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What could the Future of Fantastic Beasts look like?

                       Picture courtesy of Warner Bros Some of you may already know it; but my obsession with Harry Potter is always at an all time high. I always start the first book by Christmas (1) , read on until July, stop for a break before finishing them in September.  I've also re-watched Fantastic Beasts, which has made me wonder what could actually be in store for the Potterverse in the next few year's to come (2) . A Secret Magical War inside World War II? Grindelwald (3) will almost definitely have a hand in fighting beside the Nazi's, using Hitler as his own puppet, and fighting against Dumbledore (4) , and the rest of the magical allied force.  Newt Scamander (5) will also be fighting with the allies (6) , and using a whole bunch of Magical Creatures to fight back the army that Grindelwald will have gathered over the five films. I might just want it so much that I've already written it in...

I dropped the ball!

                                                    ........ Image courtesy of paradigmalibu These last few months I've felt as if I have dropped the proverbial ball, my mind has been witness to a stand off between Mental health disorders and things from my past I'd rather not constantly have to relive. It's buried itself into my soul while operating my mindless drone of a body, I've relived every conversation I ever had; thought of Friends long gone as I struggle to open up about my disability. I don't even like calling it that as it feels disrespectful to people like my parents; who's struggle and sheer joy of receiving two disabled free babies has been with me my entire life. But I am not OK - I feel like I have to admit that to the world. A miscarriage has taken me back mentally to a place I've not been for a very long time, and I'm petrified t...

It Book Review

With a huge hit at cinemas "It" fever has definitely swept the entire globe. I decided that instead of being scared out my mind in the theatre that I would read the book so I received very few surprises while I was watching; therefore I wouldn't look so much like the scaredy cat I actually am. It is pretty messed up, alot of extremely horrible things happen during this book but you will love it. Stephen King writes in such a way that draws the reader in, when I sat down to read a chapter I would put the book down three hours later, my day passed me by, and I would want to read more. The book jumps between four timelines so it can be a bit hard to keep track of where you are at times if you are just beginning, during the two main timelines the same characters are used so it really does take some time to get the hang of things. That really is the only bad thing I could say about it, the writing is fantastic, the pay off is worth it, and there are many more elements...

Game of Thrones Eastwatch - Performer of the Week

Spoilers are ahead for the latest Game of Thrones episode Eastwatch, if you haven't caught up then please come back when you have. There are always such great performances in the Game of Thrones universe, it is always going to be hard to pick one specific performer of the week, but I decided to take a crack at it anyway. This week was no exception; Jaime (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau) was great when he was pulled out of the lake by Bronn (Jerome Flynn) to see the devastation from last week's episode, and Cersei (Lena Headey) brought it in her enemies speech. Dany's (Emilia Clarke) show of complete strength but moment of weakness when Jon (Kit Harington) spoke about his new plan to go capture a Wight where both great scenes to watch, Jon's interaction with Drogon was probably my favourite moment of the episode, Arya's (Maisie Williams) face reading techniques were so good that they lead me to think she knows exactly what Littlefinger (Aiden Gillen) is up too, and Sa...

Game of Thrones: Season 7 Predictions

I am so excited for tonight’s season seven premiere of Game of Thrones that I’m actually contemplating staying up to watch it when it airs at 2 am. I have been pondering these predictions since the last season came off the air over a year ago, and I’m using complete gut instinct so I could possibly be wrong. Spoilers for the rest of the show are ahead, and I will also be using some book speculation to come to conclusions, so tread carefully. Littlefinger plots too much I have been predicting the death of Petyr Baelish (Aidan Gillen) since the start of season six; part of me wants some justice for his antics, but the other part of me actually wants to see where his big plan will take him. I’m conflicted (which is where the show wants me to be), but I think after what he did with Sansa that it is now time. Littlefinger will end up plotting too much this season; he will try to break apart the Stark family for his own gain, and he will suffer the consequences. I am positive ...

Game of Thrones: Season 7 Trailer Breakdown

This trailer opens with the beautiful Light of the Seven  by Ramin Djawadi - which you will remember from Cersei's trial last season - the first shot we see is Sansa (Sophie Turner) walking away from the Weirwood, she looks as though she is burdened by something (or possibly someone), and she begins to look around as if she wants to turn back but forces herself not to as a voiceover from Littlefinger (Aiden Gillen) begins to talk over her.     "Don't fight in the North, or the South, fight every battle everywhere, always in your mind," The next shot we see is the gate of Castle Black opening, if you look really hard you will notice that it is, in fact, Bran (Isaac Hempstead Wright) and Meera (Ellie Kendrick) arriving at the wall, we then see a shot of Jon (Kit Harington) beyond the wall which could mean those specific rumours about them trying to capture a White Walker could be true. The next thing we see is an army wearing Kingsguard colours marching into a...

Could Ser Davos be the Saviour of Westeros?

Could the Onion Knight turn out to actually be the Prince that was promised? Reddit User FollowTheBeard  seems to have some pretty convincing evidence that this could be the case. Spoilers ahead for everything Game of Thrones related so if you haven't caught up by now I urge you to come back when you are. For those of you not familiar with the Prophecy of The Prince that was Promised or Azor Ahai as he is called by Melisandre (Carice van Houten) it states as follows.  "When the red star bleeds and the darkness gathers, Azor Ahai shall be born again amidst smoke and salt to wake the sleeping dragon." - Melisandre This theory could apply to a number of characters, Daenerys Targaryen (Emilia Clarke) and Jon Snow (Kit Harington) are both prime candidates for the Prince(ss) that was promised, but it wouldn't be Game of Thrones if it was predictable.  Lightbringer "In the Ancient Books it is written that a warrior will draw a burning sword ...

Why Wonder Woman was the Film that I needed.

SPOILERS AHEAD... I've spent a long time away from writing, occasionally popping on to write or I'll write about something and end up not posting it because I have been very depressed recently. My mother got very sick right around the same time that I had a miscarriage, I also suffered trauma from the miscarriage itself, which I had no idea could actually happen but it does around 25% of the time. My head has not been in a very good place recently, with the tests and the panic attacks. I had lost my voice and forgotten how to write, but then I went to see Wonder Woman. For two hours that film made me laugh, it made me cry, and it made me feel strong. I felt as though I had to power to do anything, be anything, I went through something terrible and I would make it to the other side stronger. For two hours I forgot about everything I'd been through and just focused on this fun action flick, at no point was I worried or anxious, I just got to see one of my childhood h...

Amazon Pilots

It's that time of year again, you know when Amazon pits pilots against each other and only one can reign supreme (well except last year when the three shows got greenlight). This year the pilots were all very different from one another so we can only hope that all will be made as I really enjoyed them all in completely different ways. Oasis This show is based on the 2014 novel, The Book of Strange New Things, and is set in a poverty ridden London in the year 2032. It follows chaplain Peter Leigh (Richard Madden) who is unexpectedly sent for by David Morgan (Jonjo O'Neill) to go on a mission to the Oasis on the edge of our solar system which is currently under construction. This savior for the 1% is not quite what it seems and a series of unexplainable accidents keep happening. The performances in this show are really good, at no point was I taken out of this show, the story is very interesting (even if it is a bit God focused for my own taste), and it ends on a rea...