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Donate at paypal.me/FictionAlley to support our site hosting fees and a reconfiguration of our fic-hosting system and forums.FictionAlleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00039329651295627263noreply@blogger.comBlogger251125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7247725097748611036.post-42500252930275635582020-07-01T10:00:00.000-07:002020-07-01T10:00:04.636-07:00July 1, 2020 <div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">As this fandom enters its third decade, J.K. Rowling has chosen this time to loudly pronounce harmful and disproven beliefs about what it means to be a transgender person. In addition to the distaste we feel for her choice to publish these statements during <span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: red;">P</span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #b45f06;">r</span></span><span style="color: #f1c232; vertical-align: baseline;"><b style="background-color: #f3f3f3;">i</b></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #38761d;">d</span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline;">e<span style="white-space: pre;"> <span style="color: #660000;">M</span></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: cyan; vertical-align: baseline;">o</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #f4cccc; vertical-align: baseline;"><b>n</b></span><span style="vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; color: magenta;">t</span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #9fc5e8; vertical-align: baseline;">h</span> — as well as during a global reckoning on racial injustice — we find the use of her influence and privilege to target marginalized people to be out of step with the message of acceptance and empowerment we find in her books and celebrated by the </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Harry Potter</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> community.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Although it is difficult to speak out against someone whose work we have so long admired, it would be wrong not to use our platforms to counteract the harm she has caused. Our stance is firm: Transgender women are women. Transgender men are men. Non-binary people are non-binary. Intersex people exist and should not be forced to live in the binary. We stand with </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Harry Potter</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> fans in these communities, and while we don’t condone the mistreatment JKR has received for airing her opinions about transgender people, we must reject her beliefs.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">We have seen countless people use the </span><span style="font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Potter</span><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> books and fan fiction to explore their own identities while spreading love and acceptance. We know that this is still possible, and we know that we want to continue to be part of that movement. We are committed to doing better work in our community to uplift and center the people who have been marginalized and create positive change from within our fandom platforms.</span> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">To start, in order to make sure that FictionAlley and its related sites and projects may be safely enjoyed by those who have been targeted, we have unfollowed her Twitter account, and will not RT any content created by her. While we are not removing ads or links through which people can purchase the books, films and merchandise as purchases of secondhand items do not provide a revenue stream to her, we will not be creating new links or promotions for any works that do provide a revenue stream to her as an individual.<br /><br />This marks the beginning of a renewed commitment to supporting the Harry Potter community with conscientiousness and understanding. We will update this page as we develop efforts to elevate and fund-raise in support of fandomers, because fandom is our fandom.<br /><br />Thank you for continuing to visit our site, participate in the fandom that has long belonged to all of us, and help us work to realize the vision of this truly inclusive fandom. If you have input or ideas on how to achieve this, we’d love to hear from you; just comment on this post this month; to mitigate spam issues, we will close the post to comments in early August.</span><br />
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If you are a trans person seeking support, we urge you to do so by calling Trans Lifeline's <a href="https://www.translifeline.org/hotline">peer support hotline</a>.</div>
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<div class="blogger-post-footer">http://www.fictionalley.org - Where creativity is magic!</div>Heidi8http://www.blogger.com/profile/00204251779312051075noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7247725097748611036.post-54947698394037928022020-06-08T19:00:00.000-07:002020-06-09T08:04:04.999-07:00Catching Up (Which We Should Have Done More Of in the Last Few Weeks)<br />
Things are pretty quiet at FictionAlley these days, since we moved in with Archive of Our Own about two years ago. Speaking personally as Heidi for a moment, I've had a very long and complicated 18 months of family losses, and I know many of you have, too. <br />
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But in these past two weeks, we should have at least made a few things clear and prominent on the front page, so please accept my personal apologies for not having done so beforehand. <br />
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Regarding Black Lives Matter and the murder of George Floyd, as well as the attacks on protesters and the murders of Black men and women including Ahmed Arbury and Brionna Taylor, we recommend the resources shared by <a href="https://twitter.com/HealingFictions">Healing Fictions</a>, founded by one of FictionAlley's founding mods, Dr. Ebony Elizabeth Thomas of the University of Pennsylvania. <br />
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And <a href="https://twitter.com/sirens_con/status/1269742719401734144?s=20">here's a reading list</a> curated by our friends at Sirens, and from the <a href="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2020%2F06%2F05%2Fbooks%2Fantiracism-books-race-racism.html%3FreferringSource%3DarticleShare%26fbclid%3DIwAR2aMkUeijB6w1cdD3LUleepbGSeTaHgu64YSvPQSEaXQ9KcYJjAK1DF4YU&h=AT1BaXUluptLFq-9PGDPkbHTroBY4EFZsN2YD3ix_3A70fMF8ule1Gr-9bCTIcFqtQmLXPyrcc_AkVcIGU4z33hda4co2xnsaMbY-crad9xENAsOHdbo3ZhBDzdHcSvbCg&__tn__=%2CmH-y-R&c[0]=AT0KO5NQnGSGB0PWFtLi2n9PBnRw2a1pRhS6cUlthmxqgBB1_0e58aQe3xwbOlWpBN_RBrZeAfUrXQEjAGew1cISXBimovoWg_ml6kwQmYywis1NkKPDCCknRHv_SwjsueA7JyZ8BBTs8G3CviltxZvSGublF-EA5w9fw8Z6jX4c0E0wtssZZtXIJEK8817Z9jYHTuUbV1wNj4qLgYE">NY Times</a>, of books regarding anti-racism, and by women, nonbinary, and trans folks writing SFF works about Black people and Black communities. Black Lives Matter.<br />
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<a href="https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/18pOK3roiwPQ9WF7D2wA0o7Ktr8KwAJeZfn-o6O8T__Y/mobilepresent?fbclid=IwAR0S1wWeNL98iLwvX3KtFKSPAL7lQ3ElP-p1juKcdsOYikJwtKxPDKN2_EA&slide=id.g8628bccfda_0_13">Black Lives Matter Instructional Library</a><br />
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<a href="https://www.vogue.com/article/books-about-racial-inequality-for-children?fbclid=IwAR1H_B4upJO1pwhUY0abMtJuLRV0oWxyirzJWZedpaMaLWs09m-hca0mrJY">17 Books About Racial Inequality for Young Readers</a><br />
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<a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/15H1nzEIbC53OojvsLnlxM2zGYktooOGlOFMZ9xO74zk/edit?fbclid=IwAR2qqT7t0pbsrDtXYwXeW5HIV5psejiETbtGJ_wuhnECFZQLHwHYhTlCY7Q">List Curated By Librarians Sujei Lugo Vázquez & Alia Jones</a><br />
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You can also follow The HP Alliance and <a href="https://twitter.com/blkgirlscreate" target="_blank">BlackGirlsCreate</a> for good conversations, insights and resources.<br />
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Regarding the tweets this past weekend by A Certain Writer, we categorically disagree with her statements, and stand with <a href="https://twitter.com/ArthurALevine1/status/1269653110013734918?s=20">Arthur Levine</a>, US publisher of the Harry Potter series, as well as <a href="https://t.co/AoEVprPWcp?amp=1">Daniel Radcliffe</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/MissDumezweni/status/1269612529816305664?s=20">Noma Dumezweni</a> and many others. If you haven't read what Daniel published via The Trevor Project, we strongly recommend that you do (follow the link above or read the screenshots below). Daniel speaks for us. <br />
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<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">To all the people who now feel that their experience of the books has been tarnished or diminished, I am deeply sorry for the pain these comments have caused you. I really hope that you don’t entirely lose what was valuable in these stories to you. If these books taught you that love is the strongest force in the universe, capable of overcoming anything; if they taught you that strength is found in diversity, and that dogmatic ideas of pureness lead to the oppression of vulnerable groups; if you believe that a particular character is trans, nonbinary, or gender fluid, or that they are gay or bisexual; if you found anything in these stories that resonated with you and helped you at any time in your life — then that is between you and the book that you read, and it is sacred. </span></blockquote>
As author Robin Stevens said, "When we write for children we become part of their lives, in positions of authority. For a children’s author to turn around and publicly deny the humanity of some of the children they write for is not merely cruel, it is a dereliction of duty. It is unprofessional."<br />
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Many of us who came to Harry Potter as tweens, as teens or as 20somethings (as well as those who first read the books at older ages) have lived the impact of those stores for years, decades, even 20 years as it is for me, marking 20 years in the fandom this very month. The fandom is here for all of us, if we want to remain a part of it. We are not obligated to pay any attention to her, but we cannot be silent about the hurt that she has caused, or the ignorance that she has disseminated. Stay safe, Happy Pride, and remember that we love you. <br />
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For more Harry Potter "Things That Have Nothing To Do With" Joanne, here's <a href="https://mashable.com/article/harry-potter-things-to-love-without-jk-rowling/?utm_source=feedly&utm_medium=webfeeds" target="_blank">a great list of links</a> which we found via our friend Jackson Bird, whose memoir, <i><a href="https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Sorted/Jackson-Bird/9781982130756" target="_blank">Sorted</a></i>, we enthusiastically recommend.<br />
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We hope to see you soon. <br />
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Heidi et al<br />
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<div class="blogger-post-footer">http://www.fictionalley.org - Where creativity is magic!</div>Heidi8http://www.blogger.com/profile/00204251779312051075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7247725097748611036.post-60658188773855406782018-07-19T10:30:00.000-07:002018-07-19T10:30:05.747-07:00FictionAlley is moving in with An Archive Of Our Own<br />
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<a href="http://fanlore.org/wiki/FictionAlley">FictionAlle</a>y art and fic and essays are being imported to the <a href="http://archiveofourown.org/" target="_blank">Archive of Our Own</a> (AO3) (although the FictionAlley Park forums will remain here in some form).
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<li><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=7247725097748611036#background">A Backstory</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=7247725097748611036#currentmembers">What this means for creators who have work on FictionAlley</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=7247725097748611036#questions">And what to do if you still have questions</a></li>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib6fQ1aH9lZoTzNGL7u6lEKEb2M6a_gZmRUUEYKhlzfutmuf50JDp50fV5wNv5TWx_bkW37zwmTBexBsuUnDFGHC3ya2dibV0tMJsbOqg6HANejFujH7UFnBWp9lMav-dQd4OtPXi_kNfS/s1600/FictionAlleyMigration-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="528" data-original-width="747" height="226" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib6fQ1aH9lZoTzNGL7u6lEKEb2M6a_gZmRUUEYKhlzfutmuf50JDp50fV5wNv5TWx_bkW37zwmTBexBsuUnDFGHC3ya2dibV0tMJsbOqg6HANejFujH7UFnBWp9lMav-dQd4OtPXi_kNfS/s320/FictionAlleyMigration-1.jpg" width="320" /></a>In JKR's Wizarding World, one comes of age at 17; as FictionAlley reaches its 17th year this week, it's time for the fic and art to move to a larger database - the Archive Of Our Own. Forums/Park posts, blogposts, tutorials and pre-2006 essays will stay at FictionAlley.org.<br />
Open Doors will be working with FictionAlley team to import FictionAlley into a separate, searchable collection on the Archive of Our Own. As part of preserving the archive in its entirety, all fanfiction, fanart and HPInkPot essays currently on FictionAlley will be hosted on the OTW's servers, and embedded in their own AO3 work pages. Eventually, redirects will be set up from the original archive to the AO3 collection.<br />
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We will begin importing works from FictionAlley to the AO3 after August.</div>
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We will send an import notification to the email address we have for each creator. All works archived on behalf of a creator will include their name in the byline or the summary of the work.
All imported works will be set to be viewable only by logged-in AO3 users. Once you claim your works, you can make them publicly-viewable if you choose. No less than 1 month after the import has completed, all unclaimed imported works will be made visible to all visitors. Open Doors will then set up the redirects.
Please <a href="http://opendoors.transformativeworks.org/contact-open-doors/">contact Open Doors</a> with your FictionAlley pseud(s) and email address(es), if:
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<li>You’d like to import your works yourself (including if you don’t have an AO3 account yet).</li>
<li>You would NOT like your works moved to the AO3.</li>
<li>You are happy for us to preserve your works on the AO3, but would like us to remove your name.</li>
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Please include the name of the archive in the subject heading of your email. If you no longer have access to the email account associated with your FictionAlley account, please <a href="http://transformativeworks.org/contact/open%20doors">contact Open Doors</a> and we'll help you out. (If you've posted the works elsewhere, or have an easy way to verify that they're yours, that's great; if not, we will work with the FictionAlley mod to confirm your claims.)
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If you have further questions, visit the <a href="http://opendoors.transformativeworks.org/faq/">Open Doors FAQ</a>, <a href="http://opendoors.transformativeworks.org/contact-open-doors/">contact the Open Doors committee</a>.
We'd also love it if fans could help us preserve the story of <a href="http://fanlore.org/wiki/FictionAlley">FictionAlley on Fanlore</a>. If you're new to wiki editing, no worries! Check out the <a href="http://fanlore.org/wiki/Fanlore:Portal">new visitor portal</a>, or ask the <a href="http://www.transformativeworks.org/contact_us/">Fanlore Gardeners</a> for tips.
We're excited to be able to help preserve FictionAlley!
- The Open Doors team and Heidi, on behalf of the FictionAlley team
<div class="blogger-post-footer">http://www.fictionalley.org - Where creativity is magic!</div>Heidi8http://www.blogger.com/profile/00204251779312051075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7247725097748611036.post-23257962407009249402018-07-13T11:23:00.001-07:002018-07-13T12:21:22.308-07:00Harry Potter Fandom Excitement at SDCC 2018<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY1lV_LlIo_8ORLu_zytXeiRTtPRrcdvf_N6FAxiwUtmWUrEw-kh9wNBYy5R8yBsQoYJBcTovDnpR5UbdzO20WIza5QPgOMTN3gLwOGx0bYLTejZDQzIqcbSQmnrTuY1mJ7KH3u5ZcKowg/s1600/HPSDCC2018.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="Harry Potter at SDCC" border="0" height="160" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY1lV_LlIo_8ORLu_zytXeiRTtPRrcdvf_N6FAxiwUtmWUrEw-kh9wNBYy5R8yBsQoYJBcTovDnpR5UbdzO20WIza5QPgOMTN3gLwOGx0bYLTejZDQzIqcbSQmnrTuY1mJ7KH3u5ZcKowg/s320/HPSDCC2018.jpg" title="Harry Potter at SDCC" width="320" /></a><span style="font-family: inherit;">FictionAlley's Heidi will again be hosting the <a href="http://sched.co/FQpH" target="_blank">Harry Potter fandom panel</a> - but this year, it's on Thursday night at 8:15 pm in Room 6DE.We'll be making some FictionAlley announcements and discussing <span style="background-color: white; color: #212121;">all the magic in and around the Harry Potter/Wizarding World fandom (and canon!) with panelists including journalists Elizabeth Minkel (Fansplaining) and Catherine Horvath (MuggleNet), event organizer Chandrika Moka (Wands Up</span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #212121;"> San Diego), sportsters Dawn Biggs (Hogwarts Running Club) and Jessica Ward (US Quidditch), and creative fans like </span><span style="color: #212121;"><span class="lG" style="outline: transparent dashed 1px;">Eliyannah</span> <span class="lG" style="outline: transparent dashed 1px;">Amirah</span> <span class="lG" style="outline: transparent dashed 1px;">Yisrael</span> (Hermione Granger & the Quarter Life Crisis), </span><span style="color: #212121;">novelist Alexa DeGennaro (Brightly Burning), podcast play producer Mick Ignis (The Great Wizarding War Podcast), podcaster Gary Roby (HarryPotterMinute), playwright Matt Cox (Puffs; Or Seven Increasingly Eventful Years at a Certain School of Magic & Magic). </span></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #212121;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">You can also catch some wizarding magic at WB's Cinema Panel in Hall H on Saturday morning -- we expect <i>Fantastic Beasts </i>cast members to be there -- and at Melissa Anelli's panel on 20 years of Harry Potter on the printed page, on <a href="http://sched.co/FTnP" target="_blank">Saturday afternoon</a>. </span></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #212121;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">We hope to see you there - and make sure you pick up a special badge ribbon and postcard from Heidi if you see her!</span></span></span><br />
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On Sunday, July 23 at 2pm in Room 6BCF (right before the Buffy panel) we’ll talk all things Potter/fandom with <a href="https://tmblr.co/mve7LCmcuJe_QeNGd5leMrQ">@heidi8</a> (FictionAlley, <a href="https://tmblr.co/m3H5KLWzvw3zg9b5d9bmNuw">@transformativeworks</a>), journalist <a href="https://tmblr.co/mKxeq3gVUbkMajO-OqrduCw">@elizabethminkel</a> (New Statesman, <a href="https://tmblr.co/mvO0bxM7-IiZckl6jN5zB4A">@fansplaining</a>), Kat Miller (MuggleNet), educator Dr. Ebony Elizabeth Thomas (the University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education (
<a href="https://www.blogger.com/null">@ebonyteach</a>)), event organizer Adrienne Alwag (Dumbledore's Army [LA]), and creative fans like writer/director/actor Nick Lang (<i>A Very Potter Musical</i>, StarKid Productions (@the-real-team-starkid )), novelist <a href="https://tmblr.co/mDgws4DKSXTUfq8aE98Srxw">@alexadonne</a> (<i>Brightly Burning</i>), fan filmmaker Justin Zagri (<i>Severus Snape and the Marauders</i>), theatrical producer David Carpenter (<i>Puffs; or Seven Increasingly Eventful Years at a Certain School of Magic and Magic</i>), and Jessica Ward of <a href="https://tmblr.co/moY3vsnuNzPiYU7zQZZAFZw">@usquidditch</a> discuss the magic of new canon on stage, on screen, in amusement parks, in libraries, and, of course, online.<br />
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(And if you’re in San Diego next week, please join <a href="https://tmblr.co/m3H5KLWzvw3zg9b5d9bmNuw">@transformativeworks</a> for<a href="http://www.transformativeworks.org/a-meet-up-of-our-own/"> A Meetup Of Our Own</a> on Thursday night at Analog Bar for hosted nibbles (thanks to OTW and the re:Create Copyright Coalition) and a cash bar; <a href="http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3022472">RSVP here</a>!)<div class="blogger-post-footer">http://www.fictionalley.org - Where creativity is magic!</div>Heidi8http://www.blogger.com/profile/00204251779312051075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7247725097748611036.post-20523699239785179412016-11-30T06:52:00.002-08:002016-11-30T06:52:25.520-08:00And we are back!Thanks to our server host, we are on a new server with a brand new motherboard! The DNS is propagating so it may take a few more hours until the Park is fully back up. Please let us know via a comment here or email help@fictionalley.org if anything is still not working mid-afternoon today.<div class="blogger-post-footer">http://www.fictionalley.org - Where creativity is magic!</div>Heidi8http://www.blogger.com/profile/00204251779312051075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7247725097748611036.post-13945588701047537602016-11-29T07:57:00.001-08:002016-11-30T06:49:26.870-08:00ARCHIVED: What happened? Was it Voldemort? Grindlewald? No, it was a crash of the FictionAlley motherboard.<br />
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It happens, and it's nobody's fault, not really. It crashed yesterday morning (EST on Nov. 28) and it's taking a while for it to come back online. First they tried to reboot it, then they realized the motherboard was ruined, and they've been working to put our hard drive onto a new server.<br />
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We don't expect that any content was lost but when it comes back online, we'll check. It's possible a few Park posts may have gone missing, and we know there were awesome conversations taking place then and we hope you can resume the magic when the site is back online.<br />
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None of the links on the right work now. But they will again, soon!<br />
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More info as we have it....<br />
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The good news is, our site host is giving us December for free - which is important because we had <i>plans</i> to ask you for money today, which is #GivingTuesday.<br />
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Our hosting and domain name fees are about $2500 per year; the site mods have been paying more than half of these costs for the last few years, and we bring in a few hundred dollars every year via Google Ad revenue and from people making purchases via our Amazon urls, but we need your support. If you are able to donate ten dollars, twenty dollars, or even fifty dollars or more, it would make a huge impact on FictionAlley's annual costs.<br />
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FA founder Heidi8 will double the first eight donations, as well as all donations on December 8, 2016. Also, if we raise $4000 (to cover the next 18 months of costs/fees) by February 28, 2017, all other donations in 2017 will go to hiring a programmer to rebuild FA's hosting system and forums.<br />
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<br /><div class="blogger-post-footer">http://www.fictionalley.org - Where creativity is magic!</div>Heidi8http://www.blogger.com/profile/00204251779312051075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7247725097748611036.post-44789520091879535132016-09-12T15:27:00.002-07:002016-09-13T04:45:03.879-07:00The Last Two Decades of Pop Culture....<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">FictionAlley and founders Heidi and Flourish were featured in an article at <a href="http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/the_next_20/2016/09/online_harry_potter_fans_transformed_what_it_means_to_love_a_story.html" target="_blank">Slate Magazine</a> this week</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"> that focused on fans as the "New Powers That Be" and talked about </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #281b21; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>Harry Potter</i></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #281b21; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">, the triumph of fandom, and the future of creativity. </span><br />
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<em style="background-color: white; color: #281b21; font-family: sl-Apres, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">Harry Potter</em><span style="background-color: white; color: #281b21; font-family: , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"> launched a phenomenon that’s seldom acknowledged and barely understood, but that’s as powerful and lasting as the books themselves: the first massive internet-born fandom. That fandom and its legacy have transformed today’s cultural landscape—creating new audiences, nurturing new billion-dollar media properties, and forever changing the way creators and consumers interact with each other and with the world.</span></blockquote>
It's been over 15 years since FictionAlley first went live, and we want to thank all of you for being a part of this fandom, and creating this legacy that continues to have fantastic and magical vibrations and unexpected impacts on so many things in pop culture, society and even politics. Let's keep changing the world!<div class="blogger-post-footer">http://www.fictionalley.org - Where creativity is magic!</div>Heidi8http://www.blogger.com/profile/00204251779312051075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7247725097748611036.post-47267648943447676712016-08-25T05:21:00.000-07:002016-08-25T05:21:15.167-07:00Mugglenet Academia<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-family: times, times new roman, serif;">FictionAlley founder Heidi Tandy was a guest on this week's Mugglenet Academia's podcast for </span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19.2px;"><a href="http://www.mugglenet.com/2016/08/mugglenet-academia-lesson-49-rights-copyrights-playwrights-legal-side-rowlings-magic/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #212121; font-family: times, times new roman, serif;">Lesson 49: “Rights, Copyrights, and </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Playwrights - The Legal Side of Rowling’s Ma</span></a></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; line-height: 19.2px;"><a href="http://www.mugglenet.com/2016/08/mugglenet-academia-lesson-49-rights-copyrights-playwrights-legal-side-rowlings-magic/" target="_blank">gic”</a>. </span></span><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 18px; line-height: 28.8px;">The Lesson features a deep dive into publishing and licensing procedures, the impact of a well-drafted contract, relationships between J.K. Rowling. her literary agents and Warner Bros. and the legal frameworks of copyrights and trademarks on merchandising and extended content such as </span><em style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 28.8px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them</em><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 18px; line-height: 28.8px;"> and </span><em style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 28.8px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Cursed Child</em><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 18px; line-height: 28.8px;"> productions and subsequent book productions. What are some of the legal ins and outs associated with all of these projects and who leads it all? Is it Rowling herself, Blair Partnerships, or the Harry Potter Global Franchise Division?</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 18px; line-height: 28.8px;">Click the Play button below to listen, or download via the link above, or access the podcast via <a href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/mugglenet-academia-lesson/id523481044" target="_blank">iTunes</a>. </span></span><br />
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<div class="blogger-post-footer">http://www.fictionalley.org - Where creativity is magic!</div>Heidi8http://www.blogger.com/profile/00204251779312051075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7247725097748611036.post-80284707974275999972016-07-31T00:01:00.000-07:002016-07-31T05:23:12.667-07:00Have you read "Cursed Child" yet? Have you seen it? <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The <i>Cursed Child</i> discussion forum is open in <a href="http://forums.fictionalley.org/park/forumdisplay.php?s=&forumid=262" target="_blank">FictionAlley Park</a> - as of now the <a href="http://forums.fictionalley.org/park/showthread.php?s=&threadid=161627" target="_blank">spoiler policy</a> is in effect until August 10, 2016 but we may change that to August 2.<div>
Was it magical? Was it everything you expected? <a href="http://forums.fictionalley.org/park/forumdisplay.php?s=&forumid=262" target="_blank">Let's flail, squee and discuss it together.</a></div>
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<div class="blogger-post-footer">http://www.fictionalley.org - Where creativity is magic!</div>Heidi8http://www.blogger.com/profile/00204251779312051075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7247725097748611036.post-9923622324419628792016-07-23T14:07:00.002-07:002016-07-23T14:07:51.877-07:00Fantastic Beasts Livecast from SDCCWe are live at the Fantastic Beasts livecast from Leavesden & San Diego Comuc Con - you can follow along at https://www.facebook.com/fantasticbeastsmovie/ for a Q&A with the cast & director -- and some magic, too!<div class="blogger-post-footer">http://www.fictionalley.org - Where creativity is magic!</div>Heidi8http://www.blogger.com/profile/00204251779312051075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7247725097748611036.post-23048773101246149492016-07-08T11:59:00.000-07:002016-07-08T11:59:16.015-07:00The Wizarding World at San Diego Comic-Con<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoeUpHk7QkR-z8TGVPxhpvI8rtBDhDHjMcO34CQMTTrKEuDwULY4Zbi8aDdm0IcUR1u3BLh6WdJgBVXh5t0OS317FqRPyL60STf9Yxjx0tj7N7Nc7Gsy48WNPjW3n-cWSfxo0XnhXoJrKU/s1600/heidi8VC45M2b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="Fantastic Fans SDCC panel 2016" border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoeUpHk7QkR-z8TGVPxhpvI8rtBDhDHjMcO34CQMTTrKEuDwULY4Zbi8aDdm0IcUR1u3BLh6WdJgBVXh5t0OS317FqRPyL60STf9Yxjx0tj7N7Nc7Gsy48WNPjW3n-cWSfxo0XnhXoJrKU/s320/heidi8VC45M2b.jpg" title="Fantastic Fans SDCC panel 2016" width="249" /></a><br />
In July of 2016, fans of Harry Potter & the Wizarding World will get to experience a lot of magic at San Diego's world-famous Comic-Con. <div>
The annual <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/543096459233795/" target="_blank">fandom panel</a> will again feature reps from all corners of fandom talking about canon, magic, fandom, and creativity - and include a pre-show with trivia from Dumbledore's Army of Los Angeles. </div>
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On the Expo Floor, Funko will showcase their new Newt Scamander figure, and many hope <i>Fantastic Beasts</i> will be featured at SDCC in other ways, too! We'll keep you posted!</div>
<div class="blogger-post-footer">http://www.fictionalley.org - Where creativity is magic!</div>Heidi8http://www.blogger.com/profile/00204251779312051075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7247725097748611036.post-33991176668732427642016-06-30T23:53:00.000-07:002016-07-08T11:53:53.215-07:00Fantastic Beasts Featurette<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/V8aYCm6WBHI" width="560"></iframe><div class="blogger-post-footer">http://www.fictionalley.org - Where creativity is magic!</div>Heidi8http://www.blogger.com/profile/00204251779312051075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7247725097748611036.post-35046925321416092702016-06-15T11:51:00.000-07:002016-07-08T11:51:29.192-07:00Leviosa!Witches an<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">d wizards are heading to Las Vegas from July 7 - 10 for a fantastic fan convention, LEVIOSA! Experience a weekend of Harry Potter & YA Literature amazingness–get panels, workshops, meet-ups, performances, special events like our Magical Ball & more! </span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Day passes are still available <a href="http://leviosa.org/" target="_blank">on their site</a>, and at the event at the Green Valley Ranch Resort & Spa in Henderson, NV. </span></span><div class="blogger-post-footer">http://www.fictionalley.org - Where creativity is magic!</div>Heidi8http://www.blogger.com/profile/00204251779312051075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7247725097748611036.post-39996010569945751432016-04-01T00:01:00.000-07:002016-04-01T02:49:35.751-07:00Fantastic 20s and How to Time Travel to Them<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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In honor of the forthcoming release of <i>Fantastic Beasts & Where to Find Them (Pt. 1)</i>, we're reverting to our Wizarding World of the 1920s theme, thanks to lovely artistry from Starling and Priscilla. We're time traveling through over twelve years of fandom, and about 90 years of history, to recapture the fashionable shine of decades past.
(And weren't they prescient? As good at predicting the future and the past as Professor Trelawney!)<div class="blogger-post-footer">http://www.fictionalley.org - Where creativity is magic!</div>Heidi8http://www.blogger.com/profile/00204251779312051075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7247725097748611036.post-71228748178156248852016-03-08T02:51:00.000-08:002016-04-01T02:56:28.208-07:00Fan Film Rec<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSzpEns4mwpM63WPRkgIdPYOLNH7pBWNu3IbwMcdab3iVq-Zv9-dz3K_QA5ssz0PX24e8zspUN4YSYzhbZFfiNIcPJcymYPqagoWjn3LLZDbwcOPlFtuKh9cKWPxL8FmBaqKbSW6bKna_9/s1600/Snape-Marauders-Final2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSzpEns4mwpM63WPRkgIdPYOLNH7pBWNu3IbwMcdab3iVq-Zv9-dz3K_QA5ssz0PX24e8zspUN4YSYzhbZFfiNIcPJcymYPqagoWjn3LLZDbwcOPlFtuKh9cKWPxL8FmBaqKbSW6bKna_9/s200/Snape-Marauders-Final2.jpg" width="133" /></a>Last summer, FA's Heidi moderated the Harry Potter Fandom panel at San Diego's Comic Con; one of her panelists was Justin Zagri, whose fan film - <i>Severus Snape & the Marauders - </i>is now up on YouTube. <a href="https://youtu.be/EmsntGGjxiw" target="_blank">Check it out here</a>, because fan creativity in any medium is <i>magic</i>!<br />
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(Update: Entertainment Weekly <a href="http://bit.ly/1UOUM6N" target="_blank">loved it</a>, too!)<div class="blogger-post-footer">http://www.fictionalley.org - Where creativity is magic!</div>Heidi8http://www.blogger.com/profile/00204251779312051075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7247725097748611036.post-53481825517075722732016-01-14T11:58:00.000-08:002016-01-14T13:04:02.902-08:00RIP Alan RIckman
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Today, we lost our beloved Alan Rickman to cancer, and we raise our wands in his memory. <br><br>
Our friends at the HP Alliance memorialized him, magically; they speak for us: <br><br>
<blockquote>"This is what we’re about. The idea that story can change the world is at the heart of what we do and how we do it.<br><br>
"But before we were building an organization, planning campaigns, or sharing in the power of story and the power of love with a community built on both, we were reading and watching Harry Potter. We were being enchanted by actors like Alan Rickman, who brought our very favorite story to life with incomparable commitment and skill. To think about the films is to think about that inimitable sneer, that drawl nobody can ever unhear.<br><br>
"Those performances and their impact never faded. In the past month alone, we’ve seen references to Alan Rickman’s Snape in puppet shows and lyrics, from Yule Balls to Draco and the Malfoys’ house show. And in the years before that? Too many good times to count. We don’t think Alan could possibly know exactly how many or exactly how grateful we are.<br><br>
The truest thing Severus Snape ever said was simple: “It’s real for us.” It all is: the message, the memories, the magic. The best way to move forward is to carry that with us.<br><br>
"If that first potions scene struck fear - or anger - into your heart, if Alan Rickman’s immaculate portrayal made you feel something, to want to do something, to want to be kinder and to never abuse your power over those in your care and to stick it to the man, that was real. It is real. The power of a community coming together in a time of darkness and creating light is real, too. Don’t lose sight of it. Use it to change the world."</blockquote><br><br>
FictionAlley was founded on the belief that creativity is magic; Alan - Professor Rickman - showcased creativity and magic in all he did. Our thoughts are with his family and friends today - and also with all of you. Our grief is real, legitimate and worthy of sharing within our fandom community. <br><br>
And also, FUCK CANCER.<div class="blogger-post-footer">http://www.fictionalley.org - Where creativity is magic!</div>Heidi8http://www.blogger.com/profile/00204251779312051075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7247725097748611036.post-63579203639565080372015-12-15T03:04:00.002-08:002015-12-15T03:06:47.703-08:00Return to the Wizarding World<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en">
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The Announcement Trailer for <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/FantasticBeasts?src=hash">#FantasticBeasts</a> is here.
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— Fantastic Beasts (@FantasticBeasts) <a href="https://twitter.com/FantasticBeasts/status/676718109827330048">December 15, 2015</a></blockquote>
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If you can't see the video and/or want some specific analysis, <a href="pottermo.re/WdNerb ">Pottermore has, well, more</a>. <div class="blogger-post-footer">http://www.fictionalley.org - Where creativity is magic!</div>Heidi8http://www.blogger.com/profile/00204251779312051075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7247725097748611036.post-55404690967265490752015-12-10T15:01:00.000-08:002015-12-10T16:16:46.779-08:00Five Days Til the FB Trailer!<div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 20px; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Garamond; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 23px;">We just heard from WB that the "announcement trailer" for “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them” will debut on December 15, 2015; a teaser for the announcement is already live at </span><span style="color: purple; font-family: Garamond; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 23px; position: relative; z-index: 0;"><a href="http://bit.ly/FantasticBeastsAnnouncementTrailerTease" style="color: purple; font-size: 10pt; position: relative; z-index: 0;" target="_blank">http://bit.<wbr></wbr>ly/<wbr></wbr>FantasticBeastsAnnouncementTra<wbr></wbr>ilerTease</a>. </span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Garamond; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 23px; position: relative; z-index: 0;">Are you as excited as we are to watch the wizarding world expand before our eyes?</span></div>
<div class="blogger-post-footer">http://www.fictionalley.org - Where creativity is magic!</div>Heidi8http://www.blogger.com/profile/00204251779312051075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7247725097748611036.post-12961213587972315182015-11-04T10:05:00.002-08:002015-11-04T10:05:22.800-08:00Fic Prompt. Art Prompt. Meta Prompt. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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That's Eddie Redmayne as Newt.<br />
On the floor is the Seal of the Magical Congress of the United States.<br />
And <a href="http://forums.fictionalley.org/park/forumdisplay.php?s=&forumid=261" target="_blank">here</a> is the forum to discuss anything and everything related to <i>Fantastic Beasts</i>.<br />
Our <a href="http://forums.fictionalley.org/fics/search.php?spoiler_FB=on&order_by=updated_date+DESC" target="_blank">archives</a> already host dozens of fics inspired by JKR's 2001 <i>Fantastic Beasts</i> schoolbook - and we look forward to seeing what the movie - and ancillary stories - inspire!<div class="blogger-post-footer">http://www.fictionalley.org - Where creativity is magic!</div>Heidi8http://www.blogger.com/profile/00204251779312051075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7247725097748611036.post-51227606869423566942015-11-03T11:16:00.001-08:002015-11-03T11:16:45.990-08:00JK Rowling's Wizarding World Presents: <br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The tagline on their tumblr is "</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 24px;">Prepare yourself, for the beasts are coming…."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">To quote our friend MarkDoesStuff: </span><i style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We are not prepared!</i></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You can now follow <i>Fantastic Beasts</i> all over social media:</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial;">FB Official Site – </span><a href="http://fantasticbeasts.com/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #6b006d;">FantasticBeasts.com</span></a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial;"> </span><wbr style="background-color: white; font-family: arial;"></wbr><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial;">FB Facebook Page – </span><a href="http://fb.com/FantasticBeastsMovie" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #6b006d;">FB.com/FantasticBeastsMovie</span></a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial;">FB Instagram - </span><a href="https://instagram.com/fantasticbeastsmovie/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">@FantasticBeastsMovie</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial;">FB Twitter - </span><a href="https://twitter.com/FantasticBeasts" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0000e9;">@FantasticBeasts</span></a><span style="font-family: "arial";"><span style="font-size: small;">FB Tumblr – </span></span><a href="http://fantasticbeastsofficial.tumblr.com/" style="color: #1155cc; font-size: 14px;" target="_blank">http://<wbr></wbr>fantasticbeastsofficial.<wbr></wbr>tumblr.com</a><span style="font-size: 14px;">/</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-size: 14px;">Go forth and follow, reblog, like, bookmark and get ready, because the Beasts are coming, a year from this month. </span></div>
<div class="blogger-post-footer">http://www.fictionalley.org - Where creativity is magic!</div>Heidi8http://www.blogger.com/profile/00204251779312051075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7247725097748611036.post-80973579944282450082015-10-30T03:36:00.002-07:002015-10-30T03:36:47.356-07:00Cursed Child UpdateTickets go on sale this morning (UK/US time) for <i>Harry Potter & the Curesed Child</i>, which opens on the London stage late next spring - and <a href="http://forums.fictionalley.org/park/forumdisplay.php?s=&&forumid=260" target="_blank">we've opened a thread for discussion</a> of rumors, clues from the summary, and eventually, "canon-chat" - <a href="http://forums.fictionalley.org/park/showthread.php?s=&threadid=161412" target="_blank">including a new poll</a>. We'll have a Googledoc soon where you can list the dates you're going, so you can coordinate for dinner between the shows with fellow fandomers.<br />
Did you get tickets during the pre-sale, or are you trying today (or both)?<br />
What do you think of the play summary?<br />
<br /><div class="blogger-post-footer">http://www.fictionalley.org - Where creativity is magic!</div>Heidi8http://www.blogger.com/profile/00204251779312051075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7247725097748611036.post-65054411131318768352015-10-28T06:29:00.002-07:002015-10-28T06:29:32.453-07:00This Is Halloween!For all Harry Potter fans, it's a day of mixed feelings -yes, Voldemort killed James and Lily on Halloween (and Petttigrew killed a lot of Muggles on November 1) but it's also the<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 1px; background-color: white; color: #454545; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 21px;"> anniversary of Ron and Harry getting over themselves and becoming best friends with Hermione. Plus, </span>cosplaying as your favorite witch<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"> or wizard is awesome - and giving sherbet lemons to Trick or Treaters is magical.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">This year, alongside The Harry Potter Alliance, we’re throwing a big, virtual Halloween party with no beginning, no end, no IRL location, and a lot of fun!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Like all great parties, this one doesn’t exist in a certain time or space. To attend the party, all you have to do is share your Halloween costume or recent cosplay in honor of our <a href="http://salsa3.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=M4ZXM8HpTfm4u9KwPeI1zd8SY0MhXCne" style="border: 0px; color: #238db1; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 1px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Fan Works Are Fair Use campaign</a>. FWAFU sets out to stand up for all the ways fans channel their love of their favorite stories into new creations, from fanfiction to fan art and beyond. One of our favorite forms of fan creation is cosplay - what better time to show off all of our creative interpretations of our favorite characters than Halloween?</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>It’s pretty simple:</b> take a photo in costume (this is even easier if you’re heading out to a party this weekend - just snap a picture on your way out or once there!), encourage the world to sign up at <a href="http://salsa3.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=TxeVGQc691aR1IVdaXN9LWBHThagHz4i" style="border: 0px; color: #238db1; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 1px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">fanworksarefairuse.org</a> by including the url and a call to action in your caption, and tag us (we’re thehpalliance and <a href="http://twitter.com/fictionalley" target="_blank">fictionalley</a> just about everywhere). We even have <a href="http://salsa3.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=GL%2BeA9adbYRbLBbinI6JM98SY0MhXCne" style="border: 0px; color: #238db1; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 1px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">a nifty frame</a> you can add to your photo for maximum spookiness. Bonus points for recruiting your friends at IRL Halloween parties.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">We’ll be celebrating from now until Halloween, so get your photos ready! Whatever your fandom, we want to see it - especially if you've done a crossover between Harry Potter and Lin-Manuel Miranda's <i>Hamilton</i> musical, or one of the stories by Harry Potter fans like Rainbow Rowell (<i>Simon Snow</i> series aka Carry On), Lev Grossman (<i>Magicians</i> series), Cassie Clare (<i>Mortal Instruments</i> series) or <a href="http://www.aimeecarter.com/" target="_blank">Aimee Carter</a> (<i>Goddess </i>series). </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Fanworks Are Fair Use and Creativity Is Magic have been the missions and themes at FictionAlley since we were founded. We are proud to stand with The HP Alliance to protect fanworks and fan creativity. </span></span></div>
<div class="blogger-post-footer">http://www.fictionalley.org - Where creativity is magic!</div>Heidi8http://www.blogger.com/profile/00204251779312051075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7247725097748611036.post-50746868504629114162015-10-25T09:30:00.000-07:002015-10-30T03:36:59.838-07:00Cursed Child Ticket Sale<div class="tr_bq">
H<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-small;">arry Potter is coming to the London Stage! </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 1.5em;">Based on an original new story by </span><span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 1.5em;">J.K. Rowling</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 1.5em;">,</span><span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 1.5em;"> Jack Thorne</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 1.5em;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 1.5em;">and</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 1.5em;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 1.5em;">John Tiffany</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 1.5em;">,</span><span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 1.5em;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Harry Potter and the Cursed Child</em></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 1.5em;">, a new play by</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 1.5em;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 1.5em;">Jack Thorne</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 1.5em;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 1.5em;">will receive its world premiere in London’s West </span></div>
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End at the Palace Theatre in the summer of 2016. <a href="http://www.harrypottertheplay.com/ticket-information/" target="_blank">Tickets go on sale to the general public on October 30, 2015.</a><br />
<b>ETA Oct. 28, 2015: </b>Tickets through September 20, 2016 are mostly sold out. Tickets for performances from September 21, 2016 to January 8, 2017 are now on sale if you preregistered for the pre-sale and will be on sale to the general public on October 30, 2015 if any are still available.<br />
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<em style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">It was always difficult being Harry Potter and it isn’t much easier now that he is an overworked employee of the Ministry of Magic, a husband and father of three school-age children.</span></em><em style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">While Harry grapples with a past that refuses to stay where it belongs, his youngest son Albus must struggle with the weight of a family legacy he never wanted. As past and present fuse ominously, both father and son learn the uncomfortable truth: sometimes, darkness comes from unexpected places.</span></em></blockquote>
<div class="blogger-post-footer">http://www.fictionalley.org - Where creativity is magic!</div>Heidi8http://www.blogger.com/profile/00204251779312051075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7247725097748611036.post-78880652979189532692015-07-19T06:51:00.002-07:002015-07-19T06:51:23.716-07:00Positive FandomThis summer, we've worked with the HP Alliance as they've drafted guidelines that support positive fandom interactions; FictionAlley's been around a long time, and we've seen a lot of discussions over the past fourteen-plus years about issues in and impacting fandomers and fandom; sometimes that gets in the way of creativity and sharing, and sometimes it silences voices, words and insightful contributions.<br />
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We agree with the idea shared by the HPA this month - <span style="background-color: white; color: #423e3f; font-family: 'Open Sans', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"><i>We want our community and all others like it to be safe, constructive, positive spaces.</i></span> - so we've read the guidelines at <a href="http://thehpalliance.org/positivefandom/" target="_blank">PositiveFandom</a>; we hope that we've always followed the principles and concepts<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"> articulated within those statements, and we know you tell us when we don't. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">We know that "f<span style="background-color: white; color: #423e3f; line-height: 20px;">andom is home to endless perspectives on and interpretations of a common material," - that concept is why FictionAlley was founded - and if you're interested in signing onto supporting the guidelines too, that would be magical and awesome. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #423e3f; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 20px;">And if you're going to be at <a href="http://www.geekycon.com/" target="_blank">GeekyCon</a> in Orlando on August 1 (the event goes from July 30 to August 2), <a href="http://geekycon2015.sched.org/mobile/#session:ddad0ad72bebac5976d9b338f0713e44" target="_blank">Heidi will be talking about legal issues</a> involving fandom, fanworks and fandomers - including the importance of terms of use that include principles like those included in the Positive Fandom guidelines; come by and say hi! </span></span><div class="blogger-post-footer">http://www.fictionalley.org - Where creativity is magic!</div>Heidi8http://www.blogger.com/profile/00204251779312051075noreply@blogger.com