The Daily Snitch - Weekend Edition, August 7, 2016

[vaysh]

Joanne K. Rowling:
• Author S. P. Sipal from the Harry Potter for Writers blog write about Harry Potter: From Story to Myth.

Fantastic Beasts – Actors and Movies:
• Eddie Redmayne on his favourite HP book and movie, and the Olympics.

Prompt Challenges:
• dmhgchallenge posted the prompt for August: duel (due August 21)
• hogwarts365 posted Prompt # 152 (due on or before August 13): I think the reward for conformity is that everyone likes you except yourself.” ― Rita Mae Brown, begging and Swivenhodge.
• slythindor100 posted the Week 3 Winner and the Week 4 Prompt of the H/D LDWS .

Communities:
• hp_shoreofangst posted the List of Prompts for Round 2 of the HP Shore of Angst Fest.
• hp_drizzle announced that Claiming is closed. Posting starts September 1.
• potterstock posted the Claiming Post for the upcoming HP Songfest.
• sirius_black posted the Prompting Post for the Sirius Black Fest 2016.
• sirius_black posted the Fest Rules & FAQ for the Sirius Black Fest 2016.
• hd_erised announded that Assignments have been sent out. Please confirm your assignment ASAP.

Masterlists and Weekly Round-ups:
• hp_crossgenfest posted the Weekly Roundup #1.
• hogwarts365 posted the Masterlist for Prompt # 151.

Hot Rec:
• Here For You by anonymous at hp_crossgenfest (Harry Potter/Remus Lupin; NC-17, 9500 words)
Summary: Remus needs him. Teddy needs him. That’s why he’s still here – he’s not lying to himself, he just needs a place where he can sleep.
• Keeping Secrets by anonymous at hp_crossgenfest (Harry Potter/Sirius Black; NC-17; 3225 words)
Summary: Harry knows that it’s wrong, sneaking around with Sirius like this. He knows that they both know it’s wrong. What he doesn’twhy Sirius started it when he can barely look Harry in the eye afterwards.

Fandom Recs:
• kellychambliss recced one Millicent Bullstrode /Wilhelmina Grubbly-Plank fic (PG-13).
• toblass recced a Severus Snape/Hermione Granger fic (NC-17).
• themightyflynn recced 3 Snape; Snape & Remus; Snape/Remus art works (G, G, NC-17).

Resources:
• The SS/HP Prophet from July 31 to August 6.
• Media References to Fanfiction for the week ending August 6, 2016.

General Fandom News:
• OTW News: July 2016 Newsletter (vol. 104).

Nifty:
• lestrangely's Hogwarts headcanon AU where everything is the same except that Ron and McGonagall start a chess club, and it’s FREAKING AWESOME.

Searches:
• snarryficfind posted a search for pining Severus. (Snarry only)

Community Spotlight:
♥ sirius_black – Padfoot's Pad dedicated to all things Sirius
This community was founded 15 years ago. All submissions – fanworks, discussions, recs – are welcome if they feature Sirius Black, obviously. It is the home of the Sirius Black Fest, asking for your prompts now.


Please send your fandom news to the Daily Snitch.