art recs :: CoS 10

I make no secret of my love for kaptainsnot's art. Here are two recent pieces that exemplify something she's really tops at: expressions.

Vanilla Afternoon (G, Snape/Harry)
Look at Snape's face. Sneering, yet there's some strange affection there. The nostalgic old-photograph-ness of it... mm.

Sacrifice (G, Padfoot)
I said: "Superb! Padfoot's expression (whole body, as it should be with a dog) says it all: In his mind, it's Peter."


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Great discussion on the last chapter. Talk of the reasons Hogwarts may have been founded here and here, and discussion of what Snape found funny about Mrs Norris's petrification here. (On that last one, I have to say, I still don't get it. Is this something we were supposed to really notice? One of the "questions we haven't been asking"?)

Oh, and an observation from jheaton that made me grin:

"Something else to ponder: if Hogwarts was founded in 992 or thereabouts, then the entire British public school system must have been deliberately patterned after Hogwarts."


CoS 10: The Rogue Bludger

We're at the halfway mark -- nine chapters down, nine to go.

Since the disastrous episode of the pixies, Professor Lockhart had not brought live creatures to class. (122)

I hate to say it, but doesn't this remind you of Hagrid? Hagrid isn't as bad a teacher as Lockhart, but he did make a similar mistake, with a similar result.

( the Homorphus Charm, empathy for Hermione, Draco's Quidditch skillz. )

Past re-read posts are here.

art recs :: CoS 10

I make no secret of my love for kaptainsnot's art. Here are two recent pieces that exemplify something she's really tops at: expressions.

Vanilla Afternoon (G, Snape/Harry)
Look at Snape's face. Sneering, yet there's some strange affection there. The nostalgic old-photograph-ness of it... mm.

Sacrifice (G, Padfoot)
I said: "Superb! Padfoot's expression (whole body, as it should be with a dog) says it all: In his mind, it's Peter."


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Great discussion on the last chapter. Talk of the reasons Hogwarts may have been founded here and here, and discussion of what Snape found funny about Mrs Norris's petrification here. (On that last one, I have to say, I still don't get it. Is this something we were supposed to really notice? One of the "questions we haven't been asking"?)

Oh, and an observation from jheaton that made me grin:

"Something else to ponder: if Hogwarts was founded in 992 or thereabouts, then the entire British public school system must have been deliberately patterned after Hogwarts."


CoS 10: The Rogue Bludger

We're at the halfway mark -- nine chapters down, nine to go.

Since the disastrous episode of the pixies, Professor Lockhart had not brought live creatures to class. (122)

I hate to say it, but doesn't this remind you of Hagrid? Hagrid isn't as bad a teacher as Lockhart, but he did make a similar mistake, with a similar result.

( the Homorphus Charm, empathy for Hermione, Draco's Quidditch skillz. )

Past re-read posts are here.