Let me tell you a story

hey remember when jane austen, a woman, referred to a character named richard as having “never done anything to entitle himself to more than the abbreviation of his name” in 1817. yeah me too.

Saw Stephen Fry live last week, and he told us this story: Just after the first Harry Potter book had been released, he was offered the role of narrating it for audiobooks. He hadn’t read it, and was simply told it was a children’s book, so figured it would be an easy afternoons work. When he met JK Rowling, she mentioned that she was writing a sequel. Stephen replied very condescendingly “good for you”.

A few years down the line, the books are selling well, and he is doing the recording for the Prisoner of Azkaban, when he runs into the phrase “Harry pocketed it”. Stephen could not say this line. It always came out as “Harry pocketeded it”, unless he said it ridiculously slowly. They tried time and time again to get it right, but to no avail. Eventually, he called up JK and asked if he could say “Harry put it in his pocket” instead. She thought for a moment, then said “no”, and hung up.

The phrase “Harry pocketed it” appeared in the next four books.

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Celia Bowen by Sephirienne

Finished an old sketch I had lying around.

Gwendoline Christie in Giles Deacon’s Captain Phasma inspired gown

Just finished the third book of the Lunar Chronicles “Cress”, by Marissa Meyer. 

Cress is the cutest stalker there is.

Happy September 1st 🔮

More stunning illustrations from Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone Illustrated Edition because you guys have no chill, flooding my inbox with messages requesting for more photos.

Go indulge!