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Disney Princess Challenge: Day Seven
Favorite Castle:
Prince Eric’s Castle
Talk about waterfront property!
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Harry Potter Challenge: Day Seven
Favorite Female Character:
Luna Lovegood
“Don’t worry…you’re just as sane as I am.”
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The Hunger Games Challenge: Day Seven
A Scene That Made You Cry:
Katniss and Prim Saying Goodbye
Prim reminds me a lot of my little sister (although my sister has more of Katniss’ attitude). The scene where they’re saying goodbye after the reaping, knowing there is a very good possibility that they will never see each other again, breaks my heart every time. I actually cried.
“Prim!” The strangled cry comes out of...
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Disney Princess Challenge: Day Six
Prettiest Princess:
Belle
“Now it’s no wonder that her name means “Beauty;” her looks have got no parallel.”
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Harry Potter Challenge: Day Six
The House You Would Want To Be In:
Hufflepuff
I am a proud ‘Puff!
“What the Hell is a Hufflepuff?” (AVPM)
“Hufflepuffs are exceptionally good finders!” (AVPM)
“These belong in Hufflepuff where they are just and loyal. Those patient Hufflepuffs are true and unafraid of toil.” (SS)
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Hunger Games Challenge: Day Six
A Scene That Made You Laugh:
Almost Any Scene With Haymitch
You know a book is depressing when the comedic relief is the alcoholic who has had to take partial responsibility for children from his hometown dying year after year. But that’s just the kind of place Panem is, and Haymitch has some hilarious moments. My favorite quote is from Catching Fire:
“So it’s you and a...
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Disney Princess Challenge: Day Five
Favorite Kiss:
Belle and Prince Adam
I’m trying not to make this challenge completely Beauty and the Beast, but this kiss scene is so beautifully done. It sets off literal fireworks and sparks the transformation of the castle and all of its inhabitants.
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Harry Potter Challenge: Day Five
Favorite Male Character(s) and Why:
The Weasley Twins
“You haven’t got a letter on yours. I suppose she thinks you don’t forget your name. But we’re not stupid- we know we’re called Gred and Forge.”
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The Hunger Games Challenge: Day Five (Spoiler)
Favorite Battle Scene:
Fighting the Muttations
This is my favorite scene because out of everything that Katniss and the others had to battle in all three books, this was the worst. It combined the physical horror of these massive wolves trying to kill you with the psychological horror of the realization that these are (supposed to be) partly people you’ve met. Someone you’ve...
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Harry Potter Challenge: Day Four
Your Least Favorite Female Character:
Dolores Umbridge
She is evil personified. Ugh I hate her so much. HATE HATE HATE. Bellatrix? We’re cool. Narcissa? Meh. Petunia? Whatever. But Umbridge can die in a fire. And then come back as a ghost and be petrified and burned over and over and over and over and over…
I don’t like Umbridge.
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The Hunger Games Challenge: Day Four
A Character You Love That Everyone Hates:
Effie Trinket
Oh my God, I love Effie so much. It really isn’t her fault that she’s so awful!
“At least you two have decent manners. The pair last year ate everything with their hands like a couple of savages. It completely upset my digestion.” ―Effie Trinket, on Peeta and Katniss’s manners
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The Disney Princess Challenge: Day Three
Your Favorite Prince:
Aladdin
Look at him! He’s so cute! He’s also the only prince who got that way by marrying a princess instead of the other way around.
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Harry Potter 30 Day Challenge: Day Three
Is there any of the film adaptations that have made you angry because they’ve ignored important parts of the book?
S.P.E.W.
And all the other stuff they cut out of movie four. I understand why they did it, but in only focusing on Harry’s storyline they cut out a lot of great subplots. I think that Hermione has especially suffered from movie cuts; because a lot of her contributions...
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The Hunger Games Challenge: Day Three
A Character You Hate That Everyone Else Loves:
Gale
Hate is too strong a word, but I’m definitely not the huge Gale fan that a lot of people are. Nothing specific, there’s just something about his personality that bugs me—moreso in Catching Fire and especially in Mockingjay. However, I will admit that he’s sexier than Peeta ;)
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The Disney Princess Challenge: Day Two
Favorite Princess:
Belle, of course! She’s smart, independent, and stubborn! She isn’t afraid to do what she wants, despite society attempting to change her (I wrote an entire paper on this, don’t get me started)!
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The Harry Potter Challenge: Day Two
Favorite Movie:
Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince
Although this movie made some of the biggest errors—Harry listening to Snape to not move while he killed Dumbledore (never would have happened), “oh, btw, I’m the half-blood Prince, which is the title of this movie but that we give 30 seconds of screen time to,” and completely glossing over the Battle of the Tower,...
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The Hunger Games Challenge: Day Two
Least Favorite Character:
President Snow
Another obvious choice, but there is literally no one else that even comes close to my hatred of Snow. He is an evil, evil man. And as a general rule, I dislike evil.
And I love roses. He ruined roses. Evil.
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The Disney Princess Challenge: Day One
Favorite Movie
Beauty and the Beast
“Once upon a time, in a faraway land, a young prince lived in a shining castle. Although he had everything his heart desired, the prince was spoiled, selfish, and unkind. But then, one winter’s night, an old beggar woman came to the castle and offered him a single rose in return for shelter from the bitter cold. Repulsed by her haggard...
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The Harry Potter Challenge: Day One
Your Favorite Book:
Harry Potter and The Prisoner of Azkaban
Pros:
Sirius Black
Remus Lupin (The only non-sucky/villainous DADA professor…um, ever)
Buckbeak
Time Turner
Hermione Punches Malfoy
Dementors (and Chocolate!)
No one that I love has died yet
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The Hunger Games Challenge: Day One
Your Favorite Character:
Katniss Everdeen
I know she’s the main character, but I love her. She has the qualities of a heroine while still having some big flaws that make her human. Aside from some slightly-annoying naivety, she pretty much rules :)
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What Is It Worth?
What, then, is love? And where, and who, and why
Must we define the indefinable?
Old men cannot describe youthful folly,
And youth cannot abide by elder’s fable.
If Tristan and Isolde broke the rules,
Elizabeth and Darcy tempted fate,
And Romeo and Juliet were fools,
Then can there be a benefit to wait
For “love’s first kiss,” or is it all a tale
For children? ...
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The View From My Window Seat
I like to sit in my window seat and look at the world.
While I sit, I like to think, and I think
That I think the most peculiar thinks.
One day as I was thinking, I saw a cat chasing a mouse
And I thought to myself, “Who are you, little cat?
And why do you chase the mouse?
If I were a cat, I would not chase mice.”
But I rather think I wouldn’t be a cat at all.
“If I were an animal, running...
