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🕑 Added 2025-05-01 12:50:09 +0000 UTCIn which I talk about the recent Harry Potter discourse, my star life cycle theory of fanfic, and what I’ve learned about working on (and actually finishing) long term projects.
(And a small correction: at around the 13-minute mark, I say that "Stealing Harry" by copperbadge was released in 2004 between the 4th and 5th Harry Potter books, but that's incorrect! It was released between the 5th and 6th. )
Handy links:
“Threads is the gas-leak social network” by Max Read: https://maxread.substack.com/p/threads-is-the-gas-leak-social-network
“JK Rowling reportedly donates £70,000 to group’s Supreme Court appear over ‘woman’ definition” (from a year ago, but it’s one of the more thorough explainers I’ve seen): https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/02/19/jk-rowling-for-women-scotland-donation-legal-definition-woman/
“What does the UK Supreme Court ruling mean for transgender women?” by Holly Evans for The Independent: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/uk-supreme-court-transgender-women-jk-rowling-b2734820.html
Silas Denver: https://bsky.app/profile/sweatermuppet.bsky.social
“All the Young Dudes” by MissKingBean89: https://archiveofourown.org/works/10057010/chapters/22409387
“Stealing Harry” by Copperbadge: https://archiveofourown.org/works/987408/chapters/1947158?view_adult=true
“So glad you’re here again” by Philipa_Moss: https://archiveofourown.org/works/13037268
“with a cherry on top” by jafffacakes: https://archiveofourown.org/works/63497248/chapters/162707893
“The Arrangement” by cmere: https://archiveofourown.org/works/26435572/chapters/64405378
“i hope i don’t forget” by smc_27: https://archiveofourown.org/works/64756138
Comments
Mel Thomas
Ahh my pleasure! Good luck with your essay!
sophie fooks
Currently procrastinating and filled with dread about an essay I was previously excited about and hearing you talk about The Process helped me be a bit more compassionate and curious about why. Also the drive to my partners house is about twice as long as these videos and I usually listen to them in the first half and then sit in silence digesting them and sorting out my own thoughts so thank you for that!
Mel Thomas
Okay yes this makes so much sense and at the same time is somehow 100000x more convoluted than I expected, lmao!! Not helping things is I always forget that Catherine even exists. (I mean, she DOESN'T, but you know what I mean)
atlwoo
not even going to go into the actual big points you made bc this baby is feeling attacked as a binge worker o_o so allow me to procrastinate on work instead with the following absolutely unimportant info: Catherine, Henry's mother, would technically be princess of wales (though actual british royal family might use princess royal title, who knows), when she becomes queen, Phillip would become prince of wales, until then, Catherine's children are prince/princess xyz of Wales, but not The Prince(ss) Of Wales™️, they just get their name + of wales as part & parcel of being her kids .... that's how the current wales children (former cambridge children) are named ... technically real life Will & Harry were "of wales" while C (do not make me name him) was prince of wales™️ but when they become adults/marry, they usually get their additional titles .... ignore capitalisation & the absolute futileness of this information, can not believe myself i bring the british empire into this comment section, please forgive me xoxo & fck them & their bs naming systems
