The end days ...

[blamebrampton]

... may well be nigh, as I have now agreed with George W Bush twice in recent weeks, first on Burma and now on the Dalai Lama.

This short comic had me giggling like a nutter. hpdm4ever recced it and I had to follow. She is right and wise and it will make you smile even if the Snarry is as the anthrax to you.

In very happy news, the wonderful leochi has drawn and painted Albus and Scorpius, and they are just beautiful. You can see her images here and here and here. She is a genius at capturing young expressions; take a look at her original narrative through images in other recent posts; it is nothing less than delightful.

I'm sure I had some deep and meaningful reason for posting tonight, but I was distracted by the cat being feeble and needy and keeping me up far too late ...

Comments

[norton-gale.livejournal.com]

My Machiavellian side is sadly underdeveloped.

And re Sansa...mmmm, yes! I was really happy when I first discovered her fics.

Reading good writers leads to better writing, I think.. it's like nurturing yourself by eating a well-prepared, nourishing meal.

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

That is such a good analogy! I agree with you wholeheartedly. My happy Sansa news is that I still have a number of her completed fics yet to read; I'm doling them out like chocolate eggs after Easter.

Alas, my Machiavellian side sometimes threatens to take over the universe. I regularly thwart myself. When you grow up spending many hours sitting around communes waiting for adults to stop inspecting their navels, the only choices available to you are despair or evil. And evil is so much more fun.

[norton-gale.livejournal.com]

Evil is preferable to utter despair, true.

"A Mile in His Shoes" is one of my favorites - full of wonderful orginal characters, and with a gorgeously-described setting. It's on so many rec lists- and for good reason.

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

Evil is preferable to utter despair, true.
As I patiently explained to my friends as a teenager: "Why be suicidal when you're not the problem? If you really feel someone deserves to die, surely you should be killing the person who's making you feel like this?" I'd hasten to point out that my friends were generally not in possession of guns.

Oh no ... I just read the first paragraph and am hooked, but I need to go to sleeeeeeeeep!

[norton-gale.livejournal.com]

Fanfic is the enemy of sleep! ;)

Pleasant dreams.