tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-01:182475 I'd be ready when my feet touched ground sunnyskywalker 2024-09-13T03:22:51Z tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-01:182475:177560 2024-09-13T03:22:51Z 2024-09-13T03:22:51Z thoughtful public 0 I keep trying not to let my hopes about <cite>The Rings of Power</cite> get too high, and it keeps surprising me by being supremely good at most of the things I like about a show. Do I have nitpicks? Sure, but nothing critical yet. And it does some things <em>so well</em>. <span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">(&nbsp;</b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://sunnyskywalker.dreamwidth.org/177560.html#cutid1">Minor spoilers.</a></b><b class="cut-close">&nbsp;)</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=sunnyskywalker&ditemid=177560" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-01:182475:138010 2015-08-25T04:31:43Z 2015-08-26T01:03:42Z mischievous public 8 I blame <span style='white-space: nowrap;'><a href='https://condwiramurs.dreamwidth.org/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='https://condwiramurs.dreamwidth.org/'><b>condwiramurs</b></a></span> and <span style='white-space: nowrap;'><a href='https://www.dreamwidth.org/profile?user=terri_testing'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='https://www.dreamwidth.org/profile?user=terri_testing'><b>terri_testing</b></a></span>, who have had all sorts of interesting analyses on various topics lately. Including just what Dumbledore's deal is, to conceal and abet so much bullying and straight-up crimes and then sigh nobly about how sad it is that young men keep making such terrible mistakes. (One recent example <a href="http://deathtocapslock.livejournal.com/308676.html">here</a>, but they're all good.)<br /><br />So have a short fic exploring how such an internal conflict might look, one class period in the mid-1940s...<br /><br /><strong><big>Lessons in Immortality</big></strong><br />Fandom: Harry Potter (<a href="http://sunnyskywalker.dreamwidth.org/79402.html">Disclaimer</a>)<br />Characters: Albus Dumbledore, Tom Riddle<br />Categories: Gen, PG<br />Word Count: 972<br />Summary: Albus is determined that his NEWT alchemy students not be lured onto any of the tempting, dark paths to immortality. Especially not Tom Riddle.<br /><br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">(&nbsp;</b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://sunnyskywalker.dreamwidth.org/138010.html#cutid1">Read more...</a></b><b class="cut-close">&nbsp;)</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=sunnyskywalker&ditemid=138010" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments