The Daily Snitch - Weekend Edition, April 2, 2017

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Happy Birthday, Fred and Georg Weasley!

Harry Potter – Actors and Movies:
• British Library Exhibition "A History of Magic": Tickets go for sale tomorrow. The exhibition runs from 20 October 2017 until 28 February 2018.
• Emma Watson Round-up.

Prompt Challenges:
• hogwarts365 posted Prompt #186 (due on or before April 8): "I've never had the luxury of political opinions." – Jyn Erso, Reauthenticate and Dust & Mildewe.
• poetic_hp posted the April Prompt: CLUB
• hp_coffeehouse posted the April Prompt: dark roast
• hp_creatures posted the April Prompts: blue - Abyssinian cat - swimming
• hp_unfaithful posted the March Masterlist and April Theme: "Half my age"
• hd_fluff posted the April Picture Prompt. (Drarry only)
• slythindor100 posted the Challenge #205: April showers, rain. (Drarry only)

Communities:
• daily_deviant 11th Birthday Bash presents: The Bad Porn Alphabet.
• hp_drizzle posted the Prompting Post for the HP Weather Fest.
• darkwitches announced the 2017 Dark Witches Fest (timeline and rules).
• Prompting is open at the darkwitches Fest.
• hd_writers made a mod and discussion post.

Masterlists and Weekly Round-ups:
• hp_getlucky posted the Week Three Round-up.
• hogwarts365 posted the Prompt #185 Masterlist.

Fandom Recs:
• bixgirl1 recced a Harry Potter/Draco Malfoy fic (NC-17).
• capitu recced another Harry Potter/Draco Malfoy fic (NC-17).
• capitu made a Drarry rec post: Humour 3 (7 x NC-17, 2 x PG-13).
• evening12 recced Ginny Weasley/Luna Lovegood art (G).
• themightyflynn recced a Hermione Granger/Severus Snape/Lucius Malfoy fic (NC-17).
• toblass recced Severus Snape/Weasley twins art (NC-17).

Searches:
• accio_hd_fics posted a search for Harry or Draco topping from the bottom, dom/sub. (Drarry only)
• daily_snitch is looking for your recs (fic, art, podfic, meta ...) for the Special Edition: Newt Scamander.

Resources:
• lauren3210 posted about fics getting added to personal AO3 collections without author permission. (Very good advice in comments.)
• Schedule of Upcoming Events from April 2 to 8 at potterfests.
• The SS/HP Prophet from March 26 to April 1.

Archive News:
• OTW Finance: 2017 Budget.

Essay/Meta:
• lokifan wrote Romance in Potter is a Mystery: Why Cursed Child Isn't Queerbaiting (Part 1).

Have a Laugh:
• MuggleNet's rebranding Welcome to NoMajNet and MuggleNet Rebrands Itself for new Era in the Wizarding World. Related articles: [x], [x], [x], [x].


Community Spotlight:
♥ darkwitches - A Harry Potter Femmeslash Darkfest
Dark Witches is a Harry Potter fic and art exchange focusing exclusively on dark femmeslash creations. All femmeslash pairings are welcome. After round 1 in 2012 and round 2 in 2013, the fest runs for the third time this year; posting starts 10 July 2017. Prompting for darkwitches is open until April 14.


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