Ely-Baby @ Selina Fenech

Speak, Friend, and Enter

Well, hello to you, dear friend from a distant land,

I'm Ely (Elisa, Ellie, El, E, Elizabeth, please, do call me as you like) and I'm a fanfiction author, reader and reviewer. But you must already know that if you're here. Am I correct?

But I know what you want to know, and I can tell you straight away that this Livejournal is definitely NOT friends-locked. But you also need to know that I post remarkably little about my private life, so if you're a stalker you'll be incredibly disappointed. Sorry for that.

You can add me to your friends, no need to ask permission, but don't get angry if I don't friend you back. That might be because a) your Livejournal is empty, b) I don't know who you are or c) I didn't get a notification for the friending.

Ah, notifications..

Notifications are a biatch on this website for me! I don't get notifications most of the times that I'm mentioned in a post or in a comment, and for some friendings as well. I do get notifications for PM's and comments, though, so that's the best way to contact me.

Another thing you need to know, as for the beginning of 2015, I am slowly sliding into fandom hiatus. Not just writing, but reading and reviewing as well. I'm losing interest again: everything I write (and I can't write much at all lately) is terrible, my betas are MIA most of the time and I have at least ten unfinished stories on my laptop. This is my fandom life: 2003 - 2008 alive, 2009 - 2012 dead, 2013 - 2014 alive, 2015 - now.. probably dead. So yep, sorry in advance if you write my name somewhere and I don't reply to you, I just didn't see it and stopped checking Livejournal. But that could be an advantage if you want to bitch about me. I'll never find out!

If you love me beyond reason (or just a tinsy bit) and you want to do something for me, the magic words are: Lily/Hugo. ANYTHING with those two makes me feel all warm and fuzzy. A multi-chaptered novel-length saga, a one-shot, a ficlet, a drabble, a drawble, a sketch, a painting, a rec, a video, a podfic, anything will just make my day much, much brighter and will make me love you for ever and ever. Solemnly swear.

Anyway, happy browsing!
Ely
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Warner Bros Studio Tour - The Making of Harry Potter

Still not dead, Flist! Just in case you were wondering, obviously...

To be honest, fandom has slipped down a little in my list of priorities, between work (ugh), university (even though it's done..) and life in general (which is going okay!), but worry not, my love for Harry Potter is everlasting and I am still a huge fan, just not an active one in fandom (at the moment, but this might change one day!).

And just to show you all how much in love with our favourite little wizard I still am, I cannot wait to show you a (small) selection from the 339 pictures I have taken last Saturday at the Warner Bros Studio Tour!!

A tiny review on the tour before the ten gazillion pictures under the cut: IT IS ABSOLUTELY AMAZING AND YOU SHOULD ALL GO AND VISIT IT!!! I didn't know where to look and the best bits are the Forbidden Forest (spooky and so realistic), Gringotts (which is all new and shiny) and the Butterbeer (soooo good)!

Now go and look at the pictures and enjoy the tiny tour. (And I don't think they need any sort of explanation...)

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A History of Magic

Hello Flist!

In case you were wondering, I'm not dead yet. I have just been sucked into that awful thing called Real Life. I won't bore you with all the details, but I can assure you that I am tired and busy and tired. And that I don't have much free time to do anything at all.

Except... Well, I had time to go to the British Library to see the Harry Potter exhibition!! Harry Potter — A History of Magic. Let me tell you this: it is bloody fantastic! (Luckily it was because I had to wait almost 4 months to see it despite being a member of the British Library.)

Alas, no photos allowed inside, but let me give you a quick recap of the exhibition.

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Awesome Fanart Request

So, apparently I'm posting here only when I have something to say about the Lugo. Lucky you, right? Well, not always, I also talked about LJ stats, Pride, Photobucket... I do have to say something about the Lugo right now, though..

The fantastic Hillyminne is taking requests and she's amazing and the sweetest person ever and just plain lovely. So what do you think I requested? Yes, exactly. That! Well done! She doesn't really do cousincest, but I promised her that she could draw the least cousincest-y thingy and my pervy brain would make it into some cousincest-y goodness. So here you go! Have a look at them and then go and check out her amazing Tumblr! And give her likes and reblogs and comments! She deserves all the love!

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Aren't they amazing? Look at Hugo's proud face as he shows the Snitch! And look at Lily's adoring face as she looks at him! My heart. Be still my heart. I am in awe. 
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Hate and Love

Dear Photobucket, hope everybody leaves you and you die die die die

Let me just work on re-uploading my fanfic pics through Flickr. It's somewhat a lengthy process even though I don't have that many.

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On other news, I went to Pride yesterday and it was fab. Love was everywhere and I'll admit that gay couples doing lovey dovey stuff in the streets annoy me far less than het couples doing lovey dovey stuff in the streets. I am actually so happy about the fun day I had yesterday that I could almost post a pic of myself — for the first time ever, hold on to your hats — on this website. (Also, just read an article titled something like, "Is it cultural appropriation for straight people to go to Pride?" and, after having made me feel bad for most of the article, the answer was no, so it's all good..) 

Here you go, freshly nicked from my friend's Instagram. You get virtual cookies if you can guess which one I am! Imagellaeyro and Imagenightfalltwen and Imagealisanne you can't play! :P (Sorry for my state, I was happy, but sweaty and hot and dehydrated..) 

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Also, just remembered that Livejournal is Russian, and in Trafalgar Square there was a lot of protests against Putin and his position concerning LGBT* rights. Even happier to post this here, then. 

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HP Love

I've spent the last few weeks ending my emails to Imagelightofdaye in the same way: "Why are there so many fests going on right now?!" (As well as: "Boo-hoo! I spilled water on my laptop and now the keyboard has gone 50 shades of crazy!")

Daye is awesome, so he never once pointed out to me that I had already asked him that thing like ten thousand times (as well as complained about my laptop a gazillion times, too..), and he always replied very patiently that probably it was because it's January and most mods thought it a quiet period and decided to do their thing.

Really, though... I have never seen all these fests running all together! The thing is that... this makes me very, very happy. It makes me feel like the HP fandom is alive and kicking like it hasn't been in a long time. It's so awesome to see all these prompts being prompted and fests being pimped and stories being written and fanart being drawn. I don't know if it's because "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" came out recently or because of "Cursed Child", but whatever the reason, thank you to you all for being so active in a fandom that means the world to me.

I really, really want to write something, and prompts that I find inviting and plot bunnies that are hopping about my brain are not amiss. I just... had some tech issues - as you might have gathered from the part where I complained about water spilling over my laptop - as well as no free time. I mean, I could have some free time, I just find myself unable to sit down, relax, and write. I just have to do stuff. Also, I got a new laptop/tablet from HP which is working brilliantly, and I can't wait to write on it properly! So we'll see..

In the meantime, let me pimp some fests, too. Not because I think someone in my flist doesn't know about them, yet - you would have to be blind - but because they deserve all the love:

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(Awesome) Art Commission (Totally NSFW)

Yes, I am alive! You might feel like I've been MIA for the past few weeks months but, to be honest, I've still checked LiveJournal daily; I've just been lurking in the shadows all this time. I've been reading your posts and sometimes even replied to them when they mentioned me specifically (sorry I missed any, I just don't get notifications that I've been mentioned!). But I've been too tired to post or engage in any sort of fannish activity. Work is killing me, university is killing me, life in general is killing me and I don't have time to do anything fun in the HP world. I would love to participate to tons of fests out there and I browse prompts constantly, but... I just can't. I'm so sorry.

What I did find the the time to do, though, is commission the ridiculously talented UptheHill for a picture. She is an amazing artist - don't believe me? Please, do visit her SFW blog here but especially her NSFW blog here. And feel free to flail and comment and reblog and like and tell her just how amazing she is -, and she's the loveliest, sweetest, kindest person ever. She was a delight to exchange emails with and discuss what I wanted to see, and she interpreted the scene so well, I just keep losing myself in it (especially in Lily's face). Please, please, please, let her know how amazing she is. I'm going to give her the link to this post so that she can see all your love for this!

This is a scene from Chapter 22 of my story, 'Ask Lavender', featuring my OTP, Lily Luna/Hugo. It is very NSFW and the image is rather heavy.

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I would totally love to have an icon with this! Can anybody help? *bats eyelashes*
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Fantastic Beasts and Other Fandom Bits

I went to see

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And I loooooooved it!! I felt like a child again, like it was Christmas and like I was back into the Wizarding World for another adventure which is completely different from Harry Potter.

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I even bought a Harry Potter door mat. Which is basically this one:
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Okay, my friend bought it for me! For Christmas! :D My flatmates are loving it!!!

I even got the book, that I apparently pre-ordered ages ago and then I forgot I pre-ordered it.. How stupid can I be, really? Haven't read it, yet. Will do that in the upcoming weeks.

I know there's this thing about a Love Meme or something, but I cannot access it, alas.. Don't laugh at me, but my internet has the 'Pornography and Adult' block. My flatmat - who is a very proper young lady - has control over it, and she is so sweet and nice and lovely that I have no idea how to ask her to take it down. I've already asked her to get rid of the block on the filesharing websites.. If you have any ideas on how to ask a very sweet Briton in her twenties to take down the Pornography block on the internet, please share.. Anyway, Imagellaeyro told me that there's a thread for me at the Love Meme thingy and I thank you immensely for it! You make my day guys. (And I love you back, bus since I cannot access it, I am not able to comment either.)

Imagelightofdaye makes me day continuously whenever he leaves me a lovely comment on my story, 'Ask Lavender' - you're so brave for reading it despite its ridiculous legth. Thank you, Daye.

I've been remiss at reading and commenting in the two fests I participated, but I haven't had time/the internet/the internet without a block. Sorry about that, guys. You all rock soooo much, and thank you in advance for the comments I received. Can't wait for reveals just to reply to you all.

That is all for now. Gaaaahhh, look at that! There's an entry in this journal!
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Meme Time!

I got tagged by Imagealisanne! So, here we go! My first meme since I deleted everything on this journal - I think...

hermione granger or AND ronald weasley - I mean, how do I even choose? I love them both. Harry would be dead without them.

♠ avada kedavra or expelliarmus

♠ elder wand, resurrection stone, or invisibility cloak

♠ ravenclaw, slytherin, hufflepuff, or gryffindor - Pottermore says so (and Thunderbird for Ilvermorny if you're interested).

dumbledore’s army or the order of the phoenix

the first or AND the last harry potter film - Where everything begins and where everything ends... until Cursed Child

♠ diagon alley or hogsmeade - A whole Wizarding town? Much better than just one street.

♠ yule ball or bill and fleur’s wedding

house cup or the triwizard tournament - I mean, this happens every year...

♠ potions or defence against the dark arts

dragons or house-elves - Even though... Dobby!!

♠ the seven horcrux or the three deathly hallows

quidditch or hogwarts express

♠ polyjuice potion, patronus charm, or unforgivable curses

death eaters or dementors

♠ godric gryffindor, helga hufflepuff, rowena ravenclaw, or salazar slytherin - I have a super cool headcanon for her.

order of the phoenix or goblet of fire - Goblet of Fire is my least favourite book.

minerva mcgonagall or albus dumbledore - I don't have anything against Dumbledore, but Minerva is awesome.

♠ bellatrix lestrange or narcissa malfoy

ron/hermione or AND harry/ginny - Both!! OMG. Both!

♠ thestral or hippogriff

♠ sirius black’s motorbike or the ford anglia - Me doesn't like cars and motorbikes. :-/

♠ godric’s hollow or the burrow

neville longbottom or AND harry potter - They are both awesome.

james and lily or snape and lily

the golden trio or AND the silver trio - Not sure who the Silver Trio is, though... But I like both Ginny, Neville and Luna, and Draco, Pansy and Blaise.

remus lupin or sirius black - I can't stand Sirius. Sorry about that.

♠ severus snape or draco malfoy - Not particulary fond of Snape, I'm afraid.

the malfoys or AND the weasleys - The next generation for both.

♠ love potions or the time turner

the tale of the three brothers, harry potter and the cursed child, or AND fantastic beasts and where to find them - ALL OF THEM. ALL OF THE BOOKS OF THE HP UNIVERSE. ALWAYS.

I tag Imagelightofdaye, Imagethimble_kiss, and all the people who want to play! :D
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