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[asimplechord]

1. Hello, internet! My laptop's fan is running over time. I'm somewhat concerned that this means the end is nigh. I've only checked LJ sporadically lately, over my phone, and I'm terrible about commenting since I hate to do extensive typing on the tiny touch-screen, but if I've missed something important, please let me know!

2. For thespatz, some BRMC. My internet connection is really slow - it took over an hour to get these three uploaded - but here are BRMC, Take Them On, On Your Own, and Live In London. I'll try to get Baby 81 and Beat The Devil's Tattoo up soon, also.

3. Um. I had all sorts of stuff to say about HP & the Deathly Hallows, but it feels too belated to post about it now. On the surface I was entertained. McGonagall! Neville! But there's so much that just ended up being ignored or glossed over, and in the end we got one "it's okay if you're sorted into Slytherin, son" instead of addressing the marginalization of an entire House. Which, OK, JKR did in the books, so the movie was limited in how it could tell the story. But still. \o/ /o\

4. Work. Spent a full day there yesterday, despite it being a Saturday. At least this way I can use one less vacation day for the Lolla?

5. Empires. Please let them actually play a show during Lollapalooza. SVV said they were trying to set something up when I asked, but who knows if it'll actually happen.

6. LUDO & STAMPS & TOMMY AND THE HIGH PILOTS & WITHOUT A FACE TOMORROW.

7. Sign-ups for we_pimpin's next fic exchange are open! Go check it out!

8. I just read KA Mitchell's No Souvenirs. Recs for m/m (e)books?

Comments

[catchmelike.livejournal.com]

While I agree that things got glossed over that I would liked to have seen, I feel like that's a running theme in the movies so I don't even really notice it anymore. Honestly, I didn't really love the way the Slytherin stuff was handled in the books anyway, and I feel like fandom/fic has done a better job of it in a lot of cases, so maybe that's why it didn't really bother me. I felt like the movie did what it could with the time/resources that it had (it still showed Narcissa risking lying about harry for Draco, it gave us all the Malfoy depth that we needed and showed us Snape wasn't terrible).

[asimplechord.livejournal.com]

Yeah, like I said above, JKR did a good job of painting herself into a writing corner in terms of Slytherin behavior, and that limited the movie. Even so, sending them ALL to the dungeons? Practical. And yet discriminatory. Well done, McG. I ALWAYS have this problem, though. It's a brain-not-able-to-disconnect issue.