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The things you find out via friends' friends lists. So J.K. Rowling had a reading recently, and who should be there but Salman Rushdie (with son). And Rushdie, bless him, asked her point blank whether Severus Snape is good or evil, aka the question probably most fiercely debated in Potterdom for now six books in a row, never fiercer than after book 6. (Well, unless you're a shipper of any calibre, in which case you're debating whom Hermione will end up with or whether Remus/Sirius is canon or not instead.*veg*) And Jo told him. Salman, thank you for this service to fandom, and I think I will read Shalimar after all, despite all the horrible reviews.

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Two quick fanfic recs:

Five Ways of Running For Home (POTC), aka am I glad penknife and artaxastra have fallen for the Pirates or what? Five possible aftermaths of DMC, or rather, whatever the next movie will be called.

And over in X-Men comicverse, Greyscale. Scott Summers and his way of looking at the world. *loves*


ETA The Salman Rushdie thing is elaborated on in the comments to the post, here.