EDIT: Back from my lack of internet! /EDIT

Just wanted to let everyone know that Kataang Week is coming up! The official one August 19-25th. , , and I are organizing it this year. Feel free to drop off suggestions for prompts in this journal or any of theirs!

For now, see ya'll later! I'll be updating this journal with the prompt suggestions as they come

Prompt Suggestions so far
History
Loss
Elemental Pull
Candle
Light
Breathe
Glory
Destiny
Poppy seed
Passion
Soft
Bliss
Lips
Hippies

The finalized 7 prompts will be posted in all 4 journals in about a week or so~

-Syonanto



A late Half Blood Prince review!

I watched the movie on the second day after it's opening, but just didn't have the same excitement about writing up the review for it. Loved the movie in general, but I thought the beginning and end was pulled off rather half-heartedly.

My favorite scene from the whole movie was the lake scene. Best. Ever. It was so incredibly well done, dare I say even better than what I had imagined from the book?

Tom Riddle was eeeerieeee

Ron's role in this movie made me so much happier- no longer the OOC cranky guy from book 5! Alas, things will probably change for Deathly Hallows, then.

Hermione's anxiousness over Ron's sudden girl-popularity was hilarious.

Harry drunk off of Felix was HILARIOUSSSS. I CRIED WITH LAUGHTER.

"HI!"

I love book Ginny/Harry WAY better than what was done in the movie. Waaay too weird how she kept doing him these favors... first, feeding him, then tying his shoe laces for him... running around in her bathrobe... it freaks me out.
I loved the movie in general, though. Quite disappointed they didn't include Dumbledore's funeral! Or the Occlumency lessons. "No need to say SIR, professor."

And the scene where Greyback and Bellatrix show up at the Weaseley's?
COMPLETELY DIDN'T HAPPEN THAT WAY IN THE BOOK.

The Weaseleys' house is supposed to be under five gazillion spells by the Order to make it untraceable, which is why it's always been safe for Harry to hang there. But toootally randomly somehow halfway through the movie Bellatrix and Greyback (of all the people to team up in a duo) suddenly storm in, provoke people at random and then set the house on fire -______- siiiiiiigh.

This does not bode well for the next movie. I've a feeling they'll be cutting Bill and Fleur's wedding out or something now that the house is charring. Sure, it can be fixed, but it'd be strange since the Weaseleys are supposed to be rather poor.

I think the only reason they threw that fight in is because they completely cut out the professors VS death eaters fight that happens at the end of the book. Which was sad, because Neville was so awesome in those. EVERYONE was awesome in those, and I simply LOVED Ginny's awesomeness in that scene... but nooo, they decided to cut that out too.

Draco Malfoy... my goodness, I cried at Dumbledore's falling, but I think Malfoy almost outdid that one. Almost. Seeing him cry like that at the mirror was exactly the way I imagined. Which made it all the more heart-breaking to see it happening before my eyes rather than having to imagine it from reading the book.

There was a complete lack of Neville in this movie sad. Well, he'll have his golden moment in Deathly Hallows.


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