The Daily Snitch

Joanne K. Rowling – Life and Books:
• Celebrate J.K. Rowling's and Harry Potter's birthday with philanthropy.

Harry Potter – Actors and Movies:
• Natalia Tena (Tonks) and Tom Felton (Draco Malfoy) in first look at upcoming sci-fi series "Origin" at SDCC.
• Tom Felton (Draco Malfoy) talks new show "Origin", Working with Natalia Tena Again, and Lack of YouTube Knowledge. (MuggleNet)

Fantastic Beasts – Actors and Movies:
• Dan Fogler (Jacob Kowalski) to join The Walking Dead cast of Season 9.
• Fantastic Beasts: Crimes of Grindelwald: New Newt in suitcase promo, plus quotes.
• Eddie Redmayne (Newt Scamander) confirms darker tone for "Crimes of Grindelwald".
• "Crimes of Grindelwald" poster revealed at San Diego Comic Con.
• Mari Hanssen and Priscilla Kint wrote Fantastic Beasts: seven things we'd like to see if the movies were novels. (MuggleNet)
• Gretchen wrote Dumbledore's relationships are complicated in "Crimes of Grindelwald". (MuggleNet)
• San Diego Comic Con News (Tom Felton, Natalia Tenas, Dan Fogler).

Prompt Challenges:
• hp_creatures posted the July prompts: 1. Swedish Short-Snout, 2. Falling down a mountain, 3. Stupid ideas

Communities:
• The following fests are currently posting: hd_wireless
• hp_creatures announced that Claiming for the Halloween Fest has started.

Masterlists and Weekly Round-ups:
• weasleyjumpers posted the Masterlist of the Weasley family fest.
• sshg_promptfest posted the 2018 Summer Reveal.

Fandom Recs:
• melodyssister recced a Ginny Weasley and Severus Snape fic (PG-13).
• kisatsel recced a Mark Zuckerberg (Slytherin)/Eduardo Saverin (Hufflepuff) The Social Network/Harry Potter fusion fic (PG-13).
• Natalia recced a Draco Malfoy/Harry Potter Pacific Rim/Harry Potter fusion fic (R).
• bethyyeah recced a Wanda and Pietro Avengers/Harry Potter fusion fic (gen).
• hellotailor recced a Enroljas (wizard activist)/Grantaire (cursebreaker) Les Miserables/Harry Potter fusion fic (PG-13).
• IrishMumbles recced a Matt Murdock/Franklin “Foggy” Nelson Daredevil/Harry Potter fusion fic (R).

Resources:
• hd_prophet: July 19 edition.

Archive News:
• Fiction Alley is being imported to the Archive Of Our Own (AO3). Check out the post if you have fics, art or essays hosted on Fiction Alley.
• AO3 reaches 4 million fanworks. ♥

General Fandom News:
• yuletide_admin posted about Defaults, reversible bans, and New Year's Resolutions. (all fandoms)
• Christmas in the Wizarding World display returns to Sandy, Utah, this holiday season.
• Events Round-up: Four fun way to add more "Potter" to your summer.


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