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Heart of the City for Tuesday, July 14, 2009

I have 1186 caps (1280x720) from episode 204 of True Blood, "Shake and Fingerpop" up for grabs in my personal journal. Please comment on the links post if you're snagging any.

( Samples )

For more samples, permanent zips and a gallery, please see and comment to this post.

I had such a wonderful meal the other day at a restaurant that I decided (with some egging on by my guy) to give a shot at reproducing it. The dish was a chicken and vegetable pasta with chipotle cream sauce. We didn't have all the materials called for in the various recipes for cream sauce that I tried on line, but with a few substitutions such as a cubanelle pepper and some sangria instead of chipotle and white wine, we got a result which was more than acceptable and well worth trying again, especially if I can lay hands on the correct kind of pepper.

If big round bed made to look like a delicious cheeseburger isn't food porn, I don't know what is. If you've ever dreamed of diving into a larger-than-life sized hamburger, your dreams could come true. The world famous hamburger bed is on ebay! Imagine having this baby in your house, what a picker-upper. How could you ever have a bad day if you came home to this? Amazing.

I'm putting together a salad for a picnic outing/networking party for some friends in Brooklyn and I could use a little nudging in the right direction. I have this vague idea of what I'd like to do, and thought perhaps you guys could help me out. Pictures to come of all the food people bring, in a few days!

I have sweet potatoes, I have coconut milk and I have black beans. I'd like to make some sort of salad out of these things (plus other ingredients per your suggestions). This can be a chilled or room temperature salad, preferably. I'm finding nothing by the way of foodgawker, tastespotting or google.

Any ideas?

thanks♥

I'm writing a story set in the 1920s. I need to find a perfume popular in that period, preferably between 1922-1929. I've searched google and come up with nothing, so this is my last resort. Anybody know any?

Googled: 1920s perfumes, trends 1920s, roaring twenties perfumes, eau de toilette 1920s, perfume brands 1920s.

http://www.the-leaky-cauldron.org/2009/7/13/pre-orders-for-two-dvds-from-harry-potter-ultimate-collectors-edition-now-available

Last week as we heard in New York from Potter producer David Heyman, there will be ultimate collector's editions of the Harry Potter films due out on Blu-ray and DVD. Tonight, Amazon.com has the first two discs in the collection already for pre-order: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, with the label reading "including 'Creating the World,' " and Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, wit...

Title: tess of the d'urbervilles nearly ruined me
Fandom: gilmore girls
Characters: rory gilmore/logan huntzberger
Prompt: 002. middles
Word Count: 581
Rating: G
Summary: Rory and Logan are not good at being tourists.
Author's Notes: Spoilers for Tess of the d'Urbervilles, if you haven't read it.  I really don't think you're missing anything -- Rory's prejudices are my own.

002. middles

Fandom: POPSLASH
Pairing: Kevin/Nick
Length: long
Author on LJ: enoughoflove
Author Website: iheartsam
Why this must be read: I cannot believe no one has recced this story yet! In the author's words, a self-indulgent, melodramatic saga. It's a Kevin/Nick epic, from the initial turmoil of forbidden love to their first kiss, all the highs and lows of their relationship, the painful ending and rebirth. Melodramatic, and wonderfully saccharine, and so, so good! One of my favorite popslash stories that I have ever read, by far. Really, just, go read.


Drop in the Ocean

Fandom:  SH
Table:  Epsilon
Sentences Completed:  32/50

#40 – History

History repeated itself in those February 1919 midnights, when Holmes found himself emptying his heart into his aging violin to banish khaki-clad ghosts and the whine of intangible shells.

 

#44 – Wall

For years, Mycroft Holmes had observed the fortress within which his younger brother castled himself, but now marveled at how one man could be permitted not only to enter the citadel, but also to begin methodically tearing down the walls.

--

In other news, EPIC NIGHT OF FAIL. 
I hate myself.  And several other people, too.   

*goes to locate nice solid wall against which to repeatedly slam head, hoping for blissful oblivion*

Title: A Surprise
Rating: Adult
Pairing: Frodo/Halbarad
Summary: Frodo and Halbarad living randomly together in Bree. TOTALLY AU. Obviously. And then something VERY unexpected happens. Based on the TLC show “I Didn’t Know I was Pregnant.” :D
Warnings: none in this chapter
For lilybaggins - of course!
A/N: SORRY NO MPREG IN THIS CHAPTER

Previous parts:
Part 1-mpreg
Part 2
Part 3-mpreg

( A Surprise, part 4, rated PG13ish )

I was searching the web for a C&H icon (found one!) and along the way I found this:   



Oh, go ahead and laugh; you're just as juvenile as I am! 

It's actually an animated icon.  This is screen#2 of it; personally I think the best part is screen #3 (about halfway down, left hand side). 


And now for the groans.  I don't know who else watches "The Duggars: 18 Kids and Counting" on TLC/Discovery Health but essentially it's a highly fundamentalist Christian family leaving birth control up to God.  But apparently God has not seen fit to grace father JimBob with common sense; hence this (imho) highly inappropriate and might I add illegal prank on their way to pick up flowers for his father's funeral, with his grieving mother in tow. 

Dude.  

Not.  Cool. 

Hi there folks!

I'm writing a fic that takes place in 1847, about pioneers moving west on the Oregon Trail. I've had tons of luck with google so far while fleshing out the story, but I've finally hit a block.

I basically just want to know how long it takes to build a plain, single-room log cabin. My characters arrive in Oregon in late October and I was planning on having the cabin be finished in time for Christmas. There are three adults who can work on it full time, and one who starts helping sometime in late November. Is two months a reasonable time frame, or would it take much longer? Also, if they can't build a log cabin in that period of time, where would they live until it was finished? (I'm assuming in the wagon.)


Terms searched on google: log cabins in oregon, log cabin building, log cabin, oregon trail life, westward expansion, pioneer life, pioneer homes, a few other combinations that I've forgotten... I've made heavy use of the 'Log Cabin' and 'Oregon Trail' articles on Wikipedia but they don't seem to include this information.


Thank you in advance for your assistance!

My character is chained in a dungeon (stone walls and floor) in the Tudor period. he has shackles on his wrists, ankles and a collar and is chained to the wall at all five points. Currently I have the attachments embedded in the wall as cast iron and the shackles and chains wrought iron.

However a friend comes to rescue him. Said friend works with the blacksmith and is a massively strong man and has access to tools. A few hammer blows releases the prisoner from the wall, but he is still in chains. A hammer and chisel against the stone could break the chains from the shackles.

My problem is then to get him out of the shackles and in particular the collar. My questions are:

How likely is it that a hammer and chisel could be used to break the shackles and collar?
Would my prisoner be likely to suffer damage from this act? (obviously I don't want him to die or be permanently disabled, but if he is hurt that is not a problem
How trusting must he be of his friend, particularly with the removal of the collar?
Is there another way and how long would it take?

There is no fear of being disturbed - no guards on the doors as the prisoner is not known to be there - and another friend is keeping the lord occupied, but they must work quickly.

I have googled for images and descriptions of shackles of the time, with very little luck

Thanks in advance.

Setting: Paris modern day
The situation: One of my main characters lets call him A works in a museum in Paris, he meets two of the other characters, B and C when he find them poking around in a private storage area. B and C are actually American and A is (pretendiing to be) British (but having lived and worked in Paris for years is fluent with a flawless accent) so most of the conversation will (fortunately for my peace of mind)  eventually be in English What I need is a French translation of the start of the conversation, I want A to say something like "Can I help you? You do realise the tourist area is back that way?" Not too impolite as they are customers but just a little acerbic as they are blatantly trespassing. B will then say something in a broken mix of French and English (which I can manage fine because I want it hisFrench to be about my level) and then C (who is practically fluent) says "Yes, sorry. We have an appointment with the director." After which I can thankfully switch them back to English.

Babel fish tells me the translations would be: "Est-ce que je peux vous aider ? Vous réalisez que le secteur de touristes est de retour de cette façon"
and "Oui, désolé. Nous avons un rendez-vous avec le directeur" but of course it is notorious for it's strange grammar and I'm not sure whether these would be phrases you would use in this situation. *sighs* I did do French in school but it was so long ago and I was always so bad at it.

I'm trying to find out what would have been worn by sailors back when the term was literal. The setting has a mix of anthropomorphs and humans, and some fantasy elements - magic is known, and access to it is regular enough to simplify some otherwise labour-intensive tasks, though not everyone has the ability to use it. The world has relatively few large landmasses - much of the known and hospitable world is in the form of archipelagoes, and ships are extremely important for any sort of long-distance trade.

Ships have been around long enough for technology to be at something of a turning point. Many shipboard cannon are still muzzle-loaders, but breech-loading weapons with cartridges, both artillery and small arms(such as revolvers), are starting to gain ground.

I've tried searching for "clothing in the age of sail", but that lead to a bunch of false hits - books, a computer game - and even where I did find things discussing the clothing of the time, it was either incidental mention, or not specific enough to be useful, and sometimes referred to what was worn by people in cities of the time, rather than the sailors themselves.

I also looked on Wikipedia for both "textiles" and "maritime history". On the former I couldn't find any comparison for how well different fabrics work with water, and on the latter, no mention of what people were wearing. I also specifically looked at linen and cotton, but cotton doesn't seem very suitable(too vulnerable to mildew, for instance, and I couldn't tell one way or another how it performed when wet), and linen does seem to absorb water quickly, but I couldn't be sure how it compared to, say, wool.

So: What might sailors have worn? I'm presuming their clothes are loose enough not to restrict mobility, but not so baggy as to catch on things. It's more the fabric itself that I'm trying to identify - something that doesn't absorb so much water as to make sailors sink like a stone overboard, or make them miserable in wet weather(I think linen might have an advantage in that it doesn't FEEL wet until it's quite saturated, but am not sure that's actually practical). But it also has to be something that's comfortable. This particular captain treats his people VERY well, and the person he's involved with is nobility, so in each case, money is no object.

Thoughts? Is linen perhaps better than I give it credit for, especially if a touch of magic can streamline the otherwise labour intensive process? Or is there another fabric that would've been used at the time?

Suggestions appreciated.

Thanks in advance,

-S

EDIT: Thanks all for the responses, looks like I've got a fair bit to work with now.

http://www.the-leaky-cauldron.org/2009/7/13/mtv-half-blood-prince-interview-videos-galore

Its MTV Half-Blood Prince video interview madness, with a whole host of funny interview clips from Dan Radcliffe and Emma Watson now online. Check out seven clips here, read the article with Emma discussing filming the Hermione's kiss scene with Ron/Rupert  for Deathly Hallows here, and see interviews from the New York premiere on their potions wishes here. Enjoy!Thanks to MTV!

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http://www.the-leaky-cauldron.org/2009/7/13/fandango-over-1000-half-blood-prince-showings-now-sold-out

Internet movie ticket retailer Fandango sent us a press release that had a few eye opening statistics, including noting that now over 1,000 screenings of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince due to open tomorrow at midnight have now sold out. "Harry is tracking to match last year's juggernaut, The Dark Knight, in
advance ticket sales," says Rick Butler, Chief Operating Officer of
Fandango. "S...

http://www.the-leaky-cauldron.org/2009/7/13/la-times-michael-gambon-sees-no-point-in-reading-harry-potter-books-by-jk-rowling

Over the years, one topic of debate hotly discussed in our fandom has been actor Michael Gambon and his portrayal of Professor Albus Dumbledore in the Harry Potter film series. Adding fuel to the fire has been his previous comments over the years regarding his deliberate choice to not read the source material found in the works of author J.K. Rowling. Michael Gambon repeats those same sentiment...

http://www.the-leaky-cauldron.org/2009/7/13/video-of-emma-watson-on-live-with-regis-and-kelly

As reported here previously, actress Emma Watson was to make an appearance on Live with Regis and Kelly today.  Thanks to our Order Partner Emma Watson.net, you can now watch the video here. Update: It is also now available here in our galleries.

Era, Location: 1500s Aztec empire post contact with the Spanish (AU and not historical)
Googled terms: Aztec + ship-building, maritime history, naval history, ships, transportation, etc.; various online Nahuatl dictionaries and language essays

Questions:
1) In my story, an Aztec ship explores up the coast of N. America; I am pretty sure the Aztec never built ships, but would like that confirmed (suggestions for search terms much appreciated).

2) The Aztec settlement in my story has four main locations which need names. I would like *not* to use real place-names, but I would like them to be gramatically correct (in modern Nahuatl is fine) and not too precious. The names I am considering are: Ayoaatlan ('river place'), Xochiyan ('conch-shell place'), Pistican or Pistemec ('black place', 'black hills' - hopefully implying north), and Achtonco or Achtopan ('first [landing] place'). As I only speak English and Japanese, if any of these are rude in any other language, please let me know *does not want to be rude*

Title: A House Mad from Grief
Gaining Access: Accessible to all
Author: Rosy
Length/Word Count: ~51,500
Alternate Links to Fic: None
Pairing: Severus/Remus, Harry/Neville
Rating: hard R with a post-DH altered reality, mentions of rape, torture, and murder.
Author's Website: More stories are available here
Summary: The House remembers him, has seen him before. Long, long ago. But he has returned, and the Master will be pleased. The House need only get rid of Severus Snape first. And then the Master will forget his foolish plan.

Why everyone should read this: As a fan of ghost/haunted house stories myself, I dove into this story eagerly, especially when Rosy mentioned Shirley Jackson's The Haunting of Hill House and Stephen King's derivative of it, Rose Red, as inspirations, and the resulting story didn't disappoint.

It's written in first person, which is rare to see, but the voices are clear and distinct, and Snape's is particularly fun to read; Rosy captures his snarky voice well, and I snerked aloud during his chapters numerous times. I was particularly engaged by Severus' description of their means of communicating without words, since I favor characterizing Snape as someone who wouldn't be able to voice sentiments such as "I'm sorry" and "I love you" easily, if at all.

Remus and Severus are an established couple here, and while there is a lovely sex scene, the story is plot-driven rather than romance-driven, combining mystery, the supernatural, and action/adventure in such an engaging way that I couldn't stop reading even when I wanted to take a break for dinner. There's a mystery at the heart of the haunting, so I can't say much about the plot because I don't want to spoil it, but the story as a whole is a page-turner (figuratively speaking).

I enjoyed it immensely as an homage to one of the greatest haunted house stories of all time with a RL/SS twist, and I enjoyed the little throw-away references to things like Ghost Hunters (I totally agree with Severus that Remus probably has a crush on Jason). The story moved at a good pace, and the descriptive passages gave a strong sense of place and visual imagery, making the story seem cinematic.

I recommend this to anyone who likes ghost stories, haunted house stories, and/or mysteries.

( Excerpts )

I am probably the only person in the world who feels a little bit sad after reading today's Toothpaste for Dinner:

toothpastefordinner.com

You see, one of my favourite stories about my late mentor, Bruce Trigger, came about when I phoned him up one day, probably in about 2001. The conversation went like this:
S: Hi Bruce!
B: Oh hi Steve! I just sent you a telegram!
S: ...
B: I mean an email!
S: [uproarious laughter]
B: Well, you know, that's how I see them, like little electronic telegrams!

I've also heard it said that Bruce was one of the last users of the McGill library card catalogue, long after it had faded into obsolescence, although that may be exaggerated. He's been on my mind a lot lately - as editor of his memorial volume, I've been compiling anecdotes from contributors about his influence. This one made me a bit melancholy but in a very different way.

Fandom: BATTLESTAR GALACTICA
Pairing: Starbuck/Chief friendship; mostly gen, with some references to Boomer/Tyrol
Length: 1100 words
Author on LJ: trovia
Author Website: found a bsg fic tag
Why this must be read: Kara Thrace and Galen Tyrol friendship fic? Yeah... it's unusual. I liked the writer's idea on how this friendship could have started. Plus the story is just cute, with Kara helping advance the budding Boomer/Tyrol romance. (Set before season one.)

How The Viper Jock Met The Choirboy (And It Didn't End In Tears)

Fandom: NCIS
Pairing: Gibbs/DiNozzo
Length: Medium/Long
Author on LJ: None
Author Website: Welcome to the Home of eoen and Kethry
Why this must be read:
"I am not a trouble-maker! Things just happen around me. I don't start fights or anything. It's not my fault people notice me!"
"You go out of your way to be noticed. Damn it, give me a straight answer! Why did you open that letter?"
"I had to." Tony's jaw clicked shut.

And thus starts Gibbs journey of discovering who Tony really is in this wonderful Post-SWAK fic by Eoen. As usual the author does a wonderful job of blending angst, comfort, and just a dash of sex in for a great reading experience that has you reading right through to the end in one go.

A Family Tradition

the_arc5 came over again today, this time to pick up her Hogwarts robe that I made her, for the premiere this week.

We had a great time talking about hobbits and fic, and showed one another some WIP. She brought me a belated birthday gift, a very pretty silver unicorn pendant. We ate supper in the living room, because the table has all kinds of stuff on it because of the painting. We had baked rottini pasta, garlic bread and salad.

And she tried on her robe...

Pictures behind cut for size. ( Read more... )

http://www.the-leaky-cauldron.org/2009/7/13/galleries-update-abc-family-half-blood-prince-previews-including-new-draco

Huge Thanks to our non-stop hardworking ace galleries crew, we now have all of the new Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince previews that aired over the weekend during the ABC Family Harry Potter movie marathon weekend. While some of the snippets we just saw released in the various UK specials over the weekend, of note is this feature with Tom Felton on Draco Malfoy. The others include:Hermio...

As we reported earlier this year, GeoCities, which hosts many fannish resource pages and archives, announced that it will be closing down at the end of the year. They've now announced a more specific date: October 26, 2009.

In response, the Open Doors Committee of the OTW would like to announce our GeoCities Rescue Project.

If you are the owner of a fanfiction archive or resource, meta or other fannish page on GeoCities and you are looking to house your fiction or other content, the OTW can help! Open Doors is teaming up with the Archive of Our Own and Fanlore to preserve as much material as possible.

Fanfiction: We're offering AO3 beta accounts to fanfiction authors currently hosted on GeoCities --both single author and multiple author archives are welcome--so that you may preserve your fiction. If you are not the author, owner or site administrator, you can still document and memorialize parts of a fanfiction site on Fanlore, but we need an authorized person for an AO3 account. Contact Open Doors for more information!

Resource sites: If you are the owner of a fannish resource site, we recommend a page in Fanlore with a summary of the information and purpose of the site along with screencaps of the entry page and/or other key pages to convey the feeling of the site. We have volunteers who can help you set up a Fanlore page documenting both the content and feel of a GeoCities page. Even non-owners of a resource site can document and memorialize a site on Fanlore. Contact Open Doors for help or for more information!

For either a fic or a resource site, please include the URL of the site you wish to archive/preserve, and an email address. If you are the administrator of a multi-author site, please include email addresses for each hosted author (if possible).

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Thank you to everyone who wished me a happy birthday, and thanks also to those who sent birthday greetings to frodo_lad four days ago. I really can't believe it's been a year already. El's first year went pretty quickly, but this last year has gone even faster, presumably in part because I was twice as busy!

Unfortunately, I'm not exactly having my best birthday ever. We had planned a small party on Sunday with a few local friends as a joint birthday do for me and Fro (really for Fro, of course, but as El solemnly asked me a while ago whether he could "come to [my] birthday" I rather had to have one for him to come to!) but on Saturday Skordh was struck down with a vomiting bug, so we had to cancel as even if he'd been feeling better the next day (which he wasn't) we didn't want to risk being infectious around other people :-( As I generally rely on Skordh to take a lot of the weight over the weekend, I found it hard having to do more of the kid-wrangling etc than I really felt up to, so started the week feeling pretty shattered already. Naturally, with Skordh having felt well enough to go to work today (and I bet he isn't cheery about having been ill for the weekend but fine by Monday!), this was the point at which I came down with the bug too. So as I say, not the most fun way to spend a birthday...

Quite apart from this latest bleurghness, I've been feeling fairly rotten recently anyway, as a result of:

(a) ( heat/ mugginess/ pressure )

(b) ( Hayfever of DOOM )

(c) ( Teething baby )

Given all of which, it is perhaps not surprising that over the last few weeks my ( ME/CFS has got noticeably worse )

So, this little moan more or less comprises my state-of-the-Polly report. I do have one good thing to mention though: on Friday night we took advantage of Skordh's parents having come to visit for Fro's birthday to have them babysit the boys while Skordh and I went out to dinner ON OUR OWN!!! It was lovely! We worked out that the last time we had gone out for a 'date' like that was two and a half years ago, and we agreed that we really need to try to do this sort of thing more often!

I do still have a half-written Fro update which I will try to finish and post very soon - it has a lot of ground to cover!

TITLE: Wet
AUTHOR: Tarlan (tarlanx)
FANDOM: Stargate Atlantis
CHARACTERS: Rodney/John, mentions Jack and Daniel
PROMPT: 049. Club
WORDCOUNT: ~825
RATING: PG slash.
SUMMARY: Pouring water over his head means he likes him.

A/N: Tag to The Return Part 2
For mcsheplets Prompt 049 Wet and fanfic100 Prompt 049 Club

http://tarlanx.livejournal.com/237598.html

LDT: http://tarlanx.livejournal.com/16524.html

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Title: River Flowers.
Fandom: J.R.R. Tolkien.
Characters: Merry Brandybuck/Pippin Took.
Prompt: 051. Water.
Word Count: 1,472
Rating: R
Summary: Taking a dip in the river during a hot summer day...(I'm really awful at summaries :/)
Author's Notes: PWP to be honest!

My prompt table

( He sniffed at the air. The scent of fresh water and Lilies and Dandelions and Daffodils and...freshly washed skin...and juicy apples and berries and a...and a... Merry kiss... )

Look, people -- I don't create the program registration guidelines for my own amusement.

You -- yes, you with the "gifted" 10 year old. I don't care how "mature" and "empowered" your kid is -- the workshop is limited to 11-13 year olds. Yes, maybe it is "ageist" and "arbitrary". However, it is the requirement of the staff presenting the workshop. So please shut up and go away. And don't try lying. I think the whole building heard you shouting, so, we're all really, really aware of your child's age.

Now, as for you, who "forgot" when registration opened. The class is full. No, I will not make an exception for you. Just like I haven't made an exception for the dozen other people who "forgot" to register their child soon enough. Please do not give me your sob story. I am truly sorry that your grandmother's best friends' second cousin came down with a case of shingles and premature labor simultaneously. However, your kid is still not getting in the class.

Now, on to the staff...
Registration for all programs opens 2 weeks before the program date. It has been like this since time immemorial. Do not sign kids up before registration starts. Remember all those fliers we had printed up? Remember all those schools we dropped them off at? They all have the dates on them. The dates are also on the online calendar. You have to override the registration software to sign a kid up before the date. So please don't tell me you "don't understand" how kids signed up before the registration opened. You signed them up, I can see your initials! 

When a class is full, it is full. We have an official waiting list for those who don't get in. However, when that list is full, do not sign more people up.  Do not take their name and phone number and say I will get back to them. I know you are a total wimp and can't say no to anybody, but please don't deputize me to do it.   Do not tell people to "just show up".  Then instead of irate patrons on the phone, I have irate patrons in person.  

And while we're on the topic, do not change the maximum registration numbers because "you figure I could take a few more". I can't. The instructors I've contracted with can't.  Now, instead of soothing irate patrons, I have to soothe irate presenters.   As a bonus, now we don't have enough room or materials for all of the kids in the class, so everybody is screwed because you "didn't want to be negative".

http://www.the-leaky-cauldron.org/2009/7/13/james-and-oliver-phelps-attend-madrid-premiere-for-half-blood-prince

The global premieres for Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince continue as James and Oliver Phelps (Gred and Forge) were in Madrid, Spain for the premiere of the sixth Harry Potter film. Here via Getty are images from that event, as well as fans who turned out in Australia to see their premiere as well.UPDATE: Thanks to our friend Alejandro at Bloghogwarts, we can see more photos of the event ...

http://www.the-leaky-cauldron.org/2009/7/13/bonnie-wright-and-dan-radcliffe-talk-with-teen-hollywood

A pair of new interviews with Harry Potter actors Bonnie Wright (Ginny Weasley) and Dan Radcliffe (Harry Potter), Emma Watson (Rupert Grint), and Tom Felton  are now online over on TeenHollywood.com. In the first interview, Miss Wright speaks to the development of her character in the Half-Blood Prince film, and of her character's developing relationship with Harry Potter in the sixth film.  On...

http://www.the-leaky-cauldron.org/2009/7/13/live-hpa-dumbledores-army-meeting-tonight-on-ustream-4

Attention Dumbledore's Army! The Harry Potter Alliance will be holding another meeting live tonight on Ustream
at 8:30pm (Eastern) for a big pre-movie gathering. There will be discussion regarding plans for the HP fandom to make their presence known on
Twitter, how fans can showup to the movie theater with name tags
that spell out a lesson that Dumbledore taught them and much more all part of
t...

http://www.the-leaky-cauldron.org/2009/7/13/scholastic-kids-reporter-report-from-ny-premiere-of-half-blood-prince

Scholastic, US publishers of the Harry Potter novels by J.K. Rowling, have released their Kids Reporter article on the premiere of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince in New York City. Written by 11 year old Daniella, there is a fun bit relating to news from director David Yates on bloopers of the recent clip of the Trio sitting in Ron's room at the Burrow.“There’s a scene right at the begin...

http://www.the-leaky-cauldron.org/2009/7/13/vatican-newspaper-gives-two-thumbs-up-for-harry-potter-and-the-half-blood-prince-film

L'Osservatore Romano, the official newspaper of the Vatican in Rome, Italy, has given its approval and review of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince film. The AP reports that the newspaper says the film is the best adaptation yet of the novels by author J.K. Rowling, and the sixth Harry Potter film "made the age-old debate over good vs. evil crystal clear."  It also gave two thumbs up to the...

http://www.the-leaky-cauldron.org/2009/7/13/autism-friendly-showing-of-half-blood-prince-due-july-25

The Autism Society of America has announced an autism-friendly event for fans of Harry Potter. Select AMC movie theaters across the US will be holding a special screening of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince for those affected by autism on July 25th. This event, part of their "Sensory Friendly Films" program is designed to allow those who might not otherwise be able to enjoy the newest Har...

http://www.the-leaky-cauldron.org/2009/7/13/mary-grandpre-live-tonight-in-washington-dc

Artist Mary GrandPre, who created the cover work and illustrations for the US editions of the Harry Potter novels by J.K. Rowling, will be appearing in person tonight at the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, DC. According to the website, Ms. Grandpre "takes to the Corcoran stage to discuss her impressive career
and to share her delightfully stunning illustrations which have earned
her so m...

Title: Extraordinary Lengths
Gaining Access: Unlocked
Author: madeyemax
Length/Word Count: 46,970
Alternate Links to Fic/Art: Here
Pairing: Percy/Barty Crouch Jr.
Rating: NC-17
Author's Website: Fic Journal at Dreamwidth
Author's Summary: From the HP Lexicon: "Barty Sr. quickly realized the extent of Barty’s (Jr.) allegiance to Voldemort, and went to extraordinary lengths to keep his son imprisoned at their home."

Why everyone should read this: Because it's Percy/Barty Crouch Jr., how could you say "no" to Percy/Barty Crouch Jr.? The interactions in this fic between these two characters are very believable with Percy's Gryffindorish arrogance and Barty's devil-may-care craziness; not to mention the sex is pretty hot, and slightly twisted as Percy makes choices that bring him deeper and deeper into Barty's world.


( R-rated Excerpt )


Mods, I need a Percy/Barty Crouch Jr. tag Thanks!