Introductory post...

[hbp_mod]

Announcing...drumroll...

hbpchallenge

... a community for the harried and commitment-phobic Half-Blood Prince fan.

Here's the challenge: create something (anything!) about HBP, movie or book, by July 29. The catch? It's got to be short, and you've got to do it (relatively) quickly. Maximum word count for fic and meta: 1000 words. Drawbles and icons and

Comments

[why_me_why_not]

I hope you don't mind, but I just kinda copied & pasted what you said here as a pimpage post for my LJ. :)

[magnetic_pole]

Mind? Not at all! Thank you so much! Maggie

[westwardlee]

I'll be on vacation from the 17th through August 4th, so I don't think I'll be able to participate - bummer! But I'll follow the comm and maybe, just maybe I'll have a little window of free time.

This is a great idea. Happy HBP viewing.

[magnetic_pole]

Ah, too bad! Or completely fabulous for you, and too bad for us. Hope you have a great vacation!

In other news, I'm going to friend you--I have no idea why I haven't already-- Maggie

[westwardlee]

Thank you - I need this vacation very badly.

Friended you right back - same here :)

[cranky__crocus]

What a pleasant introduction to a fest! Thank you for that! Why yes, I think I'll join up. :)

[magnetic_pole]

Yay! Hope you enjoy--doing whatever you have time for. Maggie

[remuslives23]

Not sure if I'll participate but I'll definitely be reading and watching... and pimping. Great idea. :)

[magnetic_pole]

Great, thank you! Maggie

[paulamcg]

Oh, you make it sound so irresistible! And I’ve missed some other challenges of yours (last summer and the summer before I think) and just arrived too late to see how much fun they’ve been. Now I can hardly believe I’m doing this... After all, I’ve always wished I could just forget about the rest of the canon after OotP. But at the moment pimping this on my lj, too, is the best thing to make me feel that I belong to a fandom which is truly alive. Besides, ex has got tickets for ours sons and me, too, so I’ll (have to) see HBP. Anyway, I admire and thank you for arranging these great things.

[magnetic_pole]

Good, good! I'm so glad to see you again, and to see you here. Truly, there's no pressure--leave some prompts, if you can, and see if any fic ideas strike you, but it's very low-key here. (I'm drumming up a little enthusiasm myself with this comm--I'm not usually a big fan of the movies, but they do remind me how much I enjoy the characters and the humor). Enjoy the outing with your sons! There's something nice about sharing an experience, either with family or with folks online. M.

[paulamcg]

Oh yes, sharing is the key! Thank you again.