Outlander

Finally got around to seeing this week's Outlander (I missed when it aired because I was tailgating at the Alabama-Florida blow-out.  41-21 and it wasn't as close as the score.  Bama's screw-ups/fumbles spotted them 14 points by giving them insane field position.)

Aaaaaaaaaanyway, finally watched my recording of this week's Outlander and...

Holy hot damn!
Jaime Fraser is one good looking dude.

Damn.

(Not a lot to say plot-wise since 90% of the episode was "wedding night.")

Why Cordelia Chase Was Awesome

Why BtVS's/AtS's Cordy was awesome.
Cordelia Chase Motivational Posters (hee!)

Can't believe they didn't use "Spank your inner moppet".  I mentally use that one all the time.

For Real?

As seen on Jezebel.com:

Can Evangelical Christian Rewrite of Harry Potter be for real?

Exciting news from the world of fan fiction! A writer who claims to be an Evangelical stay-at-home mom named Grace Ann has taken it upon herself to remove all the witchcraft devil-worship from Harry Potter and replace it with a more Christian-friendly message. Looks like someone has finally thought of the children — by stripping a children's book of the very thing that makes it fun to read.

"I'm new to this whole fanfiction thing, but recently, I've encountered a problem that I believe this is the solution to," Grace Ann wrote on FanFiction.net. "My little ones have been asking to read the Harry Potter books and of course I'm happy for them to be reading, but I don't want them turning into witches! So I thought 'Why not make some slight changes so these books are family friendly?' And then I thought 'Why not share this with all the other mommies who are facing the same problem?' So-Ta da! Here it is! I am SO excited to share this with all of you!"

There's no way that Grace Ann is for real, right? This is an internet prank? In this Jimmy Kimmel world, it's hard to tell anymore, but so far, the only website calling her story (called Hogwarts School of Prayer and Miracles) "satire" is using the word for legal reasons. Never does it say whether or not the piece itself is a joke. Sure, it's pretty out there, but not so far gone that it couldn't possibly be written in earnest...



It goes on to give an excruciating passage where Hagrid says that all good wizards Christians go to heaven while challenging Aunt Petunia to defend evolution (while having no concept of what it means and while referring to evolution as a religion).

More?

After Hagrid so expertly proves that God exists, he convinces Harry to travel to Hogwarts School of Prayer and Miracles using the power of prayer. There, they meet Reverend Albus Dumbledore and his lovely wife Minerva (!!!)

Gender roles? It's got your back (though I'm not sure how/when Hermione was adopted by Dumbldore... and became an airheaded nitwit.)

"Hermione, why don't you show our newest student to the dormitory?" Dumbledore suggested wisely.

"I'd love to, daddy," Hermione replied obediently with an innocent, girlish smile; and got to her feet; and smoothed out the skirt of her becoming, pink frock. "Should I clean the kitchen first?"

"I can take care of that tonight," the reverend's wife answered indulgently; and she was already beginning to clear the elegant, porcelain dishes.

"Thank you, mommy!" Hermione shouted gratefully; and she walked over to Harry. [who is stunned by this vision of girlhood because] ... [Evil Aunt Petunia] always said that pretty girls were shallow and not very smart and that a real woman put her career first and didn't care about her looks; but it only took one look at this godly young girl to realize just how wrong that was!

Also:

In this version of Harry Potter, Voldemort isn't so worried about the purity of wizard bloodlines or killing off muggles. Instead, his main goal is to limit Christians' right to freely practice religion.{...} Ron is a Slytherin (wrong), a.k.a Catholic. Luna Lovegood is a Hufflepuff (wrong), who I think are all Episcopalians or Unitarians, and Draco Malfoy is Ravenclaw (wrong), the religious equivalent of...something evil.

Full article (and more passages of the fanfic text) here