I'm a slayer, ask me how.

Yeah, remember when I said I downloaded 3000 caps from PoA (capped by beizy who posted them on cap_it)? Here's the first batch of icons!

taking a cue from faeriesfolly, I've included icons with text, and then their respective blank versions. The blanks are not bases, so please do not edit them. Just thought you might prefer some of the crops sans text. :)

Comments are love. I still have a whole other batch to work on, so if you're looking for anything special, let me know now! Like I said, 3000 caps!

( hogwarts or bust )

you're wondering now, what to do, now you know this is the end

So I finished HP7 around 7:15pm today. I'm not a hardcore Harry Potter fan. I've read all the books once, seen the movies several times, and enjoy reading the blogs of more hardcore fans than myself. But I'm not really immersed in the fandom, so my ability to recall things from the other books has always been minimal. But anyway. Here are my random thoughts about 'Deathly Hallows'

( huge spoilers under here!!!! )

Okay, I believe it is time to start internet silence. Earlier today, HP7 spoilers were posted on one of the library blogs I read. Luckily, it was removed by the time I got around to reading my friends list, just a few random posts followed thanking mods for taking quick action.

Still...I fear, with the NY Times and Sun reviews out, plus the PDF floating around, along with DeepDiscounts major screw up, spoilers will start to emerge very soon. And I can't risk it! I just can't!!!!

So, I'm not going to read the flist until I am done with HP7. Any spoilers I post will be safely hidden under an lj-cut.

Until then - happy reading!

Last night, we went to the midnight showing of Harry Potter at the Senator Theater. More on the general experience of that later. Right now, I must get my thoughts on my movie down before I start reading everyone else's comments!

First, I'll be honest. I've only read the books once. I want to re-read them, I really do, I just haven't had time. I'm a slow reader and working in a library makes it hard for me to focus on the books I own when there are so many more to borrow! So, the events of book 5 are not fresh in my mind. I only remember the moments that had an impact on me. So I can't do a lot of book to movie comparison. This is just going to be me talking about how I felt about the movie.

After seeing 'Order', I have to say I think it is my second favorite of the film franchise -- Azkaban is still number one for me*. I think all of the Potter films suffer from the fact that they have to cover SO much time in 2 hours. Rowling stretches the story an entire year, how many books or movies can you think of where they cover an entire year in 2 hours? Not too many. And since these books (esp Order) are massive tomes, things will get cut, and editing can get a bit weird. But I felt the director and editor did a very good job with 'Order', keeping it moving but not making you feel like you'd missed huge chunks of anything.

It's clear that the screenplay writer examined the book and tried to find the biggest theme he could and latched on to that - Will Harry fall to the dark side become Voldemort? Any part of the book that was not directly tied to that theme had to go. It would have just weighed down the flow of the story and made the story too convoluted to tell on screen.

( blah blah blah does she ever shut up? )

So, yes, good movie! If you sit and compare it to the book, I doubt it will hold up, but as Harry Potter films go, I think it was really good. Satisfying like a Snickers. I think the director did a much better job than the last guy juggling the massive amount of plot that needed to be shown vs. what the fans would want to see.

Oh, and if you see the A&E special is on TV and you have not seen the movie yet - DO NOT WATCH IT! They show SO much of the movie, it would just ruin so many moments. Tape it for later but don't watch it. I just started to (because I DVR'd it) and I'm so happy I didn't watch it, I think it would have taken some of the fun out of the film for me.

*for those who care, the order goes Azkaban, Phoenix, Sorcerer's Stone, Chamber, Goblet.

While I work on my little "thoughts on OotP" post, you have got to see this because it is hilarious/cute.

Seriously, if you don't have cj_rss on your flist, you are missing out.

EDIT: Also - Portland, Maine winds the coolest city award from me. Check out Mugglefest My uncle is apparently making wands to sell! He better save one for his favorite niece!!!

Nathan posted again today

( London Calling... )

Also - OMG NEW HARRY POTTER TRAILER!

You know, before, I knew the movie was coming out and that I would go see it - but now that I've watched that I WANT to SEE IT! :D Oooh I hope it's as exciting as this edited 60 seconds makes it look!

Harry Potter does not make me want to shoot people. It's articles like this that make me want to hurt people.

And it's 10 times worse that it's covered in a UK newspaper, making us (as in the U.S.) look even worse than we already do. I SWEAR TO YOU WE ARE NOT ALL RAVING LUNATICS!

They finally cut Daniel Radcliffe's hair, which is good because it was getting out of hand. The bad part is, he looks like mini-Giles. At least, in that poster he does...to me...but I have buffy on the brain anyhow.

It's pretty slow at work right now, so I'm going to try and post some of my most recent creations (sure fire way to make it get busy out here).

( star wars, HP, and jossverse, oh my! )