The Daily Snitch - Weekend Edition, October 30/31, 2016

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Happy Birthday, Molly Weasley! ♥

Joanne K. Rowling:
• Ebay Auction: Own a baseball cap designed and decorated (with a Golden Snitch) by J. K. Rowling.

Harry Potter – Actors and Movies:
• Universal Studios Japan: A Walkthrough of the Wizarding World of Harry Potter's Halloween Events.
• Moleskin Notebooks is creating a Harry Potter line.

Fantastic Beasts – Actors and Movies:
• Eddie Redmayne and Katherine Waterstone discuss the future of the Fantastic Beasts franchise in this video and EW interview.
• Tina (Porpentina Goldstein) and Newt's (Newt Scamander) romance teased as slow build by actors.
• David Heyman discusses production and casting of Fantastic Beasts films. (interview)
• Fantastic Beasts panel at MCM London Comic Con 2016.
• British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) released Fantastic Beasts running time of 2 hours and 13 minutes.
• Dan Vogler (playing Jacob Kowalski) discusses bond between Jacob and Newt and "sad clown" ending.
• Eddie Redmayne debuts new Fantastic Beasts clip with Newt vs. the Niffler.
• Fantastic Beasts official costumes available through Hot Topic.

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child:
• David Yates on if there should be movies made of the Cursed Child. (He's against it. ;)

Prompt Challenges:
• hogwarts365 posted Prompt # 164 (due on or before November 5): Never confuse a single defeat with a final defeat. – F. Scott Fitzgerald, Accurate and Parkin's Pincer.

Harry Potter Halloween Fests:
thank you, potterfests
hp_halloween is posting all day.
hd_fluff is running the HP Fluffy Halloween Fest.
snape_potter is hosting the Halloween Mini Fest.
hp_creatures is running the Hallowen Creature Fest.

Communities:
• rs_small_gifts made a Mod Post about Claiming. (All gifts are claimed.)
• Posting starts today at hp_nextgen_fest.
• hd_writers announced a Word War coming from November 3 to 6.
• rarepair_shorts made a Mod Post: Sign-ups for the Winter Exchange end tonight, October 31, at midnight.

Masterlists and Weekly Round-ups:
• hp_creatures posted the Weekly Round-up 2 of the Harry Potter Creatures Fest.
• hogwarts365 posted the Prompt #163 Masterlist.
• draco100 posted the Prompt #3 Masterlist (the pumpkin patch).

Fandom Recs:
• capitu posted six Harry/Draco recs (1xPG-13, 5xNC-17) with Harry and Draco in non-Ministry jobs and/or in unusual careers.
• capitu recced a Harry/Draco fic. (NC-17)
• kellychambliss recced a Severus Snape/Draco Malfoy fic. (NC-17)
• capitu recced another Harry/Draco fic. (NC-17)
• themightyflynn recced a Lucius/Severus fic. (NC-17)
• toblass recced Severus Snape art. (G)

Resources:
• smirkingcat posted Monday Writing Resources # 17 at hd_writers.
• Pottercast released Episode 262: Leaky Con 2016.
• Schedule of Upcoming Events from October 30 to November 5 at potterfests.
• The SS/HP Prophet from October 23 through 29.
• Media References to Fanfiction for the week ending October 29, 2016.

General Fandom News:
• Today is the last day to sign-up for mini_wrimo. (100 words, 30 days)


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