do I look like the sort of person who'd come up with a metaphor like that out of the blue? I mean . . . soap? Really.

(Man is excellent when he's drunk, isn't he?)

Posted on May 25, 2002, 10:46 PM

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Yes, that's what I got out of it

by Prof. Brinklove

Very nice, Cassandra! I like it! Sirius' eloquence cracked me up.

You do want it in the Library, right? RIGHT?

Posted on May 28, 2002, 7:37 AM

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**Cringes** Right, Professor!

by Cassandra

I'll most likely give it a trim and neaten it up a little before it goes up. But that'll probably be done long before you have the time to update the Library, so it shouldn't be troublesome to either of us.

It won't be now though, because my cat is sitting on my desk, staring at me in a manner which says, "Feed me or I'll rip your intestines out." So I must go.

Get OFF my slide portfolio, you stupid feline!

Posted on May 28, 2002, 8:07 AM

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Pfff

by Molly Featherstone


MY cat looks at me like that all the time. Join the club. :P

...Notorious

Posted on May 28, 2002, 3:20 PM

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Attn class ~ will all Kevin/Freddy fans please join me here?

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Under my alias as Kat, I have established a little site called Kat's Victorian Corner, for stories that are a bit too, um - well, that don't make the (rather elastic) PG rating for Animated Lust. Jemima has written a Kevin/Freddy scene that would be perfect for it, and I'm begging and begging her to let me post it. I think she's weakening, but I need your help.

Go to the Fanfic/FanArt forum - http://www.network54.com/Hide/Forum/53590 - and find the message "Kat's Victorian Corner" about halfway down the page. There you will see a post by Therese, and under that, me hopping up and down and shouting. Go there now, respond to that message, and tell Jemima how much you would love to read that story. PLEASE!

Ahem. Now back to our regularly scheduled class.

Posted on May 25, 2002, 12:31 PM

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Have located Peter Wingfield's arch-rival for the role of Remus Lupin.

by Cassandra

Somebody bag Ewan McGregor up and toss him overboard like the extra baggage he is. I have located an actor who ranks with Peter Wingfield as a Remus Lupin possible. In fact, I think he supplants Wingfield - but that, of course, is only my opinion. (**Dodges blows.**)

His name is Paul McGann, though he was swiftly dubbed "The Bit of Totty on the Quarterdeck" during the first half-hour of his appearing onscreen in the second Horatio Hornblower A&E series. (Yes. I watch those movies. So sue me.) He played Second Lieutenant Bush of HMS Renown in the first two episodes - and did a very good job of it, too. So good, in fact, that I ended up throwing a cushion at the screen when I discovered that his character was slowly sliding back down into second-fiddle obscurity towards the end of the second episode, after a brief stint as Hornblower's equal.

Frankly, he's an excellent actor. (One can therefore hopefully forgive him for being in Queen of the Damned - urgh. Not to mention Doctor Who.) He's acted before with Dame Maggie, not to mention Miranda Richardson. You know - Mrs Tweedy Miranda Richardson?

Visually, I don't think we could get much better. He has an aristocratic sort of face, but not a rugged one; not overly chiselled. Attractive without being handsome. Very earnest blue eyes and curlyish hair. (I don't personally like the idea of Remus with curly hair, but one must make allowances.) Looks divine in a cravat. Now all we need to do is find occasion for Remus Lupin to wear a cravat.

After a bit of scrounging on the Internet, I came up with a few fairly good images. (View 'em here.) The two up top are images from his performance as Doctor Who. The two larger images are from the Hornblower site. (They're "behind-the-scenes photographs, by the way. Second Lieutenant Bush doesn't normally wear shades.) In the upper of those two, Paul McGann is the fellow between Hornblower on the right and Kennedy on the left.

Look. Drool. Tell me what you think. I, currently, am waltzing off to read Kuraki's post. (Hurrah!)

Posted on May 25, 2002, 12:11 AM

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I'd take him

by Jemima Steptoe

The one on the top right, in the grey Victorian suit, is what sold me. I'd buy him as Lupin.

Posted on May 25, 2002, 7:12 AM

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Yes, that one's my favourite, too.

by Cassandra

It really seems to show off his "Lupinish" features.

Posted on May 25, 2002, 8:24 AM

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Hmph!

by Molly Featherstone


What's WRONG with watching the Hornblower thingies, hmm?! My whole family is fans and I've recently hooked someone else (Tina, you know her: It's Gos, again.) Hey! We've got at least a few people from that series in our imaginary "Discworld Movie Dream-Cast List" already...

Anyway, I do remember Lt. Bush, but I didn't remember him as looking Lupin-ish because....when I saw those things last, I hadn't yet read Harry Potter! :P But you're right. Now that I look at him again with new knowledge, he DOES look about right. Yeah. I'll give you that. Even if you do imply that my taste in TV programs is bad somehow. Hmph. (Really, I can't see what's WRONG with them...you'd think A&E would be classy enough for even the snooty Brothers Crane or whoever...) And they're based off of old classic books, too.

:P

...Notorious

Posted on May 25, 2002, 11:46 PM

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It comes from having read Patrick O'Brian.

by Cassandra

Which drives me to protest when I see such seafaring sloppiness as (for example) the lookout not spotting two French corvettes until they were less than two or three shiplengths away (for which said lookout would have been flogged in the real Royal Navy); said lookout again not spotting a frigate until she was well over hull-up on the horizon. Various horrible mistakes in the ship-action scenes, particularly in the first few episodes of the first series. Oh, and did I mention promoting a mere master and commander into a frigate? I know Sir Edward Pellew (in the Hornblower series, in any case) tends to be somewhat morally loose where his protegé is concerned, but surely that's pushing it a wee bit.

The Hornblower series is very entertaining. I'm currently on the lookout for the books, though admittably more for the purpose of ascertaining whether C.S. Forester did his homework the way Patrick O'Brian did.



Posted on May 25, 2002, 11:59 PM

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Well...

by Molly Featherstone


Bear in mind, for me, this is the first thing I've ever seen taking place in this time period/organisation, and so to me, it seems VERY dark, gritty, and "The Harsh Realities of Sea Travel Back in the Old Days" to begin with. I wouldn't know; I've never actually studied that time period. But it's certainly nastier and bloodier and meaner and rougher than any OTHER sea-going thing I've ever seen.

I've heard that the books are much more complicated and that they leave stuff out BIG TIME in the movies; they chop the plot way down to condense it. So for example perhaps Hornblower took much longer to get promoted up to where he is now and it would feel more realistic. But as for whether Forrester "did his homework" as to how the rules of the British Navy actually worked...I do not know. All I know is that the books have a lot more to them than the series; so that's gotta help SOME.

Still, call me a Philistine, but I like the series anyway.

...Notorious

Posted on May 26, 2002, 4:47 PM

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In the name of accuracy, I must eat some of my words.

by Cassandra

Went back and watched Retribution again. (Mmmm, shirtless Lieutenant Bush.) I was wrong about the frigate - I don't know quite where I got the idea from. The Retribution that Hornblower is promoted into was - I think, not being anything of an expert on early nineteenth century seacraft - a corvette, a warship with only one tier of guns and no poop-deck. I think. Certainly not a frigate, anyway.

In any case, my point is not that your taste in television shows is bad (not being actually sure where you picked that up) or that the Hornblower series is bad. Just that, although they obviously did their homework in producing it, they didn't do it quite well enough.

Posted on May 27, 2002, 1:03 AM

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I'm sold, too

by Shandethe

If Wingfield doesn't land the role (and I hope he does!), I'd definitely take this guy. That pic in the high-necked suit...yeah, that's pure Lupin. (It also gave me visions of Le Miz for some reason...I've been listening to "Dreamed a Dream" all day, maybe that's why.)

How old is this guy, anyway? Hopefully late thirties/early forties. (I do NOT abide this Ewan MacGregor nonsense for the role of Remus Lupin. He's a wonderful actor, but he's too dangnab young! Especially next to Alan Rickman's Snape, who is supposedly a contemporary.)

This guy looks about the right age, though. Sorry for the above rant. (You should hear me rant over the state of Alan Rickman's Snape's hair. Anjelica Houston called, she wants to know where her wigs have gone. Apologies for THIS mini-rant as well.)

--Shandy, who is off to find more pics of Paul in hopes of creating some new Lupin art


Posted on May 26, 2002, 8:32 PM

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He's thirty-six.

by Cassandra

Is that perfect or what?

(What's wrong with Snape's hair? It's supposed to look awful and greasy.)

Posted on May 26, 2002, 9:18 PM

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At the risk of being burned at the stake...

by Tina

I was not happy with the choice of Alan Rickman as Snape. He did a great job as him and everything, but that completely disrupted my view of Snape in the books. Did anyone else think he would be a lot thinner with a voice that was a LOT higher than Alan Rickman's? Those are my only qualms, but still. runs off before people can run at her with pitchforks and hides at a Christian Bale site3

Posted on May 27, 2002, 10:57 AM

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That IS perfect...:)

by Shandethe

Personally, I think he's a neat choice.

As for the matter of Snape's hair, I know it's supposed to look bad. I was expecting that. I was not expecting it to look like Anjelica Houston's hair! That little flip thing it does....it just screamed "Anjelica!". That combined with Alan Rickman's facial features, which remind me of Ms. Houston's for some reason, made for the only real complaint I had about the film.

And as for the remark someone made about Rickman disrupting their view of Snape...I can sympathize, a little. Don't get me wrong, I think Rickman was a wonderful Snape. No one--and I mean NO ONE, can play a sarcastic git like Alan Rickman. But yeah, I did picture him a bit differently--skinnier, and with a higher voice. But I can live with Rickman's version--he definitely made a sexy Snape, Anjelica Houston hair aside.

On a totally unrelated note, I just saw Episode II! It's a definite improvement over the last movie (No Jake Lloyd, and Jar Jar Binks' scenes are mercifully few and far between.) Plus, Hayden Christensen is a wonderful actor. And, dare I say it...very, very hot! (There is one scene where he is sleeping...and not wearing a shirt. Yummy!)

--Shandethe

Posted on May 27, 2002, 8:57 PM

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Some Christmas filks! Whee!

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Since filks have been so popular around here, I decided to post a couple of mine. I know that Molly has already done a 12 Days of Christmas one, but I did this 3 years ago, so I'm not "copying" or anything. Enjoy!

Christmas Songs for Harry

To the tune of "The Twelve Days of Christmas"

On the first day of Christmas my true love gave to me an owl in a whomping willow.

On the second day of Christmas my true love gave to me 2 wizard schools and an owl in a whomping willow.

On the third day of Christmas my true love gave to me 3 magic friends, 2 wizard schools and an owl in a whomping willow.

On the fourth day of Christmas my true love gave to me 4 Hogwarts Houses, 3 magic friends, 2 wizard schools and an owl in a whomping willow.

On the fifth day of Christmas my true love gave to me 5 Gringotts banks, 4 Hogwarts Houses, 3 magic friends, 2 wizard schools and an owl in a whomping willow.

On the sixth day of Christmas my true love gave to me 6 evil wizards, 5 Gringotts banks, 4 Hogwarts Houses, 3 magic friends, 2 wizard schools and an owl in a whomping willow.

On the seventh day of Christmas my true love gave to me 7 toads named Trevor, 6 evil wizards, 5 Gringotts banks, 4 Hogwarts Houses, 3 magic friends, 2 wizard schools and an owl in a whomping willow.

On the eighth day of Christmas my true love gave to me 8 animagi, 7 toads named Trevor, 6 evil wizards, 5 Gringotts banks, 4 Hogwarts Houses, 3 magic friends, 2 wizard schools and an owl in a whomping willow.

On the ninth day of Christmas my true love gave to me 9 Aragogs, 8 animagi, 7 toads named Trevor, 6 evil wizards, 5 Gringotts banks, 4 Hogwarts Houses, 3 magic friends, 2 wizard schools and an owl in a whomping willow.

On the tenth day of Christmas my true love gave to me 10 Cornish Pixies, 9 Aragogs, 8 animagi, 7 toads named Trevor, 6 evil wizards, 5 Gringotts banks, 4 Hogwarts Houses, 3 magic friends, 2 wizard schools and an owl in a whomping willow.

On the eleventh day of Christmas my true love gave to me 11 Firebolts, 10 Cornish Pixies, 9 Aragogs, 8 animagi, 7 toads named Trevor, 6 evil wizards, 5 Gringotts banks, 4 Hogwarts Houses, 3 magic friends, 2 wizard schools and an owl in a whomping willow.

On the twelfth day of Christmas my true love gave to me 12 games of Quidditch, 11 Firebolts, 10 Cornish Pixies, 9 Aragogs, 8 animagi, 7 toads named Trevor, 6 evil wizards, 5 Gringotts banks, 4 Hogwarts Houses, 3 magic friends, 2 wizard schools an owl in a whomping willow.


To the tune of Rudolph the Red- Nosed Reindeer(without the intro)

Neville the toadless wizard
Almost had been labeled a squib
And if you ever saw him
You`d watch him almost break a rib

Malfoy and his Slytherin henchmen
Used to laugh and call him names
It would be too dangerous for him
To play any wizard games

Then one stormy Hallow's Eve
Harry came to say,
"Neville with your pow`r so good,
Help me defeat the dementor under that hood"

Then all the Gryffindors loved him
Especially Ginny Weasely
Neville, the toadless wizard,
You`ll go down in history!!

Posted on May 24, 2002, 4:34 PM

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by Prof. Brinklove

Did you want these in the Library?

Posted on May 28, 2002, 7:39 AM

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Sure! It'll be fun!

Posted on May 28, 2002, 2:21 PM

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