The Daily Snitch - Weekend Edition, December 11, 2016

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Joanne K. Rowling:
• J.K. Rowling and Eddie Redmayne chat at 'Fantastic Beasts' Gala Screening at Carnegie Hall. (video)
• Hermione Grange tops list of 50 favourite fictional female characters in a survey of the Hollywood Reporter. (more info)

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child:
• 'Cursed Child' script officially amazon's bestselling book of 2016.
• Paul Thornley on playing Ron Weasley.

Harry Potter – Actors and Movies:
• Daniel Radcliffe on cover shoots for L'Officiel Hommes, and GQ Brazil magazines.
• Warner Bros Studio Tour London offers Valentine Dinner in the Great Hall.
• A Celebration of Harry Potter 2017 at Universal Studios Orlando Resort take place January 27-29, 2017. (special guests, events, tickets and vacation packages now online on site)
• Short review from the 'Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone' Live Concert, performed by the Minnesota Orchestra.
• Muggle.net reviews LEGO Harry Potter Collections.

Fantastic Beasts – Actors and Movies:
• 'Fantastic Beasts' wins won Editor's Award at the 2016 Evening Standard British Film Awards.
• Exclusive Chat with Unique Vintage on the 'Fantastic Beasts' Collection.
• Muggle.net's review of the 'Fantastic Beasts' original screenplay.
• 'Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them' eBook coming soon. Proceeds go to charity.
• Dan Fogler and Bonnie Wright opened 'Fantastic Beasts' exhibit at the Warner Bros Studio Tour in Hollywood.

Prompt Challenges:
• hogwarts365 posted Prompt # 170 (due on or before December 17): "War made the state, and the state made war” ― Charles Tilly, Charlie Weasley and Metamorphose.
• slythindor100 posted prompt #10 and #11 for the '25 Days of Draco and Harry' Challenge.

Communities:
• hp_mhealthfest posted the Rules and Timeline of the 2017 Harry Potter Mental Health Fest.
• sceasleycest posted the Week 3 Prompt Post.
• hd_owlpost made a Mod Post about updating the publication date on AO3.

Masterlists and Weekly Round-ups:
• hogwarts365 posted the Prompt #169 Masterlist.
• smutty_claus posted the Sunday Recap: Dec 5 to10.
• Daily Deviant posted the Kinky Kristmas Round-up #1
• snape_potter posted the Wrap-up of Week 1 of the Secret Snarry Swap.
• dhr_advent posted the Advent 2016 Round-up #1.
• hd_owlpost posted the Fest Round-up #1.
• hd_erised posted Weekly Round-up #2.

Hot Recs:
• Weeds or Wildflowers by anonymous at hd_erised (Harry/Draco; NC-17, 17500 words)
Summary: A perfect match, a romance for the ages, with a one hundred percent success rate! Magic Match claims they can give Draco all of this. So why do they keep sending him on dates with Harry Potter?

• 1,000 Points from Gryffindor by anonymous at hd_erised (Harry/Draco; NC-17, 25000 words)
Summary: The story of how Harry Potter single-handedly lost Gryffindor the House Cup while attempting to have a “normal” year at Hogwarts. Featuring Harry's suspicious nature turned up to eleven again, a new DADA teacher who is so not here for Harry’s fame, multiple detentions, Slytherins being sneaky, Hufflepuffs being sneakier, and the mystery of Draco Malfoy's hoodie because seriously Hermione who gave that to him and is he wearing it just to torment me? This is ridiculous!

Fandom Recs:
• Amelia recced six Draco Malfoy/Hermione Granger fics (5 x R, PG-13, one fic rec links to a member-only archive).
• amorette recced a Harry/Draco fic (NC-17).
• amorette recced Harry/Draco art (PG-13).
• amorette recced another Harry/Draco fic (NC-17).
• gracerene recced two Harry/Draco fics, here (NC-17) and here.
• kellychambliss recced Minerva McGonagall/Rolanda Hooch fic (PG-13) and art (NC-17).
• kellychambliss recced two Hermione Granger/Severus Snape works of art (NC-17 and G, resp.).
• nerak_rose recced Harry/Draco fic (R) and art (PG-13).
• nia_kantorka recced a Harry Potter/Scorpius Malfoy fic (R).
• nia_kantorka recced Draco Malfoy art (R).
• toblass recced Severus Snape/Sirius Black art (G).
• toblass recced more Severus Snape/Sirius Black art (G).
• themightyflynn recced a Regulus Black/Severus Snape fic (G).
• vaysh recced three Harry/Draco fics (G, PG, R) and one work of art (NC-17ish).

Searches:
• catreader posted a search for Draco/Gellert Grindelwald or Draco/Newt Scamander fic.
• Final Days daily_snitch is looking for your recs (fic, art, podfic, meta ...) for the Special Edition: Roxanne Weasley.

Resources:
• Schedule of Upcoming Events from December 11 – 17 at potterfests.
• The SS/HP Prophet from December 4 to 10, 2016.
• Media References to Fanfiction for the week ending December 10,

Essay/Meta:
• Kayti Burt wrote How Harry Potter Shaped Modern Internet Fandom, Den of Geeks, December 2, 2016.

General Fandom News:
• OTW Guest Post: Antonia talks about what it’s like to volunteer for Comiket a major dōjinshi convention held in Japan.

Nifty:
• A newly discovered spider has been named after a Hogwarts founder: “Eriovixia gryffindori”.


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