The Daily Snitch - Weekend Edition, December 28, 2014 Actors and Movies: • David Ryall, who played Albus Dumbledore's childhood friend Elphias Dodge, died on Christmas Day, age 79 (5 January 1935 – 25 December 2014).
Challenges: • hp_goldenage posted an update on round 1 and round 2 of the BATILDA BAGSHOT'S BINGO CHALLENGE.
Hot Rec: • Subversive by anon at hoggywartyxmas (Griselda Marchbanks/OC, light R, 8100) Summary: When Griselda Marchbanks comes to Hogwarts to administer the O.W.L. exams, Harry and his friends see a "tiny, stooped witch with a face so lined it looked as though it had been draped in cobwebs." That lined face bespeaks a long and eventful life. Here is part of her story, told by one who knows her best. Set during Order of the Phoenix. • We'll Take a Cup of Kindness Yet by anon at hoggywartyxmas (Minerva McGonagall/Aberforth Dumbledore/Severus Snape, PG-13, 20K) Summary: "Yeah?" said Aberforth. "What's Christmas ever done to you? Shat glitter in your cornflakes and made you wear the little paper hat in the cracker?"
General Fandom News: • The Snowflake Fandom Challenge is back for 2015 at snowflake_challenge.
Community Spotlight: ♥ snowflake_challenge – The Fandom Snowflake Challenge is an annual event to highlight the best parts of fandom and the people who make it that way. Every day for the first 15 days of January, the mods post a fannish challenge. It can be something as simple as reccing fanworks to talking about what you love about fandom. The challenge is for everyone, all fandoms, all media, all platforms.