Well, it took six years but I've finally got an idea for a piece of Harry Potter slash fiction. It involves Crabbe and Goyle, Polyjuice potion, and whatever Slytherin first-years they were duping into giving them bits of themselves when C&G had to guard the Room of Requirement for Malfoy. Bex is right, the Room of Requirement is the slash fiction location. It's positively fraught.

Serenity Rose: currently moulting.

I really like Book Six. I tend to underestimate it every time I go into it, on account of there being no story. But I enjoy the Voldemort Godfather II stuff more and more each time I read it - it's just so well-authored and evocative. Plus it really makes me look forward to what they could do with it in the movie, particularly if they can work some digital whamma jamma to slowly move from Christian Coulson to Ralph Fiennes over the course of the film. Besides, the present-day stuff in HBP is just so unremittingly fun. I kinda respect that about old JK: after the sheer psychological punishment of Book Five, she stepped it back a notch and let us have one last good time before what is sure to be the sheer psychological punishment of Book Seven. Lo, shall we look back upon these days with fondness.

Potterfied Mamo be here.

DH minus 177. Slightly ahead of where I wanted to be, but there are worse things.