The Daily Snitch – Monday, 25 April 2016

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Joanne K. Rowling:
• J.K. Rowling had Wizarding World of Harry Potter food flown to Scotland for approval.

Harry Potter – Actors and Movies:
• Universal Studios' SVP Creative Tierry Coup comments on possible Wizarding World park in UK. (video interview)
• Harry Potter and the Cursed Child plays' first look on-set feature breakdown.
• Harry Melling (Dudley Dursley) to play "Edgar" in King Lear.

Prompt Challenges:
• hogwarts365 posted the Prompt 137 (due on or before April 30th): 1. Never discourage anyone... who continually makes progress, no matter how slow. - Plato | 2. Different | 3. Absolution

Communities:
• rarepair_shorts announced the Wishlist Event 2016.
• hp_drizzle posted Pimping Banners.
• hp_crossgenfest opened Prompting for the upcoming Harry Potter Crossgen Fest.
• slythindor100 posted Mod Announcement: future challenges will be monthly.
• hd_fan_fair announced the Harry/Draco Pet Fair 2016.
• hd_tropes posted Rules and Guidelines, Pimping Banners and Tropes List.
• hd_tropes announced that H/D Tropes Sign-ups open April 29.

Masterlists and Weekly Round-ups:
• hogwarts365 posted the Prompt 136 Masterlist.
• daily_deviant posted the Banging Birthday Week 3 Roundup.
• dracotops_harry posted the Round up for Week Three.

Editor's Choice Rec:
• The Golden Trio by peaceofseoul (Ron, Hermione, Harry)

Fandom Recs:
• themightyflynn recced Harry/Draco art (PG-13).
• ely_baby recced Harry/Ginny art (PG).
• madeleone recced a Severus/Hermione fic (R).
• toblass recced Severus/Ginny art (NC-17, PG).
• themightyflynn recced Severus/Marauders art by lizardspots (PG – PG-13).
• too_dle_oo recced one humorous Severus fic (R, not a pairing fic).

Resources:
• The sshp_prophet from April 18 – April 23.
• hd_prophet: Sunday, April 24th.

Archive News:
• OTW News: The Wiki Committee announces a Fanlore Software Update for the MediaWiki software on Tuesday, 26 April.

Searches:
• hp_ficsearch posted a search for Muggle Technology.

Community Spotlight:
♥ hd_tropes – Bringing Tropes Back to Life
A Harry/Draco exchange fest based on popular tropes and cliches (2016 list of tropes). The purpose of the fest is to create brand new Harry/Draco fanfiction and fanart that uses old themes in fresh ways. This year the fest is running its third round.


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