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I've been browsing/reading through day 1 of the court transcript's and look what I stumbled across:


"But there was more on Lupin. And again, it should have been easy to anyone writing a -- genuinely attempting to write a guide. I know that I've said publicly that Remus Lupin was supposed to be on the H.I.V. metaphor. It was someone who had been infected young, who suffered stigma, who had a fear of infecting others, who was terrified he would pass on his condition to his son. And it was a way of examining prejudice, unwarranted prejudice towards a group of people. And also, examining why people might become embittered when they're treated that unfairly." - J.K. Rowling


So, is this really the way JKR sees Remus? If so, then the argument for Sirius/Remus is even stronger, given the misguided yet still popular connection between AIDS and homosexuality.

I must say, I'm finding the court transcripts to be full of information I just didn't know about the HP series, and also the ideas of creative property and such. It's a good read, if you care about this sort of thing.

http://www.the-leaky-cauldron.org/2008/4/22/jkr-wb-vs-rdr-books-trial-complete-transcripts - For all of the transcripts, although I'm just looking at day 1 for now. Thanks again to ice_is_blue for the links and helpful commentary on the court case. ^_^*

EDIT: FUCK, I NEED A DAMN BSG ICON. :(

Okay, lots of stuff happened recently. So, fandom things first? YES.

I must go and read all of hd_worldcup. I mean, the amount of talent there is consistently blowing me away. So, before I leave for this semester, I'm going to have to print it all out and get some binders to continue my binded system of cataloging great HD fics.

Specifically, everyone look at this: http://hdworldcup.onnedhiel.net/teamfanon/these_five_years.html - Team Fanon outdid themselves this time, I must say. ^_^* Although, I didn't have sound, so I can only wonder if there was sound or not. :P

ALSO. I must start binding fics from other fandoms. I started looking through randomly printed out fics in my room the past few days, and I gotta say, DAMN. Some of that shit is FUCKING GOOD. Particularly some of the RoyEd, KuroFai, Sasunaru, and wincest. YES. <3

Apparently, remixredux08 is now open, and again I missed signups. I swear to God, I am going to start finding these things early enough to do them. Remixredux rocks b/c of things like this: http://community.livejournal.com/remixredux08/77419.html#cutid1 !! ^_^*

Oh, other fics I need to bind are what Maya's been putting out on her LJ. Like seriously and pawhat.

This whole finding fics thing makes me think I should keep an ongoing list of fic recs. It's getting to be that point now. I think I've still got someone on some HD comm waiting for some recs from me. I guess I should do that. :P

I was about to list more fics I need to get, and then I was like, fuck it. Too long.

ITACHI IS REALLY GOOD. I am alternating between this sucking and rocking. I think it more sucks. I'd have liked him to be selfish, now I'm prepared for some martyr shit that we get from everyone all the time. Le sigh.

Did there used to be an amazing weekly drabble thingy comm? Did this used to be in existence? awdt must be joined by me. YES. I'm joining and writing some fucking drabbles. DAMMIT. -_-;;

And my original thingy needs to get worked on, Sa and I thought up the most awesomest plot ever for it, and I need to edit the beginning and write about ten two-page essays for class tomorrow. Also, I'm supposed to be running around campus putting up flyers now, but we can all see that I'm clearly not doing that.

Downloading BSG and SPN is a pain in the ass. Also, it sucks when the pics from Tsubasa and xxxHolic don't save properly. Also, I need to make more AMVs. Also, I think I pissed off my therapist today. I told him he did nothing to help me in any way. Oh well. I've only got three free sessions left this year anyway. We'll see how it goes.

Also!! Neil Gaiman comments on the JKR lawsuit here: http://journal.neilgaiman.com/2008/04/fair-use-and-other-things.html. Personally, I feel like JKR should stop being so fucking irritating. Does she honestly think any HP realted book that she writes is NOT going to sell? Come on. I'm more likely to ignore his book and buy hers, even if his comes out first. She's being petty and anti her own fans, just like when she bitched about fanfic. Shut the fuck up and deal with the side-effects of fame, moron. *headdesk*

Not lj-cutting b/c I feel like spamming everyone. Especially since SOMEONE *coughkyosanimebitchcough* put up horrible Bleach cosplay pics that NO ONE WANTS TO SEE. -_-;;

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