OK, this is going to take some explaining, but bear with me.

( Draco and the Vanishing Cabinets )

Title: Tack-tack!
Character: Stanley from All Life is Yours to Miss, by saras_girl
Rating: G
Medium: Embroidery

A/N: Like many others, I am highly enamoured of Stanley, the unforgettable beetle from 'All Life is Yours to Miss'. I made this for vaysh11's birthday and have promised another one for the lovely saras_girl; I had hoped to get them both finished at the same time, but clumsy fingers prevented me.

Thank you very much to raitala who suggested I should attempt this feat of lunacy (trying to embroider a willow pattern onto an applique beetle was not the most sensible task I have ever taken on), and who luckily proved very useful with sewing advice!

( Tack-tack! )

A fic, some poetry, and some art. Yay!

( This way to the recs )

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( A rec from hd_tropes )

MY PLEDGE FOR RECTOBER: I'm going to try to rec twice a week during the month. If I mess up I will do two recs on the weekend to catch up. I'll also try to leave a quick comment, even if it's only a 'thank you!', on each rec post that I look at. Happy reccing and reading \o/

I had an idea.

I used to write more rec posts, but sometimes it seems like it will take up too much time, and so I'll just fire off a link to a friend instead. However, I LOVE reading other people's recs. There are lovely people who rec regularly, and other lovely people who rec occasionally, when they feel like it, but I always wish there were more recs, particularly for current fests and fic / art that's being posted now. If there's a fest on and I've got a bit behind, it can seem so intimidating and I don't know where to begin, so a few recs can help me immensely. Even if I've already read the fic, I enjoy seeing what other people thought of it. And not forgetting the fact it is an enormous pleasure when something you've written gets recced (for some reason this is especially satisfying while it's still anon).

Anyway, I thought I would like to make a commitment to write MORE RECS during the next month. I want to make a rec post at least once a week - I'm hoping that with hd_fan_fair beginning, and lots of other fests continuing, this will be a piece of cake :D

I wondered whether anyone would like to join me? It would be so nice to see a kind of mini-explosion of recs during October. I even thought of a name. RECTOBER. Oh yes. It sounds a bit rectal, doesn't it? SO MUCH THE BETTER.

I can't do banners and clever things, but if anyone wanted to make a RECTOBER banner I would love you a lot.

Meanwhile here is a poll:

[Poll #1935728][Poll #1935728]

If nobody likes the idea of Rectober, I have another idea: Nictober. I'll leave it in your hands :DDD

Looking at my flist, I see your birthday already happened, alby_mangroves :S but LJ tells me that your birthday just started, in my part of the world.... So if you just get on a plane to the UK, you can have it all over again! Yay!

I bet you are up to your ears in picspam, but HAVE SOME MORE! because: PRETTY MEN!
( Bradley and others... )

I am still reeling from Tom Felton's tweet which slipped by us all, two days before the news about the films were announced. Here it is again:



The sneaky little Slytherin! Tagging it with #ifonly like that made it look as if he was just saying "Ah, if only there could be another HP film." But he meant (I think) "There IS a new HP film and IF ONLY I COULD BE IN IT" :-O

Surely they will take him up on this? Surely? DON'T BURST MY BUBBLE, NOW. I do adore Tom F and if he were to pop up as a Malfoy ancestor, even for a second, I would be soooo thrilled. Which got me to thinking - they could have LOADS of the HP cast appear and do fabulous cameos as their own ancestors. This would be truly lovely. Can you imagine watching the film and suddenly a Weasley pops up in 20s gear and it's Rupert Grint? HAH!

( Cut for CAST DISCUSSION and 20s picspam )

So. That's sorted, yes?  Or did I get it all wrong? Come and tell me all of the things.

I think I am in love with Leigh Lahav. Her videos are so funny, clever and cute, and she makes being a fangirl look COOL instead of sad and desperate.

( Fangirls go back to school video )This made me laugh this week:


( Marauders dream cast )J and I have been watching the Hitchhikers' TV series and now I REALLY REALLY NEED MORE FORD / ARTHUR SLASH. I am not proud. I'm begging you, flist. Omi wrote me this wonderful thing but it just made me want moooooore.
Capitu is hosting this interesting rec list. Yay, for reminders of much-loved stories, and finding new authors and fics:




( Self-pimping rec list )

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Did you see the first Level Two episode? What did you think? My crushing on artists is reaching new, preposterous heights, because there is more than one of my favourite artists working on this project TOGETHER, and my heart just can't take it. Look at this:

( Uninhibited squeeing )

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Finally, I am impatient for hp_drizzle and hp_silencio to start posting!! New fests woohoo!

How was your fandom week?

Being confused and possibly a bit unimpressed by the Hello Quizzy sorting thingy, and also perplexed by some LJ friends' results, I tried the Harry Potter Character quiz wotsit, and got blimming GRINDELWALD! Oh yes. Apparently I am Clever, Conceited and Dangerous. O_o

I need better results than these. Come and sort me. I struggle to feel an affiliation with any house, try as I might. I can see aspects of myself in each house's traits, but then when I read the rest of the description it's a big old nope.

Feel free to ask me relevant questions and to assassinate my character explain your answers in the comments, if you want to.
( Sorting birds )