A quick thought on the punch vs slap dichotomy

I'm irked about the punch vs slap, because in the book, it actually showcases something about Draco's character which will be transformed in the movie into something entirely different. She slaps him, he walks away. Whether he does this because you don't voluntarily touch a Mudblood for any reason whatsoever, or because you don't hit girls even if they're Mudbloods, or because he really does have a massive crush on her that he's unwilling to admit, even to himself, that's completely lost in the film, where she punches him hard enough to require Crabbe and Goyle to carry him off (but his nose isn't bleeding? What's up with that?).


Oh, and does anyone still have my "Does Lucius Know?" D/Hr icon from around the release of CoS? I can't find it and would love to get it back...

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I was asked overnight for a link so someone could buy West Wing Season Two on dvd via Amazon in an FA-supporting way, so I created this for her.

For anyone - if you want to buy something from Amazon and help FA, you can use the following process:

1. Go to the product on Amazon. Look at the ASIN or ISBN number - it should be the number after the slash after either ASIN or ISBN in the url.

2. Copy that number and paste it in the blank part of this url: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/ /fictionalley-20/103-5023706-3049451

3. Paste the full url, including that ASIN or ISBN, into your address section of your browser window. And you'll be able to buy the product while helping FA (we get a larger commission for books than for other stuff, at least for the time being...)

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Leaky is over bandwith - by 250% for the month, at least! So at least for now, you can get updates as to our status, and still see the stills from the trailer and get the trailer itself, via leaky_inc - it's leftover from our Get A Clue fundraiser back in 2002!

Share the info, please?

TLC is back up!

Crossposted from Leaky itself.

Most of you probably noticed that we were completely shut down this morning; this is by no means a negative reflection on our wonderful site hosts, Mantissa.net, who do all they do for us for free - because they too are HP and TLC fans - and always provide attentive assistance when we need it.

No, it just meant we went more than 230 GB over our monthly allowance of bandwidth. We are looking into storage solutions for our higher-res files, and optimizing everything (you'll notice the java/animated elements on this page have been flattened for now), and will keep you updated on the goings-on in that area.

It also means we're probably going to have to take down the shot-by-shot until we can mirror it on some other sites, so we don't overload the server again. We'll let you know.

If we do go down again, we have a backup LiveJournal (right here at leaky_inc), which we encourage you to bookmark and/or friend.

We'd also like to thank Jeff from HPANA for helping us out getting the word out about our down time.