Now that a day has passed, I find myself with a lot to say about this movie. I mean A LOT. Major spoilers are below the cut, although I doubt there's anyone who isn't familiar with the story. :)

( my scattered analysis of Where The Wild Things Are )

I really cannot wait to see this movie again. I can already tell, I'll be getting more and more out of it the more times I see it.

I just, just got back from the midnight screening of Where The Wild Things Are. I don't think I have ever been so anxious to see a film in my life, and my expectations for it were pretty much through the roof. So without spoilers, the highest praise I can give it is this: it was pretty much what I expected. :)

(Comments may be spoilery, especially if anyone else has seen it and would like to discuss!)

So tomorrow, a bunch of friends and I are going on a road trip to--get this--my friend's parents' llama farm in New Jersey.  No joke.  I've been promised two llamas and tons of pie. :)

But what I actually wanted to mention is that on Sunday, I'll be traveling to DC for the National Equality March that's happening.  Hopefully it will be a good turnout, although I'm sure I'll enjoy myself regardless.  Anyone in the area should come out!  (Ha. Pun intended.)

ETA: I was reminded that today was Coming Out Day, so in case anyone wasn't aware, hi! I'm rotaryphones and I'm a lesbian.

I have two new pieces of art, done for different monthly challenges over at hp_fringeart.  They are both sort of retro, and very derivative of other people's work. :)

For September's challenge, Seasons:
Snowy Owl
Hedwig, G

For October's challenge, Sunday Mornings:
Sunday Mornings Are For
Hermione, Ron, and Harry, G

Title: Missing Pages, Chapter 1/?
Pairing: Harry/Cedric
Rating: PG for now, possibly R in the future
Warning: AU in which Cedric replaces the epilogue
Disclaimer: Harry Potter and friends don't belong to me

Summary: The Battle of Hogwarts Report has been released and social tensions are on the rise, but Cedric is faced with more personal tensions when he is enlisted to find a missing friend.

A/N: This story has been a long time coming! Thanks so much to my beta b00kaddict who went above and beyond, and really managed to get this fic off the ground. Thanks also to sprawling_song for her excellent Brit-picking. Chapter updates may be a bit sporadic, but I promise that they're coming. :)


( Missing Pages )

After a silly amount of waffling, I finally decided to sign up to do art for Torchwood Big Bang.  Since I still don't know Torchwood fandom that well, I'm hoping it'll be a good way to offer something where people might see it.  And maybe read some good fic in the process. :)  Plus, I'm an illustrator at heart - I love having an assignment to work off of.  Posting will begin around mid-November, so I should have plenty of time.

In the meanwhile, I'm FINALLY finishing up the first chapter of an untitled Harry/Cedric suspense story that I've been brainstorming on and off for way too long.  Heh.  I'm super excited about it, because I have the help of the incomparable b00kaddict who is somehow making perfect sense of my scattered outline.  It's going to be longer than anything else I've written, and plottier too.  *Fingers crossed!*  The first chapter will be posted sometime in the very near future.

So I haven't done anything big lately, but there are a few little things I've posted here and there. First, two ficlets inspired by the new film:

Title: It Felt Like This
Characters: Harry, Hermione, implied Harry/Cedric and Hermione/Ron
Rating: G
Summary: He found Hermione sitting at the bottom of the stairs, her head surrounded by a halo of circling yellow birds, and she was crying. Definitely crying.

and

Title: Extracurricular Matters
Characters: Dumbledore
Rating: PG
Summary: Harry's personal life is the last thing that Dumbledore should be concerning himself with.

And now for the art! This was done for the International Day of Femslash challenge at hp_femsmut, so keep in mind that there's sexin' involved.  Though, to be honest, it's pretty tame.  This was both my first work of femslash and my first work of smut, which made it a fun challenge.

Title: Grass Stains
Pairing: Hermione/Ginny
Rating: R-ish, NSFW
Warnings: Mild nudity, mild sexual content.
Medium: Pen, digital coloring

Is anyone on my tiny little flist watching Torchwood?  If so...

( cut for very vague season three spoilers )

Now that I feel adequately recovered from sleep deprivation (next time I go to a midnight screening, remind me to take off from work), I'm ready to share my scattered film thoughts.  Overall?  I enjoyed it.  I really did.  The visuals were lovely, the funny parts were actually funny, and the acting was pretty decent all around.  Granted, I tried to go into it with low expectations, but I'd definitely see it again!  As for the rest of my thoughts, they can be broken up into three categories:

Spoilery ahoy!
( What they did right )

( What they did wrong? )

( What they did differently )

But my absolute favorite part of the evening?  Finally seeing the Where The Wild Things Are trailer on a big screen!  My god, I can't wait until that comes out.

Movie excitement is in the air. And yes, I'm quite excited about the movie, even though I'm trying to keep my expectations low. It's mostly a good excuse to hang out with friends and fans and relive the books, then leave the theater debating all the ways the director went wrong. :) In the spirit of things, I've added hbpchallenge and azkatrazathome to my flist, both of which look like a lot of fun.

And all of this is making me realize something.  I'm a relative newbie to HP fandom; I started lurking here around two years ago.  Since then, I feel like I've found a comfortable little niche for myself, and I think I even have a grasp on the vast, ever-changing fandom topography.  But this new movie release is totally unchartered territory for me.  The fact is that I've never been in HP fandom during the release of new material.  Which seems really odd to me, but it's true - I came on board after the 7th book and 5th film.  So I'm really excited for this new experience, of being part of fandom at large and watching it evolve as it aborbs something new.  (Even though I know a lot of fans could care less about the movies. :) )

I guess the new film is making me introspective, lol.  I'm off to eat dinner, then I'm on my way to the theater. :D

Last year, in a fit of generosity, I offered to make art for everyone on twoseekers who put in a prompt. A year later, and I've finally posted the last one! I also gave myself the added challenge of doing each piece in a different style. It was fun to break away from my usual way of doing things, and it was a good excuse to experiment a little.

I've posted some of the (IMO) better ones below the cut. But you can find the rest of them in my memories here. They're all rated somewhere from G to PG13.

( Five Harry/Cedric drawings )

I seem to be all about the fanart lately. I even plan to draw a prompt at hp_femsmut in honor of International Day of Femmeslash, so we'll see how that goes. The writing bug will kick back in at some point, I'm sure, but for the moment it's all about the art. :)

In honor of the upcoming movie with all the awful Matrix-y posters, I was inspired to do a little art making. :) I want to use it in my RL portfolio, too, so I actually put some effort into it. Haha. Enjoy!

Title: All Grown Up
Characters: The Trio, then and now
Medium: digital
Rating: as G as it gets
Disclaimer: Harry Potter and friends don't belong to me

( All Grown Up )

I signed up for a few slots over at LGBTQ Recs Month, which promises daily recs for the month of June.  It looks like a great community, so if you're interested in non-fannish queer movies/books/tv/music/etc., go friend them!  I'm still brainstorming what my suggestions will be. :)

I've just been informed that one of my stories from last year's lgbtfest , Being Liquid, was nominated for the Hourglass Awards in the Best Gen Fic category.  I'm not too familiar with these awards, or award sites in general, but I'm completely flattered nonetheless.  And after glancing at some of the other amazing authors and fics that have been nominated, I think I've actually gone past flattered to flabbergasted.  Haha.

At first I was a little confused as to why it was nominated in the Gen category since the story features a prominent, central relationship.  But looking at the other options, I suppose it doesn't quite fall into het or slash, does it?  I'm guessing that was the logic behind labeling it gen.  Hey, works for me.

I don't really expect anything to come of this, which is totally fine.  Being nominated is pretty damn exciting in itself.  This is the first writing award I've been up for, and at the moment it's making me all warm and fuzzy inside, ha.  Thank you so much to whoever took the time to put my name in!

I just posted my story over at the lgbtfest. Go read what else the fest have to offer! There's always a lot of good stuff that comes out of it.

Title: The Relative Truth
Pairing/characters: Luna Lovegood/Neville Longbottom
Rating: PG-13
Disclaimer: Harry Potter and friends belong to JKR, not me
Prompt: 742. Harry Potter, Luna/Neville, It's seventh year and Neville and Luna get to know each other intimately; Luna doesn't quite get why Neville's baffled by what's under her skirts. Luna is MTF.
Summary: Luna knows the truth about who she is and whom she loves, and that's what really matters in times of war.
Author's Notes: Thank you so much to my wonderful beta, killing_rose, and my also wonderful Britpicker, nagi_schwarz. And thanks to the mods for another lovely fest. ~12,000 words

( The Relative Truth @ lgbtfest )

...and here's a semi-lengthy Harry/Cedric I finished not too long ago for the twoseekers holiday exchange. Which tells you how long it took me to complete it. :)

Title: Terra Firma
Recipient:rosenskimmer
Pairing/Characters: Harry/Cedric, OFC
Rating: PG-13ish altogether
Warning: My new favorite type of AU, in which Cedric replaces the epilogue.
Disclaimer: Harry Potter & friends belong to JKR.
Prompt: More muggle world interaction, like a trip into London or something. Can wizards really live their whole lives without any sort of knowledge of the outside world?
Summary: Years after the war, the last place Harry expected to see Cedric was on a plane headed to Florence.
A/N: Thank you to the most excellent nagi_schwarz for the beta and the cursory britpick.

( Terra Firma @ twoseekers )

Title: Head First and Eyes Closed
Pairing: Albus Severus/OMC
Rating: PG-13
Disclaimer: Harry Potter and friends belong to JKR
Summary: Al would be terrified if this were actually a date.

A/N: This story is a sequel to The Dinner Table, which was written for last year's lgbtfest, and so it won't make an ounce of sense without reading that first. Eventually it will be part two of four in a larger series titled Into the Lion's Den and Out of the Closet.

None of this would exist without my betas and enablers killing_rose and nokiaangel. Thanks for the encouragement and the grammar, and for generally putting up with me!

The Dinner Table

( Head First and Eyes Closed )

A silly five minute Keith Haring tribute won me a prize over at hp_fringeart.



Thanks to anyone who voted!

Here you'll find a compiled masterlist of all my Harry Potter fic and art.  If I write more, they'll be added to this post.  Most recent at the top.

FIC
Long/Chaptered

Missing Pages (WIP)
Postwar Harry/Cedric suspense.

The Relative Truth
MtF!Luna/Neville. Written for the lgbtfest . ~12,000 words.

Into the Lion's Den and Out of the Closet (WIP)
Albus Severus-centric coming out story.
Terra Firma
Postwar Harry/Cedric.  For the holiday fic exchange at twoseekers. ~20,000 words.

Force of Will Series
Harry/Cedric AU. ADULT.
One Shots

Extracurricular Matters
HBP film inspired Dumbledore ficlet. Written for hbpchallenge. ~500 words.

It Felt Like This
HBP film inspired Harry/Cedric ficlet. ~700 words.

Seeking Snorkacks
Luna gen ficlet.  ~900 words.

Transformation
Cedric-centric, Twilight-inspired crack.  ~1,300 words.

Public Approval
Fourth year Harry/Cedric ficlet.  ~1,800 words.

Being Liquid
Genderqueer!Teddy/Lesbian!Victoire.  ADULT.  Written for the lgbtfest.  ~7,500 words.

Sought And Found
Harry/Cedric PWP.  ADULT. ~1,100 words.

The Boy Who Lived on Death
Harry gen.  Post DH ficlet.  ~1,000 words.

The Unexpected Tasks
Harry/Cedric humor.  Valentine's Day challenge.  ~5,300 words

ART

Sunday Mornings Are For
Hermione, Ron, and Harry.

Snowy Owl
Hedwig.  With apologies to Charley Harper.

Grass Stains
Hermione/Ginny, NSFW.

All Grown Up
Trio.

Dumbledore's Cub or The Breakfast Army
The DA.

Moonlight Dance Party
The Marauders.  With apologies to Keith Haring.

Harry/Cedric prompt series

FrednGeorge and Pensieve
For the hp_art_project