Nebulaic Serpentine

The story continues in defiance of my time management skills!

Title: The Right Hand Path
Author: Sophiax
Rating: PG-13
Characters: Tom, Merope, the Malfoys
Warnings: kissing.
Summary: Merope survives to raise her son, Tom Riddle Jr. AU.
Link: to fanfiction.net

I’ve disabled comments because there are better places than my fandom journal to have a political debate – but I’m just going to put this out there! 

If you care about freedom of the Internet, non-censorship, and are against the fascists that have hijacked the US government… then vote RON PAUL for president!! He may be GQ’s ‘Dark Horse of the Year’ candidate, but seriously he’s a swell guy. 

www.ronpaul2008.com 

Why should the fandom care? With all the outrage over Livejournal strikeouts and censorship, it seems to me we all care about the freedom of information and the freedom of personal expression. For those living in the US, our online identities are predicated on the 1st Amendment of the Constitution. Ron Paul has stated that regulation of content on the Internet is “a very, very dangerous precedent to set.” 

I know that among other things, Ron Paul will protect and defend my right to free speech.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kY5E3QQRQ8A
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPjTAH8Y_L8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bm1ogIIXrTE
 

Title: The Right Hand Path
Author: Sophiax
Rating: PG-13
Characters: Tom, Merope, OCs
Warnings: none for this chappie
Summary: Merope survives to raise her son, Tom Riddle Jr. AU.
Link: to fanfiction.net. 

And another new chapter...

Title: The Right Hand Path
Author: Sophiax
Rating: PG-13
Characters: Tom, Merope, the Malfoys
Warnings: adolescent behaviour
Summary: Merope survives to raise her son, Tom Riddle Jr. AU.
Link: on fanfiction.net here

New chappie!

Title: The Right Hand Path
Author: Sophiax
Rating: PG-13
Characters: Tom, Merope, Nagini
Warnings: historical violence?
Summary: Merope survives to raise her son, Tom Riddle Jr.  AU.
Link: Read it on fanfiction.net 

So after what feels like ages, I'm finally updating again! This is exciting and also feels kinda weird.

Title: The Right Hand Path
Author: Sophiax
Rating: PG-13 
Characters: Tom, Merope, various Malfoys, Notts, Lestranges, and Dumbledores
Warnings: none in this chapter
Summary: Merope survives to raise her son, Tom Riddle Jr.
Link: Read on fanfiction.net here

( Better late than never! )

Here we go... after spending four hours in the queue, I got my copy, put in my iPod (it was a good thing, as drunken Muggles on the 14 bus were shouting out spoilers from the back of the book!) and went home.  Finished on Saturday at some point...

And my reaction...

It's not ending at midnight on July 21.

I mean that.  I've never known such a tenacious bunch as the Harry Potter fandom, and I don't think we'll let the small detail of 'closure/ending/conclusion of the series' interfere with our speculation, our loyalties, and our fanfiction.  It will take years to analyse the meanings behind Rowling's masterpiece series.  Book 7 will spawn hordes of wonderful plot bunnies.  The Alternate Universe genre will take on a life of its own.  If JKR continues her style to the last, she will raise as many possibilities as she answers.  Who knows?  I would consider myself a satisfied reader if she left even a little bit of ambiguity, something for us to ponder forever.

I am reminding myself of this because I don't want to mourn this book release, and I don't want this fun, this fascination, to die.  I have every intention of staying in this fandom and celebrating what JKR has created... and run with glee along spin-off stories and fanfiction.  To look at an example of a fandom very much alive after the 'end', there's Lord of the Rings.  We know what happens to the hero, Frodo... it's the world we love, the endless possibilities, the backstories and the minor characters who can be fleshed out in their own ways by talented fans.

We've raised a tremendous amount of energy with our dedication to the Potterverse.  The entire world, from Australia to China to Europe to the Americas, is waiting to hear the word on Harry.  I, for one, feel incredibly grateful to be a part of such an amazing phenomenon.

I'm going off Livejournal until I've finished the book, then we can all gather and chatter and despair and exalt (under spoiler cuts, of course!)  Until that magic moment - I'll be at the massive launch party at Piccadilly, London - where I crack open my brand new copy, I'm keeping my iPod earphones in.

Win or lose, agree or disagree with whatever the ending may be... this is going to be huge, guys.

Love S xxx

So my partner-in-crime Ayame wrote a neat little one-shot: Bellatrix in Azkaban. It has this repetitive madness that I think captures Bella's prison mentality in a way that's both creepy and poignant.  Also I beta-ed it for grammer ^_^

Title: Furor
Author: ayame_nekura
Rating: T
Character: Bellatrix Lestrange
Warnings: eh, just general insanity and darkness
Summary: There are things which can be forgotten but never erased. His mark is on her soul.
Link: read it on ff.net here!

As seen onmethylethyldeth's journal:

My Harry Potter Spoiler of Doom is: Ron Weasley feeds everyone in the school to a giant hamster in a very sexy scene Get your Harry Potter Spoiler of Doom

Oh, the mental picture...