Harry Potter is one of my main fandoms, and its books and movies have given me entertainment, wisdom and concepts worthy of great thought, and all sorts of emotional rewards (not even counting great fanfiction). But there are some other, unexpected things that have come with the stories.
Quiz: Which Harry Potter Guy Should You Date?
Answer: Ron Weasley
Your perfect “HP” guy is the cute, loyal, and funny redhead that everyone knows and loves — Ron Weasley! Even if he’s a little messy and gets himself into trouble sometimes, he’s an awesome Quidditch player and an even better friend. You definitely need to learn to deal with his crazy family — let’s be honest, five older brothers and a younger sister can get pretty hectic! On the plus side, you’ll totally feel secure with him — he’s always acting brave to protect the people he loves. Not to mention you can always count on him to make you laugh! But beware, it might take a little time for him to make the first move — after all, he didn’t even ask Hermione to the Yule Ball! To find your real-life Ron, look past the most popular guy in school and check out his loyal best friend! Yeah, that guy who was with the class hottie through thick and thin — and even before he was hot! A guy that loyal will be the perfect match for you!
Thoughts: I am fairly certain I’ve filled this quiz out before, but I can’t remember what I got that time. So… yeah. Ron. Cute and loyal… I could see that. I could handle this. And, hey, who doesn’t want to be a Weasley? 🙂
I spent last week ranting about what didn’t work for me in The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug. And while it is still probably my least favorite of all the movies in this current franchise, there was definitely things I loved about it. So to balance out my rantings from last week, here are some of the things I loved.
Quiz: What Nintendo Video Game Character are You?
Answer: Ike
You Are Like Ike! You Are Very Strong and Love to Hangout with Your friends! You also love to Just Relax and eat Snacks 🙂
Thoughts: Oh dear. I don’t know Ike. I have never played Fire Emblem. But he seems like my kind of guy, judging by the description with creative capitalization.
Made for a Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy swap package that I angeled, here’s a bookmark and a stuffie of the green guy:
The fingers and teeth were the hardest part–so intricate and small. But I think it turned out all right in the end.
As a Lord of the Rings fangirl, I loved The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug. But it is my least favorite of all the movies. The first Hobbit movie was so much better in my eyes, even though it gives my friends fits when I say so. I saw the movie twice in theaters and still didn’t feel like I could write a proper review. I felt so let down during the movie. It’s full of great moments I loved (see next week’s list), but my overall feeling each time I walked out of theaters was disappointment. So I waited until I could watch it again at home before writing up a list.
Quiz: What Silmarillion Character Are You?
Answer: Earendil
Thoughts: I don’t know him well enough to know how accurate this comparison is, but I like the guy, so I’m okay with it. I certainly wouldn’t mind Bilbo writing a song about me 😉 Info: http://lotr.wikia.com/wiki/E%C3%A4rendil
Make sure you have plenty of chocolate when you get into this car!
Full disclosure: this belongs to one of the members of my local Harry Potter meetup group 🙂 I thought this was appropriate to post for my July license plate post (happy early birthday to Neville Longbottom, Harry Potter, and J.K. Rowling).
These are fandom shirts I have purchased from Shirt Woot. I don’t buy a lot from there lately (TeeFury gets most of my business lately, because they email me with their t-shirts daily), but I do have some from this company by various artists. I suspect I will do other posts of this sort in the future. I’ve got a shirt-buying problem. LOL
Pinterest has, for some reason, been sending me emails of boards I might like to follow… that have subjects I don’t have any interest in: make-up, fashion, cooking, summer beach fun, travel, etc.
Frequently, they send me great board recommendations, many of them geek-related, though none as spot-on as this particular email I just received that made me laugh:
Haha! Pinterest knows what I’m looking for now. I forgive it for the boring emails it has sent in the past. This makes up for it.
