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Wolfen Moondaughter is on the editorial board for the comics industry webzine Sequential Tart for which she has written since late 2001. She's also written for Newtype USA, contributed to Andy Mangel's book Animation on DVD, self-published a novel (Memory of the Brightwing), and one of her short stories, "Chase", is due to be published soon as the title story in an anthology from Wapshott Press (under the pen name Anastasia Witchazel). She's an artist, too, having done spot illustrations for Dragonlance, a few panels for Barb Lien-Cooper's webcomic series Gun Street Girl, and private commissions. In her spare time, she's a fanficcer/fanartist. See more of her work at her site, Wolfen's Webworld. 2 Comments
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Just saw this the other day . . .
There's never enough Snape for me. I was disappointed that his role was cut down so much from the book – we'd better get his full memories in Deathly Hallows like we did in the book.
I was surprised by how much sympathy I felt for Draco. His mom reminded me of every mother I've ever met who supported our current war. . . until her son decided to join it in a very real way. But, Draco was seeing that believing something is different than acting on those beliefs. It's easy to believe something, brag about it, etc. But, when it comes time to actually raise that wand and start taking out Mudbloods, it's a totally different story. That said, the actor did an excellent job of capturing Draco's inner struggle.
My favorite bit was actually the first scene, which didn't exist in the book. It was like Harry was trying on a normal life – he was just a guy in a diner making a date with a cute girl. I could see the desire for Muggle normalcy all over his face. And that's where HBP really succeeded as a movie, I think. It did a wonderful job of balancing the fate of the world with the fate of high school drama.
"It did a wonderful job of balancing the fate of the world with the fate of high school drama"
Excellently put! I couldn't agree more!