Today marked the Harry Potter Alliance‘s 8th birthday! To celebrate, they hosted a live stream birthday party to coincide with the last hours of their EqualityFTW (For The Win) fundraiser, which concludes Saturday night at midnight. From 6pm to 10pm Eastern, the HPA hosted their live stream, then from 10pm to 12am Eastern, LeakyCon hosted…
As a Language Arts teacher, I often use Lord of the Rings (specifically Two Towers and Return of the King) as an example when I teach about the three main points of view. While Fellowship of the Ring tends to mostly follow Frodo, making it third person limited, the latter two books (and movies) in…
With the release of the second trailer for the Desolation of Smaug, it’s fitting to dedicate the next three Thursdays (Throwback Thursdays I suppose) to some thoughts regarding the Lord of the Rings trilogy. Please note that I will write these articles while watching the only true way to watch the trilogy—that is, the extended…
Just when all hope was lost, an announcement has finally been made. Another Narnia movie will be produced. From Twitter: Breaking news Narnia fans– #Oscar-nominee Mark Gordon to produce next #Narnia movie. #SilverChair. pic.twitter.com/hz4l6JFNLM — Official Narnia (@OfficialNarnia) October 1, 2013 While two questions have been answered with this announcement—that the next Narnia film will…
The second Desolation of Smaug trailer was released today. In it, we see and hear many things that we’ve already seen and heard from the previous trailer, in addition to, of course, many things that we’ve never seen or heard before. In it, we see Thranduil warn Tauriel not to get too attached to his…
Whether by Floo Powder, by Portkey, or by broomstick, it’s time to transport yourselves back over to Pottermore.com, because the first eleven chapters were released to everyone today. Users in the Hufflepuff house, who won the fourth House Cup on Pottermore, were given early access yesterday. As always, the artwork, sounds, narration, etc, are all…
Those who know me know that I hate “stupid” humor. Jeff Daniels recently won an Emmy for his character Will McAvoy in The Newsroom. Daniels is a brilliant actor in a brilliant role on a brilliant show. Imagine my surprise, then, when I learned that not only was Jeff Daniels Jim Carrey’s counterpart in Dumb…
I recently purchased “Rory’s Story Cubes“. Wanting to give it a try, I rolled the nine story cubes, studied them for a moment, and then just started writing. This is what I came up with. The cubes are pictured above. I tried to include every cube in the story, which I think I succeeded in…
J.K. Rowling could have written anything set in the wizarding world, and Harry Potter fans would’ve gladly donned their House robes and would’ve been waiting in line at midnight to read or see it. However, Jo (and to some extent, Warner Bros.) chose to make the first post-Potter wizarding-world franchise about the author of a…
Tumblr. n. The ultimate place where fandoms collide and often explode with “all the feels”. Following Rowling’s announcement regarding a film series about Newt Scamander, the Harry Potter fandom did just that: exploded. with. all. the. feels. Many posts have been simply reactionary, like this one, or this one, OR THIS ONE. However, in the two…