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Joanne K. Rowling – Life and Books:
• The Hogwarts Professor wrote Lethal White and NHS: Rowling speaks.

Harry Potter – Actors and Movies:
• Watch the first trailer of Daniel Radcliffe's 'Playmobil The Movie'.
• Maggie Smith (Minerva McGonagall) and Ismelda Staunton (Dolores Umbridge) to star in Downton Abbey movie (in theatres 2019).

Fantastic Beasts – Actors and Movies:
• McKay wrote How Grindelwald’s Persuasiveness Is More Powerful Than Any Magic He Could Do. (MuggleNet)
• McKay wrote “Fantastic Beasts”: The Crimes of Breaking “Potter” Canon. (MuggleNet)
• Victor wrote The Perplexity of Reconciling McGonagall’s Appearance in “Crimes of Grindelwald”. (MuggleNet)

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child:
• Melbourne's Princess Theatre Gets a Makeover in Time for “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child”.

Prompt Challenges:
• hogwarts365 posted Prompt # 273 (due on or before December 22): Cut the ending. Revise the script. The man of her dreams is a girl.” - Julie Anne Peters, Scattered and Diaries.

Communities:
The following fests and challenges are currently posting: hd_erised, hd_owlpost Fest, mini_fest, snape_potter' Secret Snarry Swap, rs_small_gifts, dhr-advent, sshg_giftfest, smutty_claus, newyearcntdown, hpjoggersfest's Festive DrarryMini Fest, daily_deviant's Kink Kristmas Coment Kind Edition

• bill_ficathon posted The Future of the Bill Ficathon.
• snapecase posted If you submitted a fan work by deadline/extended deadline, you should have a preview notification.
• snapecomm is a new Snape-centric community on Dreamwdith.
• drarryawards posted: Nominations for the 2018 Drarry Awards are now open.
• hd-wireless announced Wireless 2019 with the theme Disney Songs.
• hd_owlpost posted the Reminder: All Late Owl Gifts Are Due Today.

Masterlists and Weekly Round-ups:
• smutty_claus posted the Sunday Recap Dec 10 to 15.
• daily_deviant posted the Kristmas Comment Kink Week 2 Roundup.
• hd_erised posted the Weekly Roundup # 2.
• hd_owlpost posted the Week 2: List of Owl Gift Deliveries.
• mini_fest posted the Week # 2.
• hogwarts365 posted the Prompt 272 Masterlist.
• snape_potter posted the Wrap-Up for Week Two of the Secret Snarry Swap.

Hot Art:
• Beech and Phoenix Feather, 11 Inches by currently anon (Harry Potter/Draco Malfoy | G)
Summary: Harry’s in urgent need of a new wand. After exhausting both the selection and employees at Ollivander’s, he not only breaks, but smashes the “out of hours” no contact rule of the shop’s new owner, tracking Draco down at his workshop in the Alps, optimistically trusting in their new but tentative friendship.
• Seekers Seeking by current anon (Harry Potter/Draco Malfoy | G)
Summary: It's 8th year and Harry finally gets some peace and quiet. Perhaps too much quiet. Maybe Malfoy's seeking the same since he followed him to the pitch this morning.

Hot Recs:
• Crytography by currently anon (Harry Potter/Draco Malfoy | NC-17 | 19,000 words)
Summary: Draco Malfoy is still a puzzle that Harry Potter wants to solve. Good thing they both solve puzzles for a living.
• Hush, Darling by currently anon (Harry Potter/Draco Malfoy | NC-17 | 23,600 words)
Summary:: Draco is in trouble; to get out of it he needs to seduce Harry Potter.

Fandom Recs:
• melodyssister recced a Hermione Granger/Severus Snape fic (R).
• toblass recced Severus Snape and Remus Lupin art (G).
• themightyflynn recced a Harry Potter/Severus Snape fic (R).
• digthewriter recced James Sirius Potter/Teddy Lupin art (G).
• circe recced a Harry Potter/Draco Malfoy Christmas classic (PG-13) in the Rec Center # 154.

Searches:
• bottom_draco asked for bottom!Draco H/D Erised fics.

Resources:
• hd_prophet: Edition December 12, December 13, December 14, December 15.
• The SS/HP Prophet from December 8 through 15.

Archive News:
• OTW Guest Post: Hansi Oppenheimer, filmmaker and fangrrl.

Discussions:
• lettered posted The Typical Fic.

Essay/Meta:
• Frankie Thomas wrote Harry Potter and the Secret Gay Love Story. (The Paris Review, Dec 10, 2018)
• Quantum Harry The Podcast: Episode 29: The Horcrux and Hallows Game.

General Fandom News:
• FAQ for the 24 hours tumblr Logoff 2018 protest, which start tomorrow, December 17, 12am EST (= 5am GMT).
• The snowflake_challenge announced its 2019 Round and has new banners.
• 'Hogwarts Mystery' released year 5, chapters 11 and 12.
• "Harry Potter" merchandiseis finally coming to Korea. (MuggleNet)
• Mail gets magical at the Wizarding World of Harry Potter.
• Irish Quidditch teams to compete for victory at the Irish Quidditch Cup.

Nifty:
• So This is Hogwarts (War is Over). (music video)

Community Spotlight:
♥ snapecomm – Lately, only those whom I could not save
This is a new Dreamwidth community for the appreciation of Severus Snape. People may post their art, fics, meta, fanvids, and other content related to Severus Snape, like the biweekly discussion posts. The community is for adults only, and some content may be NSFW. (Posting Guidelines | Introduction Post).


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