Fic Recs From the Fabulous HP Beholder Fest

A few of my favorite stories from one of the best Harry Potter fests around, HP Beholder, which features characters not considered “attractive” by the general population. Continue reading »

Till A’ the Seas Gang Dry Chapter 2 Posted

I’ve posted Chapter Two of Till A’ the Seas Gang Dry (December 1957) on Fanfiction.net, The Petulant Poetess, and An Archive of One’s Own. Continue reading »

Fifty Shades of Porn Copyright Suit Settled

The strange legal wrangling over a porn adaptation of Fifty Shades of Grey has ended with porn company Smash settling with Universal (which owns the film rights to Meyer’s book) for an undisclosed sum. Continue reading »

Fic Rec: “Death Becomes Us” by Dallirious (Aberforth/Poppy, implied Aberforth/Minerva, Albus/Minerva; PG-13)

I posted a wishlist at hp_humpdrabbles just yesterday, and today I opened my browser and was greeted by my lovely gift!

Writer Dallirious has given me a wonderful sketch of some of my favorite characters—Aberforth, Poppy, Minerva—dealing with fear and loss, and finding courage in their own particular ways, with the spectre of a deceased Albus hanging over it all. Continue reading »

Speaking of Copyright…

I’m loving that Disney and Warner Brothers are tangling over copyrights for products based on public domain materials.

Disney is the company, you’ll recall, behind the ridiculous extension of copyright, also known as the “Mickey Mouse Protection Act.” And Warner Bros. (WB) are no slouches when it comes to zealous protection of its properties. Continue reading »

Reverse Copyright Trolling?

I was interested to hear that Smash, a porn company who made a film based on Fifty Shades of Grey and was promptly sued for copyright and trademark infringement by Universal, who paid US$5 million for the film rights to E.L. James’s book, is now claiming that because the original was largely based on fanfiction, it is in the public domain.
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New Fic: Alone and Palely Loitering (Nicolas/Perenelle, Albus/Nicolas; PG-13)

Now that the reveals are over, I can post my fic, Alone and Palely Loitering, from this year’s Dysfuncentine Fest on LiveJournal.

It was written to the prompt: “La mort c’est seulement la mort, mais l’amour, c’est l’amour” (Magnetic Fields – Underwear). I admit, I’d never heard of the band before (but have since enjoyed it), the quotation was so delicious that I couldn’t resist.

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