crosspost: my most popular meta! [Sep 2014]

...somehow. I wrote it as a grumpy middle of the night rant, a bnf friend reblogged it, even more bnf-ish bnfs reblogged it from her, and by the point MuggleNet reblogged it I was just o_O.

Still stand by it, though.

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crosspost: on Harry's gifts [Oct 2014]

An anon on Tumblr asked, in response to this post:

But was Harry gifted because he was gifted or did it seem he was gifted because he had a part of Voldemorts soul in him, transferring many of Voldys powers to him, which could include excelling at the Dark Arts

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crosspost: Kuvira squee! [Nov 2014]

jubaah (/crocordile) asked at Tumblr:

please tell me about kuvira. who is she and why is she amazing?

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crosspost: Cesare and Kuvira [Nov 2014]

Kuvira reminds me of Cesare Borgia, a lot. And this is why.

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crosspost: Elizabeth Lev's biography of Caterina Sforza [Nov 2014]

Overall: eh.

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crosspost: Gondor's population [Dec 2014]

I could be working on my paper, but alternately I could try and figure out a rough estimate of the populations of Gondor!

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crosspost: reasons I write always-a-girl [originally Dec 2012]

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crosspost: Wickham and Georgiana [Sep 2015]

One of my favourite pieces of characterization in P&P is a single phrase in Darcy’s letter–about Wickham.
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crosspost: quotes about Gondorians and appearance [Oct 2015]

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crosspost: on the Bingleys' status [Oct 2015]

Something I’ve always found really interesting is the way in which we see the uncertainty of the Bingleys’ social status.

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crosspost: Dúnedain & Elves again [October 2015]

I’ve complained about this before and will complain about it again:

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crosspost: Gondor analogues [April 2014]

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