I... don't know what's going on with this comm, but I'm still collecting art.

So here's what I've collected in the last 3 months - I've pared it down to only the best pieces, otherwise it would be almost twice as long, and mostly involving Snape, which is not what this newsletter is for.

( Serious amounts of fanart links below the cut. )

Enjoy!

Meeeeerry Christmas/Hanukkah/Kwanzaa/whatever.

Fic
-Don't Mess With Slytherins by wanderingbusker. (Remus/Bellatrix. ADULT.)
“Expecting someone else?” she asks, her voice like saccharin. He winces as her finger once again strokes his cheek, and tries to pull away, but he can hardly move.
-Fleurs de Sel by zizi_dickinson. (Bella/Narcissa. ADULT.) It was beautiful. It was perfect. Just like her.
-He's been pretty much yellow and I've been kind of blue, but all I can see is red, red, red. by interfection. (Luna/Lucius. ADULT.) Her day-to-day moments can be found filed here, lost in a mess of crescent moons under fingernails, teeth the color of pearls, and the all-encompassing circle around the iris of the eye. White, Luna decides, is the basis, the soul if you believe in such a thing, of human beings; a clean slate, constantly wiping itself clean just to clutter everything back up again. Again and again.
-How the Dementors Came to Be by catsintheattic. (Dementors. R.) She grew wary of the tiny flecks of emotion that preceded the swelling of the soul, the little images of happiness and joy that she could take before that last mighty swallow. She collected them all, a huntress who knew to cherish the smaller game as well as the big kill. (I know, I know, not really death eaters, but of interest to death eaters.)
Poison Dart by Kennahijja. (Lucius/Scorpius. ADULT.) Lucius put his hand over the boy's mouth, hard. "You have nothing to feel sorry for." He met the hurt grey eyes straight on. "You are a Malfoy, and Malfoys rise above adversity. You will be fine tomorrow. As for tonight, you'll do what needs to be done."
He would have the blood of whoever was responsible for this, he promised himself. For both of them.
-She Knew He Would Return by vegablack62. (Bellatrix, Augusta Longbottom. PG.) The Lestrange woman was no dissembler, though. She savoured the description of the degradations inflicted on Frank and Alice, and she didn't care who knew it.
-The Playroom by calanthe_fics. (Draco/Harry, Draco/Bellatrix. ADULT.) “Bring your dollies, pretty girl,” the monster says, its voice like rusty knives on tender skin, hacking at the crumbling resistance of the boy’s sanity.
-The Little Prince by regasssa. (Draco/Fenrir. ADULT) Cold. He was so very cold. Icy rainwater poured incessantly through his already saturated hair. It would have blinded him if fear hadn’t already. This wasn’t happening. It wasn’t.
-Anal Smoothie by Shae_loves_crackfic. (Lucius/Narcissa. ADULT.) She was pretty smooth. Lucius was pretty smooth. In fact, their entire existence was smooth. What could be more relaxing and fun than a nice smoothie?
-Blood Lust by a_shadow_there. (Bella/Rita. ADULT.) “And we won’t tell anyone, will we Rita?”
Rita could feel the heat of Bella’s breath on her skin as she stated the terms of their agreement.
-Even Old Dogs Learn New Tricks by melfinatheblue. (Lucius Malfoy, Draco Malfoy. ADULT.) "I've grown used to watching my every word, my every motion. I must always be a Malfoy, whatever my thoughts. But in front of him... Even my thoughts are not safe. His curse still makes my muscles shake, even now, so many hours after it was first cast. I must learn to control even my thoughts, or things will not end well."
-Nowhere to Look by Beward the Smirk. (Fenrir/Draco. ADULT.) Harry hoped against long forsaken hope that Greyback and Malfoy would be gone. When he opened his eyes again they were still there. They weren’t just a mere illusion. They were real.
-The Hand We're Dealt by Anonymous at hp_summersmut. (Lucius/Remus, Narcissa/Lily, Severus/Sirius, Lucius/Sirius. ADULT.)
"Oh puppy," Lucius whispers against his ear, "I know exactly what sort of punishment you need."
-Wedding Gift by softly_sweetly. (Lucius/Harry. ADULT.) "Lucius… please…"
Pulling Potter's head back, Lucius slammed it against the mirror again, making Potter cry out as shards of the mirror embedded in his cheek. "You will remain silent, if you wish to keep your life."


Art
-Unbreakable by gallifreygrl10 (Snape, Narcissa and Bellatrix, G.)
-Sweetest Taste of Sin by Miss-Uni (Bellatrix, G.)
-Red Mug by Expell-HUN (Snape, G.)
-Christmas Snape by Vizen (Snape, G.)
-Potion Master Will Teach You by Chiburaska (Snape, G.)
-The Silver Doe by LilyHBP (Snape, G.)
-Leaving Innocence Behind by Expell-HUN (Snape and Lucius, G.)
-Half-a-Dozen Snapes by Murielle (G.)
-Draco by Ketoprak (G.)
-Lucius/Narcissa by Sambre-Sambre (G.)
-A Malfoy by Patilda (G.)
-Voldemort by Slayfire (G.)
-My Lord by Miss-Uni (Voldemort, G.)
-Lucius/Hermione/Snape by froggie (ADULT.)
-Be Lost by myepicfail (Regulus, G.)
-No One's But Mine by Anonymous at smutty_claus (Lucius/Narcissa, ADULT.)


Other
-Ziegfield Theatre in NYC is hosting a HP movie marathon this weekend
-lezlishae made a Death Eater Christmas Tree
-HPEF at Azkatraz this summer is hosting Wrock Around the Clock, a wizard rock event supporting Amnesty International
-LeakyCon announces Wrocking and Wrolling, a three-day wizard rock event that starts off with EVIL NIGHT.


Real Men of Evil
burningmark presents...
Real Men of Evil
Today, we salute you, Dingane kaSenzangakhona.
Dingane kaSenzangakhona Zulu, commonly referred to as Dingane or Dingaan, was a Zulu chief who became king in 1828, after assassinating his half-brother Shaka with the help of another brother, Umthlangana, as well as Shaka's advisor Mbopa. Dingane lacked Shaka's military and leadership skills, and the cracks in the kingdom began to show as rebel chiefs broke away. These cracks were exacerbated by armed conflict with the newly arrived Voortrekkers, Dutch pioneers who were moving further into South Africa. In November of 1837, Dingane met with Piet Retief, one of the colonial leaders, and, in return for their recovering some stolen cattle, signed a deed of cession of lands. Two days of feasting later, on 6 February 1838, Dingane killed Retief's diplomatic party. At the same time, his forces ambushed and killed Retief's trek party, about 500 Boers, including men, women and children. Dingane then sent his army with instructions to seek out and kill the other group of Voortrekkers under Andries Pretorius. The Zulu impis found the Voortrekker encampment and attacked, but were dealt a crushing defeat in the ensuing Battle of Blood River with an estimated 3000 Zulus killed and only three Voortrekkers slightly injured. This effectively ended Zulu military superiority in South Africa. In January 1840, Pretorius, with a force of 400 burghers, helped Mpande in his revolt against Dingane, which resulted in his overthrow and death. Dingane was assassinated in Hlatikhulu Forest while on a military expedition.
So here's to you, Dingane kaSenzangakhona. Thanks to your catastrophic leadership skills, underprepared men with improbable names and delusions of grandeur have someone to look up to.

Hey guys - sorry we've been inactive for the last couple of months. Real-life commitments have been eating us alive.

In the meantime, I (vikingcarrot) have still been collecting up all the Death Eater-related fanart each week, and so I give you a special post of fanart-only.

It's all divided up by character, and there are 120+ pieces for you to sift through at your leisure. Enjoy. :)

( A metric buttload of Death Eater fanart. )

Fic
-Bathilda Bagshot's G-spot by Shae_loves_crackfic. (Bathilda Bagshot/Nagini. ADULT.) There was a reason why no one ever visited Bathilda Bagshot. It wasn't that she was deranged, though she certainly was, it was the fact that no matter what she always seemed to make visitors uncomfortable.
She didn't do it intentionally, but after she hit the hundred-year mark she stopped caring about being proper and started speaking her mind. And nowadays there was only one thing on her mind: her G-spot.
-Gradually by Envinyatar15. (Bella/Snape. ADULT.) At night all cats are black, and the day's hostility fades into the darkness.
-Love Like Fire by Snapelike. (Snape/Lucius. ADULT.) Stepping back, surprised, Lucius wonders what has elicited the change in behaviour. It is not so much that Severus has left their Dark Lord's side. It is not that he suddenly has decided to become a professor, catering to the intolerable Muggle-lover Dumbledore's whims. On the bottom line, it is all about Lucius, about what Lucius thinks and feels and wants. And Severus has betrayed him, made a fool out of him by changing sides.
-The Fine Line (Between Pleasure and Pain by Anonymous at Fall_fantasia. (Bellatrix Lestrange/Rodolphus Lestrange, Bellatrix Lestrange/Voldemort. ADULT.) "Bella," Voldemort interjected, "you are here to learn from me, are you not? Do not question my authority, or beg for mercy. I expect total obedience and fealty from my Death Eaters. Surely you know this."
-The Right Shade by duco_lacuna. (Snape, Lucius, Rodolphus, mentions of Bellatrix. PG.) “You’re going to what?” Rodolphus snarled as he burst into the room to glare suspiciously at Lucius and Severus looking at a book.


Art
-Flight of the Prince by LilyHBP (Snape, G.)
-Smile Bella by twinklepug (Bellatrix, G.)
-Snape Portrait by SayuriKemiko (G.)
-Skinny Voldie in boxers! by Fultnamn (G.)
-Bellatrix Sketch by JenovasFreakingHead (G.)
-Snape in His Office by SnapesApprentice (G.)
-Lucius and Narcissa Malfoy by SevPrince (G.)
-Rookwood Dueling by vikingcarrot (G.)


Etc
Aurors and Death Eaters is an interesting game you can play if throwing a Potter-themed event.
An Illustrated Guide to Casting the Cruciatus Curse is a great guide for newbies to Unforgivables as well as a great refresher course for those stuck in Azkaban for too long!


This Week in Evil
9 to 11 September 9 AD - The Battle of the Teutoburg Forest occurs; Germanic tribes led by Arminius ambush and completely slaughter three Roman legions led by Publius Quinctilius Varus. These victories are followed by an elimination of all Roman holdings east of the Rhine.
13 September 112 AD - The building of Hadrian's Wall begins.
10 September 1167 AD - Death of Empress Matilda, claimant to the English throne. Her son will go on to found the Plantagenet dynasty in England.
11 September 1226 AD - The Roman Catholic practice of perpetual adoration begins.
10 September 1419 AD - John the Fearless, Duke of Burgundy is assassinated by adherents of the Dauphin, the future Charles VII of France.
13 September 1475 AD - Birth of Cesare Borgia, Italian aristocrat.
11 September 1649 AD - Siege of Drogheda ends: Oliver Cromwell's English Parliamentarian troops take the town and execute its garrison.
11 September 1847 AD - The Mountain Meadows Massacre: Mormon settlers and Paiutes massacre 120 pioneers at Mountain Meadows, Utah.
*13 September 1939 AD - Tom Riddle learns about the Chamber of Secrets and decides to find and open it.
*9 September 1943 AD - Tom Riddle meets with Professor Slughorn and asks him about Horcruxes.
12 September 1947 AD - The U.S. Screen Actors Guild implements an anti-Communist loyalty oath.
11 September 2001 AD - Coordinated attacks resulting in the collapse or severe damage of several skyscrapers at the World Trade Center in New York City, destruction of the western portion of The Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, and an intentional passenger airliner crash in Shanksville, Pennsylvania. In total, 2,974 people are killed in these coordinated attacks.
14 September - First day of the Eleusinian Mysteries.


Real Men of Evil
burningmark presents...
Real Men of Evil
Today, we examine you, George Gordon.
George Washington Gordon (October 5, 1836 – August 9, 1911) was an officer in the Confederate States Army, rising to be the youngest brigadier general in the Confederacy by the last year of the war. After the war, he practiced law in Pulaski, Tennessee, where the Ku Klux Klan was formed. He became one of the Klan's first members. In 1867, Gordon became the Klan's first Grand Dragon for the Realm of Tennessee, and wrote its "Precept," a book describing its organization, purpose, and principles. The historical record includes an 1868 proclamation by Gordon. In it, he warns that the Klan had been "fired into three times," and that if the blacks "make war upon us they must abide by the awful retribution that will follow." Gordon was elected as a Democrat to the Sixtieth, Sixty-first, and Sixty-second Congresses. He served from March 4, 1907 until his death in Memphis in 1911.
So here's to you, George Gordon. Without your blind racism and ingenuity in channeling it, modern honkies across the country would have to channel their hatred and violence without those shiny white sheets.

Fic
-Anal Smoothie by Shae_loves_crackfic. (Lucius/Narcissa. ADULT.) She was pretty smooth. Lucius was pretty smooth. In fact, their entire existence was smooth. What could be more relaxing and fun than a nice smoothie?
-Blood Lust by a_shadow_there. (Bella/Rita. ADULT.) “And we won’t tell anyone, will we Rita?”
Rita could feel the heat of Bella’s breath on her skin as she stated the terms of their agreement.
-Even Old Dogs Learn New Tricks by melfinatheblue. (Lucius Malfoy, Draco Malfoy. ADULT.) "I've grown used to watching my every word, my every motion. I must always be a Malfoy, whatever my thoughts. But in front of him... Even my thoughts are not safe. His curse still makes my muscles shake, even now, so many hours after it was first cast. I must learn to control even my thoughts, or things will not end well."
-Nowhere to Look by Beware the Smirk. (Fenrir/Draco. ADULT.) Harry hoped against long forsaken hope that Greyback and Malfoy would be gone. When he opened his eyes again they were still there. They weren’t just a mere illusion. They were real.
-The Hand We're Dealt by Anonymous at hp_summersmut. (Lucius/Remus, Narcissa/Lily, Severus/Sirius, Lucius/Sirius. ADULT.)
"Oh puppy," Lucius whispers against his ear, "I know exactly what sort of punishment you need."
-Wedding Gift by softly_sweetly. (Lucius/Harry. ADULT.) "Lucius… please…"
Pulling Potter's head back, Lucius slammed it against the mirror again, making Potter cry out as shards of the mirror embedded in his cheek. "You will remain silent, if you wish to keep your life."


Art
-Snape/Dead!Lily by BrunaBrito (G.)
-Snape by Patilda (G.)
-He Has Her Eyes by Kykywka (Snape, G.)
-That Witch by Kykywka (Bellatrix, G.)
-The Quiet Storm by Sigune (Snape, G.)
-Spinner's End Sev by Expell-Hun (G.)
-Snape Portrait by Bylby (G.)
-Something I Can Never Have by Mirisima (Snape, G.)
-Young Master Lucius by Alchemical-Disaster (G.)
-Snape by Ssslyth (G.)
-You Know Who by Loleia (G.)
-The Envy of Owls by TwilightBeau (Snape, G.)
-Regulus by elspethelf (G.)
-Rat to Rat by ani_bester (Wormtail, G.)
-Draco by leochi (PG.)
-Anatomy of a Villain by mudblood428 (Snape, PG [covered nudity].)
-The Strangers by Patilda (Bellatrix and Rodolphus, G.)
-Draco by juodojiliepsna (G.)
-Lucius/Narcissa by Tumblekax (G.)
-Snape by Allada (G.)
-I Have a Problem, Severus... by Vizen (Snape, G.)
-Snape-a-doodle by Limlight (Adult!Snape and child!Snape, G.)
-Rodolphus Lestrange by DerekAshcroft (G.)
-Voldemort by AxelZero (G.)
-Family Relations by spacefragments (Bellatrix and Sirius, G.)
-Regulus by spacefragments (G.)
-Adoration by xbloodsugarx (Lucius/Draco, R.)

Etc
-Sign-ups are open for smutty_claus.
-erotic_elves is holding it's Random Kink Challenge


This Week in Evil
7 September 1251 BC - A solar eclipse marks the birth of legendary Heracles at Thebes, Greece.
26 August 55 BC - Julius Caesar invades Britain.
7 September 70 AD - A Roman army under General Titus occupies and plunders Jerusalem.
4 September 476 AD - Romulus Augustus, last emperor of the Western Roman Empire, is deposed when Odoacer proclaims himself King of Italy.
28 August 1189 AD - The Crusaders begin the Siege of Acre under Guy of Lusignan.
26 August 1346 AD - The military supremacy of the English longbow over the French combination of crossbow and armoured knights is established at the Battle of Crécy.
29 August 1533 AD - Inca emperor Atahualpa is executed in Cajamarca by Spanish Conquistadores.
2 September 1666 AD - The Great Fire of London breaks out and burns for three days, destroying 10,000 buildings including St. Paul's Cathedral.
5 September 1698 AD - In an effort to move his people away from archaic customs, Tsar Peter I of Russia imposes a tax on beards.
*8 September 1749 AD - The Statute of Secrecy is breached in an incident involving vampires. Legislation follows to make another such breach less likely.
2 September 1752 AD - The United Kingdom adopts the Gregorian Calendar, nearly two centuries later than most of Western Europe.
30 August 1799 AD - Capture of the entire Dutch fleet by British forces during the Second Coalition of the French Revolutionary Wars.
25 August 1814 AD - Washington, D.C. is burned and White House is destroyed by British forces during the War of 1812.
5 September 1839 AD - The First Opium War begins in China.
31 August 1888 AD - Mary Ann Nichols is murdered. She is the first of Jack the Ripper's known victims.
8 September 1900 AD - A powerful hurricane hits Galveston, Texas killing about 8,000 people.
*6 September 1928 AD - Morfin Gaunt returns from Azkaban after a three-year sentence to find both his father and sister, Marvolo and Merope, dead. He lives alone in the Gaunt house for many years, until Tom Riddle returns and frames him for murdering the Riddle family.
*1 September 1938 AD - Tom Marvolo Riddle begins his education at Hogwarts, and is sorted into Slytherin.
*9 September 1943 AD - Tom Riddle meets with Professor Slughorn and asks him about Horcruxes.
*1 September 1944 AD - Tom Riddle begins his seventh year at Hogwarts and is made Head Boy. He is dabbling in the Dark Arts, having already created a Horcrux, and some of his closest friends are already referring to him as Lord Voldemort; outwardly, however, he is a model student.
*8 September 1992 AD - The Chamber of Secrets is opened by Ginny Weasley, under the possession of Tom Riddle.
*2 September 1994 AD - Draco Malfoy enjoys a brief stint as a bouncing ferret.
*4 September 1994 AD - Bartemius Crouch Jr, in his disguise as Professor Moody, shows Harry Potter's Defence Against the Dark Arts class the Unforgivable Curses.
*30 August 1995 AD - Educational Decree Number 22 allows the Ministry of Magic to instate Dolores Umbridge as the new Defence Against the Dark Arts professor at Hogwarts.
*2 September 1995 AD - Harry is given a week's worth of detentions by Professor Umbridge and a biscuit by Professor McGonagall.
*1 September 1997 AD - Severus Snape announced as Headmaster of Hogwarts.
*2 September 1997 AD - Harry Potter, Hermione Granger, and Ron Weasley infiltrate the Ministry of Magic by use of Polyjuice Potions.
27 August – Belgian holiday of the Wedding of the Giants. (Please, if someone knows what this holiday is about, let us know, because we are fascinated).
29 August - First day of Thoth, marking the beginning of the Egyptian calendar.
30 August - International Day of the Disappeared
1 September - beginning of the Hogwarts school year
5 September - Beginning of the Ludi Romani.

Fic
-Chained by svartalfur. (Snape/Harry, Lucius. ADULT.) There were no days and nights at Azkaban, no sunsets and sunrises. The warded sky was forever the same grey, and the diffuse light never changed.
-Destroyer by Anonymous at hp_summersmut. (Lucius/Hermione/Draco. ADULT.) "I told you, Draco, they always fall. It is an inherent flaw in their creation, these abominations of magic."
-Funny, What a Name Can Do by freak_mon. (Sirius/Bella. PG-13.) The bonds of family and blood bound them together, but inextricably held them apart.
-Seducing Bella by Anonymous at hp_summersmut. (Bella/James. ADULT.) “And what makes you think that I want to play with a baby Gryffindor like you?” Bella’s voice was simperingly sweet.
-Whenever Dark Draws Near by stonegrad. (Lucius/Harry. ADULT.)
No, not the eyes, it's the look; the one that makes the skin between his shoulder blades itch, that settles like a dead weight in his stomach, hot and cold all at once, never failing to make his head spin. This is how Harry knows – because when it all comes down to it, there's never been anyone else in the world who's looked at him with the same intensity that Lucius Malfoy does.


Art
-RAB by patilda (Regulus, G.)
-Draco and Snape by Hvostoroga (Possible pairing? PG.)
-Lured by patilda (Regulus, G.)
-Wait for Me by Reiko-kun (Snape, G.)
-Antonin Dolohov by HyenaCub (G.)
-Snape's Worst Memory by Hilarity (James, Snape and Lily, G.)
-Longbottom Syndrome by Vizen (Snape and Neville, G.)
-Studious!Snape by (G.)
-Lucius and Narcissa by Propensity (G.)
-Always... by Elivi (Snape, G.)
-The Dream by Lixsurr (Lucius/Snape, R.)
-Snape by Coraxlovegothica (G.)
-James Who? by Jamtachi (Snape/Lily, G.)
-Suitdemort by Socialgrake (Voldemort, G.)

Etc
-More information was released on The Wizarding World of Harry Potter themed land at Universal's Islands of Adventure


This Week in Evil
21 August 753 BC - The Rape of the Sabine Women by the men of fledgling Rome takes place, under the direction of Romulus.
19 August 14 AD - Death of Caesar Augustus.
23 August 79 AD - Mount Vesuvius begins stirring, on the feast day of Vulcan, the Roman god of fire. It erupts a day later, burying the cities of Pompeii, Herculaneum, and Stabiae.
24 August 410 AD - The Visigoths under Alaric begin to pillage Rome, in a sack that will last for three days; many consider this date the effective end of the Roman Empire, as it marks the first time in centuries that the city had been breached by an outside force.
18 August 1227 AD - Death of Temüjin, the Mongol conqueror more commonly known as Genghis Khan.
23 August 1305 AD - William Wallace, Scottish patriot, is executed at for high treason by Edward I of England.
24 August 1349 AD - Six thousand Jews are killed in Mainz after being blamed for the bubonic plague.
22 August 1485 AD - The Battle of Bosworth Field decisively ends the Wars of the Roses.
19 August 1503 AD - Death of corrupt Borgia pope, Alexander VI, elsewise known as Rodrigo Borgia. The next pope forbid anyone to mourn his death, saying, "It is blasphemous to pray for the damned".
24 August 1572 AD - The Saint Bartholomew's Day Massacre, wherein a massacre of French Protestants is ordered by King Charles IX. The event will later be immortalised in a fantastically bad play by Christopher Marlowe.
23 August 1617 AD - The first one-way street is opened in London.
18 August 1634 AD - Urbain Grandier, accused and convicted of sorcery, is burned alive in Loudun, France.
19 August 1692 AD - In Salem, Massachusetts, five women and a clergyman are executed after being convicted of witchcraft.
18 August 1917 AD - A manticore in Thessaloniki, Greece, starts a devastating fire, which will subsequently be blamed on dry straw and heavy winds.
20 August 1955 AD – A rampaging Manticore kills 77 people in Morocco, resulting in a massive cover-up blaming the deaths on Berber hoards.
*20 August 1994 AD – Voldemort and Peter Pettigrew take up residence at the Riddle House in Little Hangleton; that night, Muggle Frank Bryce is murdered to prevent him from giving them away.
*22 August 1994 AD – Death Eaters raid the campsite following the Quidditch World Cup, and are driven away by the sight of a Dark Mark cast by Bartemius Crouch Jr.
23 August – Roman feast of the Vulcanalia


Real Women of Evil
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Real Women of Evil
Today, we salute you, Isabella of France.
Isabella (1295 – August 22, 1358), only surviving daughter of French King Philip IV, was promised as an infant to Edward II of England, in the hopes of healing the rift between their countries. At the time of her marriage, Isabella was probably about twelve and was described as "the beauty of beauties...in the kingdom if not in all Europe." Edward, for his part, looked every inch the perfect Plantagenet King, but was internally weak, and paid little attention to his young bride and bestowed her wedding gifts upon his favorite, Piers Gaveston. Although Isabella produced four children, the apparently bisexual king was notorious for lavishing sexual attention on a succession of male courtiers, which eventually turned Isabella against her husband. She took a lover, Roger Mortimer, and began plotting against Edward. When sent as an envoy to France, she took refuge with her brother, who refused all subsequent demands by Edward to return her to England. In 1326 Isabella and Mortimer landed in Suffolk with an army, most of whom were mercenaries. Thereafter, Edward began offering rewards for the death of his wife, and Isabella offered twice as much for the death of his favourite paramour. The invasion by Isabella and Mortimer was successful: King Edward's few allies deserted him without a battle, and Edward himself was captured and forced to abdicate in favour of his eldest son. Since the young king was only fourteen when he was crowned, Isabella and Mortimer ruled as regents in his place. According to legend, Isabella and Mortimer famously plotted to murder the deposed king in such a way as not to draw blame on themselves, sending the famous order "Edwardum occidere nolite timere bonum est" which depending on where the comma was inserted could mean either "Do not be afraid to kill Edward; it is good" or "Do not kill Edward; it is good to fear". When Edward III turned 18, he and a few trusted companions staged a coup and had both Isabella and Mortimer taken prisoner. Mortimer was executed for treason, but Edward spared Isabella's life and she was allowed to retire to Castle Rising in Norfolk. She died in 1358, and was buried in her wedding dress. Edward's heart was interred with her.

Got a rec? Send it our way! Please email us at burningmark at gmail.com or leave a comment to this post. Do you write Death Eater fics or create deliciously evil artwork? Let us know, we'll add you to our watcher journal's friend's list. We can also be found here on IJ. We're particularly interested in fics and art focusing on the less-well-known Death Eaters -- variety is the spice of torture!

Fic
-Comrades in Arms by Anonymous at hp_summersmut. (Snape/Lucius. ADULT.) It was ironic, Lucius mused, that a man who had spent so many years in utter loneliness due to the sheer nature of his work, should end up alone in a bleak hospital cell after his work was done. Suitable, perhaps, but ironic.
-gravity's tricks on moons in orbit by inksplotched. (Narcissa/Regulus. PG.) A realization comes to her, with an impact like no other – it's this world she hates, and more, that they know a way to live in it that she cannot quite grasp.
-Lovely, Dark and Deep by JenniferOksana. (Bellatrix/Rodolphus, Bellatrix/Voldemort imp. PG-13.) She shivers at the thought of the power, and the infinite pleasure of the pain he has promised.
-Stumbling Across the Lines by train_lindz. (Regulus. PG-13.) But he couldn’t do it. Not to his own flesh and blood.
-The Right Question by Anonymous at hp_summersmut. (Snape/Narcissa. ADULT.) Severus Snape detested Narcissa Black. Now, this wasn't exactly a shocking sentiment, since Severus wasn't generally overflowing with goodwill towards his fellow students, and was known to regard some of them in particular with active malice. However, Narcissa held her own special place of disdain, mostly because he was being forced to put up with her.


Art
-Half-Blood Prince by LilyHBP (Snape, G.)
-The Flaw in the Plan by NovalxioXerces (Trio, Voldemort, Bellatrix, Wormtail, Draco and Regulus,
G.)
-Long Cold Winter by Patilda (Snape, G.)
-Bellatrix by Monoire (G.)
-Draco by Claudiall (G.)
-Lucius' Secret Fetish by Robin-no-Ouji (G.)
-X of Swords and VII of Swords by raitala (Snape and Narcissa respectively, PG.)
-Only You and Me... by xbloodsugarx (Lucius/Draco, G.)
-Macnair's Pets by vikingcarrot (Macnair/Rodolphus/Snape, ADULT.)
-Bellatrix Enjoys the Twilight Saga by buttfacemakani (G.)


Etc
-Look! We have a shipment of fail for you! WB pushes back the release of the HBP movie. Unfortunately, they did not inform Entertainment Weekly.
-wicked_visions posted some icons on the HBP movie scandal and some Death Eater icons
-Five new images from the upcoming HBP movie


This Week in Evil
13 August 3114 BC - Start of the Maya calendar.
11 August 586 BC - The First Temple (originally built by King Solomon) is destroyed by the Babylonians in Jerusalem.
11 August 480 BC - Defeat of the Spartans and death of King Leonidas at the Battle of Thermopylae.
12 August 30 BC - Cleopatra commits suicide after her defeat and Mark Antony's defeat at the battle of Actium.
15 August 778 AD - The Battle of Roncevaux Pass, in which Roland is killed. (If you don't think this is evil, clearly no professor has ever inflicted The Song of Roland on you).
15 August 1040 AD - King Duncan I is killed in battle against his first cousin and rival Macbeth. The latter succeeds him as King of Scotland, and would be killed on the same day seventeen years later by the future Malcolm III.
13 August 1326 AD - Aradia di Toscano, who will go on to found the Stregheria, begins her tutelage in witchcraft.
13 August 1521 AD - Tenochtitlán falls to conquistador Hernán Cortés.
15 August 1769 AD - Birth of Napoleon Bonaparte.
16 August 1792 AD - Maximilien Robespierre presents the petition of the Commune of Paris to the Legislative Assembly, which demanded the formation of a revolutionary tribunal.
14 August 1908 AD - First beauty contest held in Folkestone, England.
11 August 1934 AD - First civilian prisoners arrive at Federal prison on Alcatraz Island.
*12 August 1995 AD - Harry Potter attends a disciplinary hearing in old courtroom 10, in the Ministry for Magic.


Real Men of Evil
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Real Men of Evil
Today, we salute you, Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland.
Born into the middle gentry, Oliver Cromwell (25 April 1599 – 3 September 1658) spent the first forty years of his life in obscurity, before converting to Puritanism, becoming a member of Parliament as part of a group bent on "godly reformation", and joining in the English Civil War of the 17th century on the side of the Roundheads. Cromwell was the third person to sign Charles I's death warrant in 1649, and was subsequently the head of English campaigns in Scotland and Ireland. Cromwell hated the Irish on both political and religious grounds, and began what many believes amounts to a systematic genocide against Irish Catholics. At the siege of Drogheda in September 1649, Cromwell's troops massacred nearly 3,500 people after the town's capture—comprising around 2,700 Royalist soldiers and all the men in the town carrying arms, including some civilians, prisoners, and Roman Catholic priests. In the wake of the Commonwealth's conquest, the public practice of Catholicism was banned and Catholic priests were executed when captured. In addition, roughly 12,000 Irish people were sold into slavery under the Commonwealth, and Catholic-held lands were confiscated and given to English and Scottish settlers, dropping Catholic ownership of land in Ireland from 60% to less than 8%. On 20 April 1653 he dismissed the Rump Parliament by force, setting up a short-lived nominated assembly known as the Barebones Parliament before being made Lord Protector of England, Scotland, and Ireland on 16 December 1653, a position he held until his death of malaria and complications from kidney stones in 1658. In 1661, following the restoration of the monarchy under Charles II, Oliver Cromwell's body was exhumed from Westminster Abbey, and was subjected to the ritual of a posthumous execution.

Fic
A Little Green by amluv. (Bella/Andromeda. ADULT.) "Oh Bella I know that look. I do believe that you plan to play a trick on me, so I shall decline your invite." She teased as she released the firm yet tender grip she had on the other girl's wrist.
Black and White and Red All Over by liliths_requiem. (Molly Weasley/Bellatrix Black. PG-13.) There’s the angry, guttural scream of a man that isn’t even human, and then Molly watches as the other witch’s body falls, limp, against the Hogwarts floor.
Lucius Malfoy and the Cauldron of Doom by Melafinablue</b>. (Lucius/many. ADULT.) *This is story is broken into 9 pieces and was just recently finished.* "Did it occur to you that that's because You-Know-Who took and then broke his wand? Ron and Harry have been joking about that nonstop ever since they found out. And the size thing. Though I have to admit, hearing that he'd been unmanned, so to speak, made me chuckle a bit myself. "
N is for Never by cesaretech. (Amycus Carrow and Zacharias Smith. PG13.) Gripping his shoulder too tightly, the lopsided man pressed, “The time’ll come when yer not gonna have a choice. Show the filthy whelps who the wizarding world belongs to.”
The Hand We're Dealt by Anonymous at hp_summersmut. (Lucius/Remus, Narcissa/Lily, Severus/Sirius, Lucius/Sirius. ADULT.) No, Narcissa Black lures innocence into her bed with quicksilver smiles and corrupt promises.

Art
-Bellatrix by Patilda (G.)
-Bellatrix by River-Grace (G.)
-Voldemort by Badillo (G.)
-Voldemort by Reneaigner (G.)
-Hell by xbloodsugarx (Lucius, PG.)
-Draco in the Garden by xbloodsugarx (PG.)
-ickle!Tom Riddle by slytherinfiend (G.)

Other
hp_darkfest sign ups are closed.
Ministry Decrees are up at Universal Studios' Islands of Adventure
regulusjames is a new community for those who ship Regulus Black with the blood traitor James Potter.


This Week in Evil
7 August 322 BC - Following the death of Alexander the Great, Athens rebels against Macedonian rule in the Battle of Crannon.
9 August 48 BC - Julius Caesar decisively defeats Pompey at the Battle of Pharsalus; Pompey flees to Egypt.
4 August 70 AD - The Romans engage in the destruction of the Second Temple in Jerusalem.
8 August 461 AD - Murder of Roman Emperor Majorian, following a mutiny by Germanic general Ricimer.
5 August 910 AD - The last major Viking army to raid England is defeated at the Battle of Tettenhall by the allied forces of Mercia and Wessex, led by King Edward and Earl Aethelred.
5 August 1305 AD - Scottish revolutionary William Wallace is captured by the English near Glasgow and transported to London for trial and execution.
7 August 1560 AD - Serial killer Elizabeth Báthory is born in Hungary.
4 August 1789 AD - In France members of the National Constituent Assembly take an oath to end feudalism and abandon their privileges.
10 August 1792 AD - The Tuileries Palace is stormed, and Louis XVI of France is arrested and taken into custody. This effectively ends the French monarchy until its restoration in 1814.
7 August 1794 AD - The Whiskey Rebellion begins: farmers in the Monongahela Valley of Pennsylvania rebel against the federal tax on liquor and distilled drinks.
6 August 1806 AD - Francis II, the last Holy Roman Emperor, abdicates, ending the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation.
5 August 1861 AD - In order to help pay for the war effort, the United States government levies the first income tax as part of the Revenue Act of 1861.
6 August 1890 AD - At Auburn Prison in New York, murderer William Kemmler becomes the first person to be executed by electric chair.
6 August 1914 AD - In the escalation of World War I, Serbia declares war on Germany; Austria declares war on Russia.
6 August 1945 AD - Hiroshima is devastated when an atomic bomb, "Little Boy", is dropped by the United States B-29 Enola Gay. Around 70,000 people are killed instantly.
9 August 1945 AD - World War II: Nagasaki is devastated when an atomic bomb, "Fat Man", is dropped by the United States B-29 Bockscar. 70,000 people are killed instantly.
6 August 1991 AD - Tim Berners-Lee releases files describing his idea for the World Wide Web. WWW debuts as a publicly available service on the Internet. (This is pretty evil.)
*7 August 1993 AD - Harry Potter blows up his Aunt Marge and flees the house, where he is picked up by the Knight Bus and taken to the Leaky Cauldron in Diagon Alley.
*6 August 1995 AD - Harry Potter leaves Privet Drive and flies to number twelve, Grimmauld Place, with the Advance Guard.


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Fic
-Dance With Me by Lady ot Rings. (Bellatrix. T.) Shame. She’s still an ugly scar on the Black Tree.
-Fading by duco_lacuna. (Regulus. PG-13.) His shaking hand held a cup, a poisoned chalice that was part of an intricate trap of death. There was no time to think; he plunged the crystal glass into the icy water of the lake and brought it to his dry, cracked lips.
-Memories of a Bath by tattooedsappho. (Narcissa/Molly. ADULT.) “Tut, tut. You misunderstand. Tell me exactly what you want me to do or I shall be forced to ask again.”
-The Big Bad Wolf by beckaandzac. (Fenrir/Snape. ADULT.) Sighing, Fenrir pulled back, wiping spittle from his lips. “Oh, little bird, you know this could be more fun for us both if you’d only participate a little. A growing boy like you must be thinking about it all the time.”
-Torrid by alyxbradford. (Bella/Rodolphus. PG-13.) "Rodolphus..." she murmured, pulling her mouth away from his, "I believe we are in imminent danger of being caught."


Art
-Voldemort by Hillary-CW (G.)
-The Boy Who Talked to Snakes by Fishbizkit Tom/Voldemort, G.)
-Snape and Flowers by Embittered-Passions (G.)
-Regulus by Rohanelf (G.)
-Snape Portrait by Miateixeira (G.)
-Quirrell Takes a Bath by Birvan (G.)
-Voldemort by Alesinsobrenombre (G.)
-Tom Riddle by Multicolor (G.)
-Snape by SkittlesBlood (G.)
-Only You and Me... by xbloodsugarx (Lucius/Draco, G.)
-Death Eater Card no.30 by vikingcarrot (Gibbon, G.)
-Battle of Hogwarts (Malfoys) by buttfacemakani (G.)


Etc
-The first Half-Blood Prince trailer has been released (with, curiously enough, no mention of the Half-Blood Prince himself).
-The Wizarding World of Harry Potter now has a release date of 2010 (which you may want to note is the same year as Infinitus... Let's hope Universal gets it open in time!)
-Sign-ups are going until August 8th for hp_darkfest!
-Hilarious flash video by Grimpen Myer Harry Potter and the Deadly Abridgement was released. (NSFW)


This Week in Evil
2 August 216 BC - The Carthaginian army lead by Hannibal defeats a numerically superior Roman army under command of consuls Lucius Aemilius Paullus and Gaius Terentius Varro.
1 August 30 BC - Octavian enters Alexandria, Egypt, bringing it under the control of the Roman Republic.
2 August 1088 AD - In Kiev, Russia, the hero Dobrynja slays a dragon named Gorynych that had terrorized that region for years.
30 July 1419 AD - First Defenestration of Prague.
1 August 1464 AD - Death of Cosimo de' Medici, ruler of Florence
3 August 1492 AD - Ferdinand and Isabella expel the Jews from Spain.
28 July 1540 AD - Thomas Cromwell is executed on order from Henry VIII of England on charges of treason. Henry marries his fifth wife, Catherine Howard, on the same day.
28 July 1794 AD - Maximilien Robespierre is guillotined in front of a cheering crowd, for sending thousands of others to a similar fate during the French Revolution.
30 July 1871 AD - The Staten Island Ferry Westfield's boiler explodes, killing over 85 people.
28 July 1914 AD - World War I begins: Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia after it failed to meet the conditions of an ultimatum it set on July 23 following the killing of Archduke Francis Ferdinand by a Serbian assassin. This event leads to the outbreak of war.
*31 July 1980 AD - Harry Potter born to James and Lily Potter.
*31 July 1991 AD - Professor Quirrell attempts a break-in at Gringott's, designed by Voldemort to steal the Philosopher's Stone to return himself fully to life and ensure his immortality.
*30 July 1993 AD - Sirius Black executes the first-ever escape from Azkaban prison.
*2 August 1995 AD - Harry Potter and cousin Dudley Dursley are attacked by Dementors in Little Whinging.
*1 August 1997 AD - The Ministry of Magic falls to Voldemort's power; Rufus Scrimgeour is tortured and killed; Death Eaters attack the Delacour-Weasley wedding.
1 August - Festival of Lammas/Lughnasadh
3 August - Feast of St Nicodemus, famous for writing of the harrowing of Hell.


Real Men of Evil
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Real Men of Evil
Today, we examine you, Idi Amin Dada.
Idi Amin Dada Oumee (17 August 1924 – 16 August 2003)) was the military officer and president (1971-79) of Uganda. During the last two years of his reign, Amin styled himself "Lord of All the Beasts of the Earth and Fishes of the Seas and Conqueror of the British Empire in Africa in General and Uganda in Particular". Amin also took tribalism, a long-standing problem in Uganda, to its extreme by allegedly ordering the persecution of Acholi, Lango, and other tribes. Reports indicate torture and murder of 100,000 to 300,000 Ugandans during Amin's presidency. In 1972, he began to expel Asians from Uganda. God, he said, had directed him to do this, although he had also been motivated by his anger at the refusal of one of the country's most prominent Asian families, the Madhvanis, to hand over their prettiest daughter as his fifth wife. Over the years, Ugandans would disappear in the thousands, their mutilated bodies washing up on the shores of Lake Victoria. Amin would boast of being a "reluctant" cannibal - human flesh, he said, was too salty. He once ordered that the decapitation of political prisoners be broadcast on TV, specifying that the victims "must wear white to make it easy to see the blood". One of Amin's guards, Abraham Sule, said: "[Amin] put his bayonet in the pot containing human blood and licked the stuff as it ran down the bayonet. Amin told us: 'When you lick the blood of your victim, you will not see nightmares.' He then did it." Amin was on the losing side of the Uganda-Tanzania War, and he was forced to flee to Saudi Arabia. Amin held that Uganda needed him and never expressed remorse for the abuses of his regime. He died in exile in 2003.
So here's to you, Idi Amin. Your systematic destruction of thousands proves that Euro-centric culture doesn't hold a monopoly on wanton pathological dictatorship.

Fic
-Beautiful by Peinture_de_tigre. (Bella/Rodolphus. ADULT.) He inhaled the foul air deeply; he could make out the scent of still-wet blood and just the faintest smell of the beginnings of decaying flesh. Or maybe that was just the smell from the open wounds that would now never heal. The smell of sex still clung in the air, enhancing the deathly combination, making it seem complete. Rodolphus inhaled even deeper; his three favorite scents all in one.
-Expectations by alyxbradford. (Bellatrix, OC Death Eater. R.) Bellatrix stepped out of the alley and fired two Killing Curses at their backs. They fell gracelessly to the concrete, without so much as a moan or cry to mark their passing.
-Family Rules by catsintheattic. (The Malfoys. ADULT.) Draco – always willing to push the limit. Even though the boy’s eyes were blank, Lucius could sense his fear that he’d gone too light on himself mixed with the feverish hope that what he’d offered would not lead to an increased punishment, that it would be enough to atone.
-the skull of birds by spikeyboots. (Regulus/Sirius, Regulus/Rodolphus/Rabastan, Regulus/Remus. ADULT.) Sirius uses swear words like bread and butter, or like foreplay - Regulus manages to get in a scrappy hit, and spits savage pig, before Sirius levels him (is that the best you can do?); a solid blow to the temple and Regulus hits the floor, hard.



Art
-Death Eater by HyenaCub (Greyback, Lucius and Draco, G.)
-Tom Riddle by Machi-Neko (G.)
-Apart by LilyHBP (Snape/Lily, G.)
-Lick by ProtoWilson (Snape/Foot, PG.)
-Snape by Enozym (G.)
-The Encounter by ShiroiYuki3 (Snape, G.)
-Narcissa by Lesmau (G.)
-Evan Rosier by Liryka (G.)
-X-Men/Harry Potter Crossover by Hillary-CW (Voldemort, Snape, others, G.)
-Snape's Death by Dracothan (Snape, Voldemort and Nagini, PG for blood and lulz.)
-Black as Night by ButterflyGraffiti (Tom/Ginny, G.)
-Death Eater Card no.29 by vikingcarrot (Selwyn, G.)
-Lucius by xbloodsugarx (G).
-HP Fanfic Demotivator by radioactive_x. (Voldemort, PG).


Etc
Peter Pettigrew fanmix by diving_up


This Week in Evil
21 July 356 BC - A young man called Herostratus set fire to the Temple of Artemis in Ephesus, one of the Seven Wonders of the World.
25 July 306 AD - Constantine I proclaimed Roman emperor by his troops.
22 July 1298 AD - King Edward I of England and his longbowmen defeat William Wallace and his Scottish schiltrons outside the town of Falkirk.
24 July 1567 AD - Mary Queen of Scots is deposed and replaced by her 1 year old son James VI.
25 July 1722 AD - The Three Years War begins along the Maine and Massachusetts border.
25 July 1755 AD - The decision to deport the Acadians takes place in Halifax. Thousands of Acadians are sent to the British Colonies in America, France and England. Some later moved to Louisiana, while others later resettled in New Brunswick.
27 July 1794 AD - Maximilien Robespierre is arrested after encouraging the execution of more than 17,000 "enemies of the Revolution."
23 July 1968 AD - Four Muggles killed in what will later be recognised as one of the first publicised acts of the First War against Voldemort.
*26 July 1997 AD - Death Eaters interrupt Harry Potter's escape from 4 Privet Drive; in the ensuing skirmish, ex-Auror Alastor "Mad-Eye" Moody and Potter's pet owl are killed, and George Weasley and Rodolphus Lestrange are injured.
*21 July 2007 AD - Release of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.
25 July - Roman festival of the Furinalia, honouring Furrina, goddess of robbers.
25 July - Inca festival of the thunder god Ilyap'a.


Real Men of Evil
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Real Men of Evil
Today we salute you, Emperor Caligula.
Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus, nicknamed "Caligula", was the third Roman Emperor, reigning from 16 March 37 until his assassination on 24 January 41. The son of the famously heroic Germanicus and model of Roman womanhood Agrippina Major, Caligula managed to inherit almost none of the positive traits of his forebears. He spent six years living under the guardianship of Emperor Tiberius, the man responsible for the deaths of both his parents and two of his brothers, and was eventually named co-heir to the empire, along with his cousin Gemellus. Overeager to take the reins, Caligula is reported to have either smothered an ailing Tiberius himself, or to have had one of his men do it. Caligula's ascension was viewed by Rome as a blessing, and the first few months of his reign were promising. In October of 37, however, he fell mysteriously ill, and following his recovery, began exterminating rivals and allies alike. The next two years were marked by a contrast of Caligula's public generosity and ambitious construction for the empire with his increasingly paranoid persecution of anyone suspected of plotting against him. By 40 AD, Caligula was styling himself as a god on earth, referring to himself as Jupiter incarnate, and possibly indulging in some deity-inspired incest with his own sisters. One of these, Drusilla, may have been carrying his child at the time of her death; indeed, one report states that Caligula tore the child from her womb, fearing that it would, in mythic fashion, grow up to be greater than its father. One of the most famous examples of his slide into insanity is the account of his attempt to make his favourite horse Incitatus a consul of the Senate. He is also reported to have set up a brothel in the imperial palace, where he forced the prostitution of the wives of senators. In January of 41, the Praetorian Guard led by Cassius Chaerea cornered Caligula and stabbed him at least thirty times. Caligula's wife and young daughter were also murdered; the Praetorian Guard named Caligula's uncle Claudius the next Emperor.
So here's to you, Caligula, and your remarkable standard of lunacy, which has remained unparalleled for almost two thousand years.

Fic
-Concession by peroxide_priest. (Snape/Lucius. ADULT.) Lucius's smile was pressed against the small of his back, all soft lips and hard teeth. "This is going to hurt," he said, harsh and clear in the silence, all the way up Snape's spine.
-Decadent Dulosis by willfully. (Bella/Gabrielle Delacour. ADULT.) For all that she loved darkness, it was light colours that Bellatrix found the most attractive. Especially when contrasted with darkness.
-Lay Down Your Arms by ldybastet. (Snape/Lucius. ADULT.) It was always Severus who gave his entire being to Lucius, who gave him the control of pleasure and pain, of making the decisions and demands.
-Through Stone by tristesses. (Bella/Narcissa. ADULT.) “Lovely,” she gasped. “You’ve always been so lovely.” She slipped Bellatrix’s prison shroud down from around her shoulders, dismissing the other woman’s protests, running her nails along the exposed flesh.
-Tied with a Ribbon by elfflame". (Lucius/Tonks. ADULT.) She was always so quiet and still these days. The struggle had gone out of her long ago, and this was the only way he could truly capture her attention any longer. It was just lucky for her that he enjoyed seeing her this way.
-Unhinged by ravenclawbest. (Bellatrix/Lily. PG.) Unhinged.
If one would endeavour to describe Bellatrix Black, it would be that one word.

Art
-The Slytherin Prince by Lesmau (Draco, G.)
-One Last memory by SayuriKemiko (Snape, PG.)
-Regulus Black by WhiteElzora (G.)
-Young Snape by SilverCresent11 (G.)
-Bellatrix by ReneAigner (G.)
-Snape (shouting in angry Russian!) by Silvertrace (G.)
-Nobody's Prince by Expell-HUN (Snape, PG.)
-Black Sisters by Rambabean (G.)
-Bellatrix - Post-Azkaban by PoisonBlackHeart (G.)
-The Prince's Tale 20 by Gerre (Snape, G - look at the previous 19 in her gallery too!)
-Macnair and Rowle by Derek Ashcroft (G.)
-The Promise by xbloodsugarx (Draco, G.)
-The Man With Two Faces by mncuddlecub (Harry, Quirrell and Voldie-face, PG.)
-Teen Snape by honeybean (G.)
-On a Day Out by katho (Malfoys, G.)
-Draco by rosivan (G.)
-Death Eater Card no.28 by vikingcarrot (Jugson, G.)
-The Sisters Black by caeline (Bellatrix and Narcissa, G.)
-The More You Pay by cluegirl (Draco, PG.)


Etc.
-Apparently Arthur, NOT Bill, will be attacked by Fenrir Greyback in the Half-Blood Prince movie.. With the absence of both Bill and Fleur in the sixth movie, it seems the wedding in the seventh may just appear out of freaking nowhere.
-Internet sensation Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog reveals that Dr. Horrible has two copies of both Half-Blood Prince and Deathly Hallows, seen in the background in Act Two when he's sitting in his overly large chair of awesomeness. This show will only be free through today, July 20th. Go watch it! Now!


This Week in Evil
15 July 660 BC - A Persian wizard successfully summons 200 demons simultaneously; his remains will later be found in Ethiopia and the Caspian Sea.
18 July 380 BC - Battle of the Allia: A Roman army is defeated by raiding Gauls, leading to the subsequent sacking of Rome - the last until the fall of the empire in 410 AD.
20 July 356 BC - Birth of Alexander the Great, Greek king and military leader.
18 July 63 AD - The Great Fire of Rome destroys 4 districts of the city and severely damages 7 others; the Emperor Nero is reported to play a lyre, singing The Sack of Illium, while the city burned.
17 July 610 AD - The Welsh wizard Saint Cynllo accidentally imprints his knees into a stone when an experimental weather charm backfires.
17 July 1203 AD - Fourth Crusade captures Constantinople by assault; the Byzantine emperor Alexius III Angelus flees from his capital into exile.
20 July 1351 AD - Death of famous German Seer Margaretha Ebner.
15 July 1381 AD - John Ball, a leader in the Peasants' Revolt, is hanged, drawn and quartered in the presence of Richard II of England.
19 July 1692 AD - Five women are hanged for witchcraft in Salem, Massachusetts.
14 July 1789 AD - Storming of the Bastille, Paris, France.
18 July 1925 AD - Adolf Hitler publishes his personal manifesto Mein Kampf.
*14 July 1943 AD - Tom Riddle commits his first murders, killing his father and paternal grandparents in their home in Little Hangleton. He first visits his uncle, Morfin Gaunt, and uses magic to steal Marvolo's ring and frame Morfin for the murders.
*15 July 1943 AD - Morfin Gaunt taken to Azkaban, where he will remain until death.
*17 July 1994 - Bertha Jorkins, on holiday in Albania, encounters Peter Pettigrew, and is subsequently tortured and then murdered by Lord Voldemort.


Real Men of Evil
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Real Men of Evil
Today we salute you, Tomás de Torquemada.
Tomás de Torquemada, (1420 – September 16, 1498) was a fifteenth century Spanish Dominican, first Inquisitor General of Spain, and confessor to Isabella of Spain, herself one of the country's most religiously fanatical leaders. After early service as a monk and cook at the Dominican monastery in Valladolid, Torquemada assisted Pedro González de Mendoza and Alonso de Hojeda in convincing King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella to petition Pope Sixtus IV to allow an Inquisition, to investigate the existence of crypto-Jews and crypto-Muslims -- those of other faiths who had converted to Christianity to escape persecution or expulsion, but were suspected of still practising their original faiths. The Inquisition began in Seville, and by 1492 had seats in eight other cities. The first auto de fe was celebrated in Seville on February 6, 1481: six people were burned alive. Torquemada was made the first Inquisitor General in 1483, and oversaw the arrest, torture, seizure of property, and execution of supposed heretics. Torquemada also promoted the burning of non-Catholic literature; especially the Talmud and, after the final defeat of the Moors at Granada in 1492, Arabic books as well. In the first few years of the Inquisition, about two thousand people were burned at the stake. So hated did Torquemada become by certain elements that at one point he travelled with a bodyguard of 50 mounted guards and 250 armed men. After 15 years as Spain's Grand Inquisitor, he died in 1498 in Ávila.
So here's to you, Tomás de Torquemada. Your tireless devotion to religious fanaticism set a precedent to be enjoyed by maniacs for centuries to come.



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Rock on.


Fic
-Family Rules by catsintheattic. (Lucius/Narcissa, Severus Snape, Abraxas Malfoy, Draco Malfoy. ADULT.) Lucius Malfoy commanded the use of words like a snake its poison fangs.
-Teddy Lupin and the Resurrection Stone by kennahijja. (Fenrir Greyback, Teddy Lupin, Harry Potter. PG-13.) "Ah, traitor… I didn't think I'd ever see you again." He pressed his cheek against Teddy's, ignoring his squirming, and licked a broad stripe up the side of his face. "He tastes like you, Lupin…"
-The Cycle by fembuck. (Bella/Andromeda. ADULT.) “Midnight snack,” Bellatrix breathed out, her lips curling up into a smile against the slick, salty skin of Andromeda’s neck.


Art
-Narcissa and her Nails by KatyRomance (G.)
-The Way We Were by ShiroiYuki3 (Snape/Lily, G.)
-Regulus by AxelZero (G.)
-Snape and Lucius by Severinka (G.)
-Snape by Admhire (Also Lily, G.)
-Calm of a Death Eater by Admhire (Lucius and Draco (no idea if it's pairing or not), PG possibly NWS.)
-Stickies by ani_bester (Voldemort,
Bellatrix, Snape and Trio, G.)
-Tom Riddle by AxelZero (G.)
-Yours by xbloodsugarx (Lucius/Draco, ADULT - incest.)
-Draco by Ponderosa (G.)
-2 Pieces by foxestacado (Tom, Snape and Harry, and Bellatrix, both G.)
-Greyback/Draco by vikingcarrot (NOT WORKSAFE.)


Other
-Jason Isaacs expresses doubts over doing 7th Potter movie
-Information is slowly being released on Inferi and Fenrir Greyback in movie 6. (There are going to be child!Inferi!!! The only thing scarier than dealing with children is undead children!)
-High-Res photos have been released from movie 6
-Rod Hunt has been cast as Thorfinn Rowle in HBP
-Teaser Trailer for HBP will premiere before Dark Knight. Warning! We've seen articles saying all theaters and others saying just in IMAX. We do not recommend seeing Dark Knight solely for the possible trailer (instead, go see it for the awesomeness that will be Heath Ledger as Joker.)
-Deathinapinkboa discusses Possible Gender Bias in the Wizarding World


This Week in Evil
7 July 912 BC - A prophetic Greek witch takes up residence at Delphi, as the first oracle residing there.
12 July 100 BC - Birth of famous Roman general and dictator Gaius Julius Caesar
8 July 1099 AD - 15,000 starving Christian soldiers march in religious procession around Jerusalem as its Muslim defenders look on.
12 July 1191 AD - Saladin's garrison surrenders, ending the two-year siege of Acre.
10 July 1212 AD - Two Dark Wizards, protesting an increase in the number of Muggleborns admitted to Hogwarts, start a fire in the Suthwark district of London. Many Muggles are killed in the blaze, and the London Bridge is destroyed and unused for years afterwards.
13 July 1527 AD - Birth of English scientiest, alchemist, astrologer, and wizard John Dee.
9 July 1540 AD - Henry VIII of England annuls his marriage to his fourth wife, Anne of Cleves.
10 July 1553 AD - Lady Jane Grey takes the throne of England.
7 July 1863 AD - United States begins first military draft; exemptions cost $100.
8 July 1947 AD - Reports are broadcast that a UFO has crashed landed in Roswell, New Mexico.
11 July 1955 AD - The phrase In God We Trust is added to all US currency.
9 July - Roman Feast of the Caprotinia


Real Men of Evil
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Today, we salute you, Maximilien Robespierre.
Maximilien François Marie Isidore de Robespierre (6 May 1758–28 July 1794) was an influential member of the Committee of Public Safety and was instrumental in the period of the Revolution commonly known as the Reign of Terror that ended with his arrest and execution. A lawyer by trade, Robespierre got himself elected as a deputy of the Third Estate in the 1788 meeting of Les Estates-General, and soon became a member of the Jacobin club. In December of 1792, Robespierre was instrumental in the execution of King Louis XVI. In the following year, he took powerful positions in the Revolutionary Tribunal and the infamous Committee of Public Safety, institutions which begat the bloody Reign of Terror. The Terror took the lives of between 18,500 to 40,000 people, with 1,900 being killed in the last month. Among people who were condemned by the revolutionary tribunals, about 8 percent were aristocrats, 6 percent clergy, 14 percent middle class, and 70 percent were workers or peasants accused of hoarding, evading the draft, desertion, rebellion, and other purported crimes. Robespierre reasoned that the Republic could only be saved by the virtue of its citizens, and that the Terror was virtuous because it attempted to maintain the Revolution and the Republic. His tales and fears of traitors, monarchists, and saboteurs throughout the Republic fueled the fanaticism of the people. He also expanded the traditional list of the Revolutions' enemies to include moderates and "false revolutionaries" - ie, anyone who disagreed with himself and his views on how the Revolution should progress. His definition of traitor led to the execution of many of the Revolutions' original and staunchest advocates, those who believed that what began as a dream of a noble Republic had turned into a nightmare of blood and death.
Soon Robespierre found himself called on to defend himself against accusations of tyranny and despotism. When his eloquence faltered on one such occasion, on the 8th of Thermidor (July 26th, 1794), the Convention called for the arrest of Robespierre and many of his closest hands, who fled to the Hôtel de Ville; their escape led the Convention to declare that they could be executed without trial. Under siege from Commune troops, Robespierre tried to shoot himself, but his arm was jerked by an arresting officer and he instead shot himself in the jaw, shattering it. The next day, 10th Thermidor An II (July 28, 1794), Robespierre was guillotined without trial in the Place de la Révolution.
So here's to you, Maximilien Robespierre. Without your psychotic insistence that blood and terror could pave the way for a glorious republic, many of today's leaders might not have such ideals to base their own schemes upon.


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Cheers!

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Fic
A Special Gift by fembuck. (Bella/Narcissa. ADULT.) “I have another present for you,” Bellatrix whispered in her sister’s ear, nipping at the lobe when she finished speaking.
Forever Hers by hollymargera. (Bella/Narcissa. ADULT.) I'm hers. I always have been and I always will be.
Recruitment by KnifeGoesDown. (Voldy, various Death Eaters. PG (despite being on AFF.net).) “We have cookies!” Voldemort shouted after him, and the blond stopped and turned around, grinning. “Why didn’t you say so? Count me in!”
Surrealist by Anonymous at HPDESmutathon. (Narcissa/Snape. ADULT.) “Narcissa,” he whispered, “what are you – ”
“An experiment,” she murmured, and pressed her lips to his neck.
Werewolves by lavillanueva. (Fenrir/Draco, Lucius, Narcissa. ADULT.) “I don’t care who he is, Lucius, I will not have him in my home! At this precise moment, there are no less than thirty children in our garden, one of whom is your own son! And you invite that- that- that thing to visit?”


Art
-Snape by LordAlphie (G.)
-Regulus and Kreacher by LoonyL (G.)
-Snape's Final Moments by Murielle (PG.)
-Bellatrix by chibi-dracul (G.)
-Flies by SayuriKemiko (Teen!Snape, G.)
-First War Dolohov by DerekAshcroft (G.)
-Surreptitious Rebel by Admhire (Regulus, G.) !
-Bellatrix by AxelZero (G.)
-You Smell Like Strawberries by azhidahaki (Snape/Lily, G.)
-Regulus by AxelZero (G.)
-I Expected Him to Come by frizzy_hermione (Voldemort, Harry and Hagrid, PG.)
-Devotion by xbloodsugarx (Lucius/Draco, ADULT.)
-Bellatrix/Tonks by Metal-Dragon-Kiryu (G.)
-Snape by Silvertrace (G.)
-Snape portrait by PabloComics (G.)
-Bellatrix by SchokoladenMilch (G.)
-Death Eater Doodles by SpookyBelle (Rodolphus, Lucius, Bella, Draco, Narcissa, all G.)
-Heeeeeeey by RohanElf (Snape and Lily, G.)
-Avada Kedavra! by Oliko (Chibi Voldemort and Nagini, G.)
-Voldemort by msgrim (G.)
-Narcissa Widget by buttfacemakani (G.)
-Suspense by star_sailor13 (Draco, ADULT.)


Etc
New HBP photos have been released


This Week in Evil
6 July 97 AD - Death of Greek occultist Apollonius of Tyana.
26 June 363 AD - Roman Emperor Julian is killed during the retreat from the Sassanid Empire. General Jovian is proclaimed Emperor by the troops on the battlefield.
29 June 512 AD - A group of Irish wizards take advantage of mass panic during a solar eclipse to commit three murders and twenty-eight maimings.
4 July 1054 AD - A supernova is observed by the Chinese, the Arabs and possibly Amerindians near the star ζ Tauri. For several months it remains bright enough to be seen during the day. Its remnants form the Crab Nebula.
3 July 1250 AD - Louis IX of France is captured by Baibars' Mamluk army at the Battle of Fariskur while he is in Egypt conducting the Seventh Crusade; he later has to ransom himself.
6 July 1280 AD - Maffeo and Niccolò Polo become the first Westerners to witness a Chinese Fireball in flight; their memories are promptly modified.
26 June 1284 AD - The Pied Piper lures 130 children of Hamelin away.
5 July 1295 AD - Scotland and France form an alliance, the beginnings of the Auld Alliance, against England.
4 July 1362 AD - The Wizards' Council bans all Quidditch matches within 50 miles of a town or village.
30 June 1520 AD - The Spaniards are expelled from Tenochtitlan.
6 July 1535 AD - Sir Thomas More, author of Utopia and one time Lord Chancellor of England, is executed for treason by King Henry VIII after refusing to agree to Henry's decision to separate the English church from the Roman Catholic church.
29 June 1613 AD - The Globe Theatre in London, England burns to the ground.
2 July 1711 AD - Horatio Hornfold becomes the first wizard arrested for violation of the ban on dragon breeding.
3 July 1778 AD - British forces massacre 360 men, women & children in the Wyoming Valley massacre.
30 June 1908 AD - A wizarding battle in Siberia results in a massive sonic boom; the disturbance is explained to Muggles as the Tunguska event.
*28 June 1945 AD - Tom Riddle applies for a teaching position at Hogwarts and is turned down by Headmaster Armando Dippet.
*30 June 1945 AD - Tom Riddle is hired at Borgin and Burkes in Knockturn Alley.
*23 June 1991 AD - Harry Potter first demonstrates his innate abilities as a Parselmouth, during a trip to the zoo.
*24 June 1995 AD - The Third Task of the Triwizard Tournament, during which Lord Voldemort is reborn. In the turmoil following the death of Cedric Diggory, Bartemius Crouch Jr confesses his crimes and is given the Dementor's Kiss.
*25 June 1996 AD - Murder of Order member Emmaline Vance.
*26 June 1996 AD - Murder of Amelia Bones by Lord Voldemort.
*27 June 1996 AD - Destruction of the Brockdale Bridge; Dementors breeding in Britain; giants cause massive destruction in the West Country.
*28 June 1996 AD - Cornelius Fudge and Rufus Scrimgeour meet with the Muggle Prime Minister reveals the catastrophes of the past week to be due to Death Eaters.
*2 July 1996 AD - Narcissa Malfoy extracts a promise from Severus Snape to fulfill her son Draco's mission for him if Draco is unable; she coerces him into entering an Unbreakable Vow, with her sister Bellatrix acting as their Bonder.


Real Men of Evil
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Today, we salute you, Leopold II of Belgium.
Leopold II, a cousin to Queen Victoria, took the throne of Belgium in 1865 and held it until his death in 1909. Leopold believed that a country's success lay in overseas colonies, but unfortunately for the monarch, the Belgian people showed no real inclination towards colonisation projects. Leopold thus undertook a private enterprise and created the Congo Free State, a project to extract rubber and ivory in the Congo region of central Africa. The area of land privately owned by the King was an area 76 times larger than Belgium itself, which he was free to rule as a personal domain through his private army, the Force Publique. This project relied on forced labour and resulted in the deaths of somewhere between two and fifteen million Congolese; most estimates place it around ten million, roughly half of the native population. Mutilation and torture were often employed, particularly in the rubber industry, to enhance productivity in the workers. Inspired by his example, France, Germany and Portugal began undertaking similar methods in their own colonial lands where rubber was naturally occuring. By the early 1900s, however, Western Europe's conscience caught up with it, and the practises were put to a halt; in 1908, the Belgian parliament compelled the King to cede the Congo Free State to Belgium. Leopold was widely disliked by his own people, and was booed during his burial services in 1909.
So here's to you, Leopold II of Belgium. Without your apathetic abuse of half a continent, the Belgians might have no dictators at all of whom they could be thoroughly ashamed.

Fic
-Bloodlust by ria_awesome. (Bella/Rita Skeeter. ADULT.) She leaned in towards Rita, her mouth millimetres from Rita’s ear as she spoke: “And we won’t tell anyone, will we Rita?”
-Darkest Before Dawn by lavillanueva. (Amycus Carrow/Draco. ADULT.) “’S’where you should be, you ungrateful brat. Kneeling at your Lord’s feet, kissing them, begging for mercy. Thanking him for not killing you and letting you rot.”
-Never Bet on a Black Horse, or Ten Stages Before Lucius Malfoy Found Love in a Stable. by Snapelike (Snape/Lucius. ADULT.) He is as the dark corner, the obscure dungeon upon which the light never falls. In his black attire he is darkness embodied; the look in his eyes is as dark as his mind.
-Quite the Education by Alisanne. (Lucius/Severus/Luna/Ginny. ADULT.) “Your intentions are of no importance,” Severus sneered. “If you persist in such behaviour I shall be forced to take steps.”
-Watch the Stars by mercury_rose. (Various. PG.) She does know that her sister was flawed, at the core, a woman inclined towards madness even before Azkaban, but she cannot stop weeping, for what might have been, for what still could have been before her death.
-World Like Fallen Apples by Anonymous at hp_rarities. (Harry/Lucius, Fenrir/Ron. ADULT.) "Well, Lucius, if he was captured in your home, you should do the honours." A subtle, serpentine smile, and a glint in red-tinted eyes. "Break him for me, my slippery friend. Show me that you are more than just another failure."


Art
-Bellatrix by whutnot (G.)
-Young Snape by LilyHBP (G.)
-Dumbledore VS Voldemort by (G.)
-And Who is This? by LoonyL (Voldemort, Bellatrix, Narcissa, Hagrid, dead!Harry, PG.)
-Centaur!Snape by DraconisCrescendo (G.)
-Snape by DoomHobbit (G.)
-The Prince's Tale by Wolfie-Chama (Snape and Lily, G.)
-Wicked Snape by AcuteCat (G.)
-Master of Potions by Sev-Septimus (Snape, G.)
-Snape portrait by Boomladesh (G.)
-Lucius/Narcissa by salamandersoup (G.)
-The Carrows by LoonyL (G.)
-Sirius and Regulus by Furipon (G.)
-Snape's Grudge by Constantine2530 (Snape and Harry, G.)
-Feeding Time by Gerre (Wormtail and fetus!Voldie, G.)
-Melancholic by Mirisima (Snape, G.)
-Voldemort by Muumikex (G.)
-Tom Riddle by slytherinfiend (G.)
-Deceiver of Fools by cesaretech (Tom Riddle and Hepzibah Smith, G.)


Etc.
hp_paperpiecing has issued it's One Block Challenge. Contest ends on July 7th; the winner receives a 10 dollar gift certificate to a fabric or craft store of their choice! They have quite a few Death Eater and Slytherin patterns available in the community.


This Week in Evil
11 June 1184 BC - Troy is sacked and burned, according to the calculations of Eratosthenes.
9 June 68 AD - Roman Emperor Nero commits suicide, imploring his secretary Epaphroditus to slit his throat to evade a Senate-imposed death by flogging.
10 June 890 AD - A wizard is arrested for using a game of Creaothceann to disguise a rock-related murder.
19 June 1269 AD - King Louis IX of France orders all Jews found in public without an identifying yellow badge to be fined ten livres of silver.
15 June 1381 AD - Murder of Wat Tyler, effectively ending the Peasants' Revolt.
12 June 1418 AD - An insurrection delivers Paris to the Burgundians.
17 June 1462 AD - Vlad III the Impaler attempts to assassinate Mehmed II in The Night Attack, and the latter is forced to retreat from Wallachia.
16 June 1487 AD - Battle of Stoke Field, the last dying breath of the Wars of the Roses.
14 June 1497 AD - Assassination of Giovanni Borgia.
9 June 1589 AD - An unfortunate incident involving a teaspoon prompts Balfour Blane to found the Committee on Experimental Charms.
14 June 1648 AD - Margaret Jones is hanged in Boston for witchcraft, in the first such execution for the Massachusetts colony.
10 June 1692 AD - Bridget Bishop is hanged at Gallows Hill near Salem, Massachusetts, for "certaine Detestable Arts called Witchcraft & Sorceries".
12 June 1775 AD - British general Thomas Gage declares martial law in Massachusetts. The British offered a pardon to all colonists who lay down their arms. There would be only two exceptions to the amnesty: Samuel Adams and John Hancock, if captured, were to be hanged.
10 June 1793 AD - Following the arrests of Girondin leaders the Jacobins gain control of the Committee of Public Safety installing the revolutionary dictatorship.
9 June 1856 AD - 500 Mormons leave Iowa City, Iowa and head west for Salt Lake City, Utah.
17 June 1939 AD - Last public guillotining in France. Eugen Weidmann, a convicted murderer, is guillotined in Versailles outside the prison Saint-Pierre.
*13 June 1943 AD - Rubeus Hagrid is falsely accused of opening the Chamber of Secrets, and is expelled from Hogwarts. Tom Riddle recieves a Special Award for Services to the School for helping to apprehend Hagrid, when in fact he was covering for his own acts.
*16 June 1975 AD - Snape's Worst Memory: James Potter publically humiliates Severus Snape, for the amusement of his friend, Sirius Black.
*9 June 1994 AD - Sirius Black and Remus Lupin expose Peter Pettigrew, presumed dead, as alive and having been occupying the Animagus form of a rat for twelve and a half years.
*18 June 1996 AD - Battle at the Department of Mysteries: during an attempt to retrieve a prophecy, the Death Eaters engage Harry Potter and five others in combat; Sirius Black is killed in a duel with Bellatrix Black-Lestrange; Lord Voldemort duels with Albus Dumbledore; all the Death Eaters present are apprehended, with the exception of Bellatrix, who escapes with Lord Voldemort.
*15 June 1997 AD - The First Battle of Hogwarts: Draco Malfoy lets several Death Eaters into the school; during the subsequent battle, Draco is unable to fulfill his charge to kill Albus Dumbledore; Severus Snape, compelled by an Unbreakable Vow to Narcissa Malfoy, kills Dumbledore.
20 June - Roman Festival in honour of Summanus.
21 June - Festival of Midsummer.


Real Men of Evil
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Today we salute you, Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus.
The Roman Emperor Nero (December 15, 37 – June 9, 68) ruled Rome from 54 until his suicide in 68, and is best remembered for his extravagance and tyranny. His mother, Agrippina Minor, married her uncle Claudius, the previous emperor, and forced him to adopt Nero as his heir. Upon Claudius's death (possibly by poisoning by Agrippina Minor), Nero at age 16 became the youngest imperator up to that point. He was initially strongly ruled by his ambitious and rapacious mother, but began to chafe at her restrictions on his life, specifically her objections to his affair with a former slave. When Agrippina Minor began to support Claudius's own son, Brittanicus, for the imperial throne, the youth suddenly and mysteriously died the day before he would have been proclaimed a legal adult able to press his claim. It is commonly believed that Nero poisoned him, though Nero himself claimed that the boy died of a sudden epileptic shock. According to the historian Suetonius, Nero then moved on to matricide, first trying to kill his mother through a stage shipwreck, then having her assassinated and framing it as suicide. Over the next few years, Nero began arresting anyone who opposed him on charges of treason, thus eliminating any threat to his power. He divorced his wife Octavia in order to marry Poppaea Sabina, and initially sentenced Octavia to exile; after public outcry against this, Nero allowed her to return, only to have her executed.
Many of Nero's early administrative policies were favoured with the masses, as he was obsessed with his popularity. Tax relief and victory in a war with Parthia improved his image at first, but his expenses to please the plebs soon became outrageous, and he later found himself beseiged by rebellions in the outer provinces, most notably that of Boudica of the Icini, and the first Jewish-Roman War, ending in the destruction of the Temple of Jerusalem. Perhaps the most-remembered catastrophe of Nero's reign is the Great Fire of Rome; the historian Tacitus relates that it destroyed 4 of Rome's 14 districts, and greatly damaged 7 others; the historians Suetonius and Cassio Dio cite Nero as an arsonist, and claim that Nero sang "The Sack of Ilium" as the city burned. Nero targeted the Christians to blame for the disaster, and had some thrown to dogs, while others were crucified and burned. Nero committed suicide in 68, after the Praetorian Guard defected and named Galba, Governor of Hispania, Emperor in his place. His death was followed by the tumultuous Year of Four Emperors.
So here's to you, Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus. Without your obsessive need for attention and admiration and your pathological paranoia regarding threats to your power, modern psychopathic rulers would be lacking a significant role model for their own lunacy and flagrant excesses.

Fic
-Apparitions of your soul by Anonymous at HPDESMutathon. (Snape/Voldemort. ADULT. Warnings: character death, dub con, D/s, bondage.) “Is this my hell or yours?”
-Dog Days of Summer by Anonymous at hp_rarities. (Fenrir/Sirius. ADULT. Warning(s): non-con, violence, blood and other bodily fluids, under 18 sex (Sirius has just turned 16), orgasm denial, explicit sex..) “Your struggle is futile, little pup.” The voice is unfamiliar, a raspy bark of amusement. “But I do so enjoy it when they struggle. Makes the kill all the more… thrilling.” The last word is growled into his ear, low and chilling.
-Not One Before Another by Anonymous at hp_rarities. (Rabastan/Rodolphus. ADULT. Warning(s): incest, underage sex.) Slytherin is easy, once you figure out the politics of the matter, Rodolphus assures his brother, and come to find out he was exactly right. Once they are reunited at Hogwarts it is easy to slip right into their places in the social circle that mirrors their pureblooded parents.
-Thicker than Blood by Anonymous at hp_rarities. (Sirius/Rodolphus, Severus/Rodolphus, hints of Regulus/Rodolphus and others. ADULT.) Rodolphus laughed, sitting down beside the boy, his fingertips tracing his hairline lightly. His skin felt new and soft and Severus shivered, goose bumps rising on his skin. "It isn't about what we deserve, pet. It's about what we take."



Art
-Death Eaters by Marvelous-Magic (Barty Jr, Lucius and Bellatrix, G.)
-Bellatrix by LilyWhiteBlack (G.)
-Always by LunaDarkness (Snape, G.)
-Narcissa and Bellatrix by WhiteElzora (G.)
-Young Snape by SilverCresent11 (G.)
-Initiation by MarikaArt (Snape, PG - nudity.)
-Dark Lord by Sephira-san (Voldemort, G.)
-Hate-sex at hump_day_smut (Various artists & pairings, ADULT.)
-Young Snape by buttfacemakani (G.)
-Lucius/Draco by xbloodsugarx (PG.)


Etc.
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This Week in Evil
4 June 780 BC - The first historic solar eclipse is recorded in China.
5 June 70 AD - The Emperor Titus and his Roman legions breach the middle wall of Jerusalem.
8 June 793 AD - The first Viking raid on British soil at Lindisfarne where a set date for the raid is known.
7 June 1099 AD - The Siege of Jerusalem in the First Crusade begins.
3 June 1140 AD - French scholar Peter Abelard is found guilty of heresy.
8 June 1191 AD - Richard I begins his crusade in Acre.
8 June 1405 AD - Richard le Scrope, Archbishop of York and Thomas Mowbray, Earl of Norfolk, executed in York on Henry IV's orders.
2 June 1692 AD - Bridget Bishop is the first person to go to trial in the Salem witch trials in Salem, Massachusetts, is found guilty.
7 June 1692 AD - The pirate haven of Port Royal, Jamaica, is hit by a catastrophic earthquake; in just three minutes, 1,600 people are killed and 3,000 are seriously injured. Two thirds of the city sinks into the Caribbean Sea such that today it is covered by a minimum of 25 ft of water
2 June 1774 AD - The Quartering Act, requiring American colonists to let British soldiers into their homes, is reenacted.
8 June 1783 AD - The volcano Laki, in Iceland, begins an eight-month eruption which kills over 9,000 people and starts a seven-year famine.
6 June 1832 AD - The barricades fall and the Paris student uprisings of 1832 end.
2 June 1975 AD - French sex workers occupied a Lyon church in protest against excessive fines and taxes, as well as a lack of police action against violence, thereby sparking the birth of the modern sex worker rights movement.
*5 June 1980 AD - Draco Malfoy born to Lucius and Narcissa Malfoy.
*4 June 1992 AD - Harry Potter defeats Lord Voldemort in his pursuit of the Philosopher's Stone.
3 June - Roman Festival of Bellona, goddess of war.


Real Women of Evil
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Today, we salute you, Mary Ann Cotton.
Mary Ann Cotton, October 1832 – 24 March 1873, was a British female serial killer. At age twenty she married William Mowbray, and the couple had five children, four of whom died of ‘gastric fever and stomach pains’. After a move to the north-east, tragedy seemed to follow them; three more children born, three more children died. William soon followed his offspring, dying of an ‘intestinal disorder’ in January 1865. British Prudential promptly paid a 35 pound dividend, and a pattern was established. Her second husband, George Ward, died of intestinal problems, as well as one of her two remaining children. The attending doctor later gave evidence that Ward was an ailing man but was surprised he had died so suddenly. Once again Mary Ann collected insurance money from the death of her husband. After the death of her mother, who began suffering stomach pains shortly after her daughter moved back in, Mary Ann married shipwright James Robinson. Shortly thereafter, her daughter Isabella developed bad stomach pains and died; so did another two of James's children. James became suspicious with her constant demands that he insure his life, learned that Mary Ann had been running up debts in his name and forcing his remaining children to pawn household valuables, and threw her out. Desperate and living on the streets, Mary Ann was introduced to the brother of her friend Margaret Cotton; Margaret had been acting as surrogate mother to Frederick's children, but soon perished of a stomach ailment; so did Frederick, and his two sons, after their lives had been insured, and once Mary Ann learned that a former lover, Joseph Nattress, had become available. Joseph died before he could marry her, but after revising his will to leave everything to her. After a doctor noticed the suspicious death of her last child, a boy who perished five days after the doctor proclaimed his general strength and good health, the local newspapers discovered that as Mary Ann moved around northern England, she had 'lost' three husbands, a lover, a friend, her mother and a dozen children, all dying of apparent stomach fever. She was hanged at Durham County Gaol, March 24, 1873, for murder by arsenic poisoning. She died slowly, the hangman having misjudged the drop required for a ‘clean’ execution.
So here's to you, Mary Ann Cotton. Without your ruthless string of murders-for-profit, the glass ceiling of serial killing might never have been broken.

Fic
-Antonin Dolohov in the DADA Classroom with an Enchanted Mirror by Anonymous at HP Wankfest. (Dolohov. ADULT.) The professor painted a picture of trust and confidence for those little ones. Yet Dolohov could see what he really did, touching them in their innocence for his own pleasure.
-Nox Maris by Anonymous at HPDESmutathon. (Hermione/DE!Snape. ADULT.
Warnings: Horror, gore, mindfuck, psychological torture, VERY dubcon, werewolves, Inferi, bloodplay and in general VERY VERY DARK!fic.) "Blood — especially of a Muggle-born — can be very useful," he explained and leered at her. "Like, for example, this," he purred, licking the blood from his thumb.
-Seven Deadly Sins by damianarose. (Black family. PG-13.) The Sin was a common topic around the Black household
-Slaughter by ravenna_c_tan. (Draco/Rabastan. ADULT.) I had no idea then about many things. And I was wrong, so wrong, about whom to place trust in. I inherited my father's knack for picking the wrong side, I guess.
-Turning Back Time by Anonymous at HPDESmutathon. (Bellatrix/Hermione. ADULT.) This was no game, then. No lover's elaborately constructed fantasy of capture and sensual teasing, no carefully planned illusion to produce a pleasurable kind of fear. This was all too grimly real. It was a trick, then? A cruel joke of some kind…



Art
-Evil Draco by Phii-chan (G.)
-She Always Gets What She Wants by MichelleB19 (Snape/Tonks, G.)
-Young Bellatrix by Weasley-is-my-King (G.)
-Rodolphus by JadeytheKitty (G.)
-Narcissa by Dhesia (G.)
-Lucius/Narcissa by Zajelimilogin (G.)
-Younger Greyback by KireiHiryu (G.)
-Unbreakable Vow by ThanFiction (Snape and Narcissa, G.)
-Caught! by heathen_arcade (Harry/Draco and Lucius, ADULT.)
-Voldemort by tbranch (G.)
-Various Sketches by salamandersoup (Lestranges, Malfoys, others, G.)
-The Black Brothers by leochi (Sirius and Regulus, G.)
-Is That the Best You've Got? by velutfortuna (Bellatrix, PG.)
-Wardrobe Romance by vimessy (Lucius/Fur Coats, ADULT.)
-Lucius/Narcissa by buttfacemakani (G.)
-Bellatrix + Cookies! by cathybites (G.)

Other
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This Week in Evil
28 May 585 BC - A solar eclipse occurs, as predicted by Greek philosopher and scientist Thales, while Alyattes is battling Cyaxares in the Battle of the Eclipse, leading to a truce.
1 June 193 AD - Roman Emperor Didius Julianus assassinated.
2 June 455 AD - The Vandals enter Rome, and plunder the city for two weeks.
22 May 1176 AD - Murder attempt by the Hashshashin on Saladin near Aleppo.
23 May 1430 AD - Joan of Arc is captured by the Burgundians while leading an army to relieve Compiègne.
30 May 1431 AD - In Rouen, France, 19-year-old Joan of Arc burned at the stake by an English-dominated tribunal.
28 May 1453 AD - Ottoman armies under Sultan Mehmed II Fatih capture Constantinople after a siege, ending the Byzantine Empire.
23 May 1498 AD - The mildly lunatic reformis priest Girolamo Savonarola is burned at the stake, in Florence, Italy, on the orders of Pope Alexander VI.
19 May 1536 AD - Anne Boleyn, the second wife of Henry VIII of England, is beheaded after being falsely convicted of adultery, incest, and high treason.
28 May 1588 AD - The Spanish Armada, with 130 ships and 30,000 men, begins to set sail from Lisbon heading for the English Channel.
24 May 1626 AD - Peter Minuit purchases the island of Manhattan in exchange for trade goods valued at 60 guilders.
20 May 1631 AD - The city of Magdeburg in Germany is seized by forces of the Holy Roman Empire and most of its inhabitants massacred, in one of the bloodiest incidents of the Thirty Years' War.
26 May 1647 AD - Alse Young becomes the first person executed as a witch in the American colonies, when she is hanged in Hartford, Connecticut.
23 May 1701 AD - After being convicted of piracy and of murdering William Moore, Captain William Kidd is hanged in London.
31 May 1759 AD - The Province of Pennsylvania bans all theater productions.
1 June 1779 AD - Benedict Arnold is court-martialed for malfeasance.
19 May 1780 AD - An experiment gone awry by a pair of Canadian wizards results in New England's Dark Day.
28 May 1830 AD - President Andrew Jackson signs The Indian Removal Act.
26 May 1868 AD - The impeachment trial of U.S. President Andrew Johnson ends, with Johnson being found not guilty by one vote.
21 May 1871 AD - French troops invade the Paris Commune and engage its residents in street fighting. By the close of "Bloody Week" some 20,000 communards have been killed and 38,000 arrested.
25 May 1895 AD - Playwright, poet and novelist Oscar Wilde is convicted of "committing acts of gross indecency with other male persons" and sentenced to serve two years in prison.
20 May 1896 AD - The six ton chandelier of the Palais Garnier falls on the crowd resulting in the death of one and the injury of many others. The Phantom of the Opera is blamed.
27 May 1907 AD - A Bubonic plague outbreak begins in San Francisco, California.
25 May 1953 AD - At the Nevada Test Site, the United States conducts its first and only nuclear artillery test.
2 June 1975 AD - French sex workers occupied a Lyon church in protest against excessive fines and taxes, as well as a lack of police action against violence, thereby sparking the birth of the modern sex worker rights movement.
*25 May 1992 AD - Harry Potter overhears Professor Quirrell talking to someone, whom he assumes is Severus Snape.
*29 May 1993 AD - Tom Riddle defeated by Harry Potter in the Chamber of Secrets.
*30 May 1993 AD - Lucius Malfoy removed from the Hogwarts Board of Governors.
*27 May 1995 AD - Bartemius Crouch Sr. appears on the grounds of Hogwarts, apparently insane.
*31 May 1995 AD - Harry Potter has a dream of Lord Voldemort in his Divination class; sees the trials of the Lestranges and Barty Crouch Jr in the Pensieve.
29-31 May 2007 AD - Strikethrough 2007 infuriates thousands of LJ members.
25 May - Towel Day, Universal Day of the Jedi


Real Men of Evil
burningmark presents...
Real Men of Evil
Today we salute you, Attila Dragomer, Khan of the Huns.
Attila, also known as the Scourge of God, was the leader of the Hunnic Empire, and became one of the most feared names in Western history due to his reputation for ruthless rapine and pillaging. Attila harried the edges of the Roman Empire, and the fear and lack of faith in Rome this created has been cited as one cause of the great empire's ultimate downfall. Together with his brother Bleda, Attila led the Huns in many early campaigns along the Roman frontier of the Danube River. After sharing the throne for nine years, Attila murdered Bleda and took sole rulership for himself, and then embarked on a campaign of slaughter and rapacity through the Balkans, capturing more than a hundred cities and striking as far south as Thermopylae. By 450, however, Attila turned his attention to the Visigoths, arranging an alliance with the Romans. He also married the emperor's sister, Honoria, when the lady in question sent Attila her engagement ring with a plea for help to escape an arranged betrothal. The Roman alliance did not last long, however, and soon Attila was marching across Gaul, with the Roman governor Aetius scrambling to assemble a defence. Attila died in 453; the conventional account, from Priscus, says that at a feast celebrating his latest marriage to the beautiful and young Ildico he suffered a severe nosebleed and choked to death in a stupor.
So here's to you, Attila Dragomer. Without your tireless devotion to conquest and warfare, we would lack a vital byword to describe acts of cruelty and barbarism.

Fic
-An English Lady of a Certain Age by Senjy. (Narcissa/Teddy. ADULT. Warnings: Incest, dark elements.) "I'm here studying art," he told her.
"An interesting choice of occupation for a young wizard like yourself..."
"I like beautiful things," he dutifully responded.
It earned him a touch of her lips to his jaw. "Good boy."
-Gin in Teacups by thousandandone. (Bellatrix/Rodolphus, Andromeda/Future death eater, Narcissa/Lucius. PG-13/T.) Bella spins in the middle of the lawn. Her arms are stretched wide, her head tilted back like a sky worshipper. She is drunk on the stars and on life and on her father's forty year old gillywater. Rodolphus lazes on the ground beside her. He wouldn't catch her if she fell. Bella can look after herself, and anyway, Rodolphus doesn't care. He has nothing to prove to her any longer.
-Hand of Glory by dark_adrenalynn. (Dorcas Meadowes/Peter Pettigrew. PG-13.) He betrayed, and he did it over and over again. There were times he doubted himself, punished himself, but the Dark Lord was so strong, he couldn’t resist. He could hear that cold voice in his mind, and could do nothing but watch and wonder as he created torments that were evil in the hope they caused and the way they tormented him.
-Puppetmaster by Anonymous at HPDESmutathon. (Bellatrix/Narcissa. ADULT. Blackcest, bondage, breath-play, dub-con. “No knickers? How perfectly naughty of you, sister dear.” Bellatrix raised an eyebrow and Narcissa’s breath caught in her throat. It was going to be that kind of game, was it?
-Surviving Azkaban by Anonymous at HPDESmutathon. (Rodolphus/Rabastan. ADULT. Warnings: Explicit m/m sex, incest, very light s/m, mindfuckery.) The air was a soup of feeling, riddled with floating emotions varying from unbridled rage to hysterical paranoia, to manic euphoria and uncontrolled lust and yes, even happiness sometimes.
-Through Stone by Anonymous at HPDESmutathon. (Bellatrix/Narcissa. ADULT. Warnings: Femmeslash, dub-con, incest..) “I came to see you, Bella,” she said stiffly. “And to – apologize – ”
“Apologize?” The voice was positively frigid now, anger pulsing quietly beneath the surface. “For what, my dear sister? For abandoning our Lord when he needed us the most? For selling the Black family pride to save that sniveling brat – and your child, too?”


Art
-Death Eater Mask by Falconari (G.)
-Tom Riddle by Justinnn (G.)
-The Girls You Love to Hate by PandorasPride (Bellatrix, Umbridge & Skeeter, G.)
-The Lestrange Brothers by WhiteElzora (G.)
-Bellatrix by Angel-Blaze (G.)
-2 portraits by atomicduck (Narcissa and Draco, both G.)
-Graveyard Fun by vikingcarrot (ADULT. Warnings: Dub-con.)
-Voldemort VS Muggle Technology by xnuinx (G.)
-The Malfoy Heir by leochi (Draco, G.)
-Narcissa and Harry by tomscribble (G.)


Etc.
-If your name is on this list, the HPDESmutathon needs your submission!
-Young Lucius Malfoy was cast
-Interview with Johnpaul Castrianni who was cast as a Death Eater in HBP.
-HP_Beholder posted their master list
-HP_summersmut posted a mod note for submissions.


This Week in Evil
15 May 1252 AD - Pope Innocent IV issues the papal bull ad exstirpanda, which authorizes, but also limits, the torture of heretics in the Medieval Inquisition.
14 May 1264 AD - Henry III of England is captured in France at the Battle of Lewes, making Simon de Montfort, leader of the rebel barons, the de facto ruler of England.
18 May 1298 AD - The Principality of Antioch, a crusader state, falls to the Mamluk Sultan Baibars in the Battle of Antioch; Baibars' destruction of the city of Antioch was so great as to permanently negate the city's importance.
17 May 1536 AD - Execution of George Boleyn, brother to Queen Anne Boleyn, under charges of treason and incest.
13 May 1568 AD - The forces of Mary Queen of Scots are defeated at the Battle of Langside by a confederacy of Scottish Protestants under James Stewart, Earl of Moray, her half-brother.
12 May 1588 AD - Henry III of France flees Paris after Henry of Guise enters the city.
18 May 1593 AD - Playwright Thomas Kyd's accusations of heresy lead to an arrest warrant for Christopher Marlowe.
14 May 1610 AD - Assassination of Henri IV of France, bringing Louis XIII to the throne.
15 May 1800 AD - King George III survives two assassination attempts in one day.
16 May 1836 AD - Edgar Allan Poe marries his 13-year-old cousin Virginia.
*18 May 1943 AD - A Ravenclaw girl named Myrtle is killed by the basilisk in a second floor bathroom at Hogwarts.


Real Men of Evil
burningmark presents...
Real Men of Evil
Today, in celebration of the 111th anniversary of the publication of Bram Stoker's Dracula, we salute you, Vlad III Ţepeş.
Vlad III Ţepeş, more commonly known as Vlad the Impaler or Vladislav Drăculea, is widely regarded as the probable inspiration for the vampiric Dracula legends. Vlad began life in a military fortress in Transylvania, and spent his formative years as a hostage of the Ottoman Empire. Under the sultan's treatment, Vlad learnt the torture techniques and pathological brutality that would manifest in his own reign over Wallachia. Vlad's first reign was as a puppet for the Ottomans, but after being driven out by rebellious boyars and engaging in a 1456 re-conquest, he returned to his homeland with a vengeance. Vlad immediately set to eliminating all potential threats to his power. His favourite method of execution was an elaborate ritual of impalement: a horse attached to each of the victim's legs as a stake (oiled, and not too sharp, so the victim would not die of shock too soon) was gradually forced into the body, often through the anus. He also staked infants to their mothers' chests. Vlad would arrange concentric circles of victims around besieged cities. His methods included not only physical but psychological torments: one Dăneşti prince, who had been complicit in the murder of Vlad's brother, was forced to read his own funeral oration while kneeling before an open grave before his execution. Vlad later engaged in open war against the Ottoman Empire, which led to yet another imprisonment, followed by yet another reconquest of Wallachia in 1475. During the war, Vlad would cut off the noses of Turkish soldiers and then send them to the Ottomans to show how many he had killed. The exact cause of his death is unknown: reports include death in battle, assassination by Wallachian boyars, or decapitated by Turks. Despite his many atrocities, Vlad remains regarded as a nationalist hero in Romania for his efforts in fighting off the Ottomans.
So here's to you, Vlad III Ţepeş. Without your exceedingly sanguine inspiration, we might not have one of the greatest works of Victorian literature, a societal cult of dangerously pale teenagers, or vegetarian vampires who sparkle in the sunlight.


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Fic
-And They Danced By Light of the Moon by Anonymous at HPDESmutathon. (Rabastan/Rodolphus. ADULT. Warnings: incest.) "My dagger, Rodolphus, is not for the faint of heart. My dagger is quick and deadly. It brings a pain so exquisite you can only feel pleasure as it stabs into you. Do you want my dagger?"
"You…" Rodolphus licked his upper lip and rolled his head on his shoulders, one hand sliding down to smooth over the bulge at the front of his trousers. "You're not talking about your knife, are you?"
-Decadent Dulosis by Anonymous at HPDESmutathon. (Bellatrix/Gabrielle. ADULT. WARNINGS: femmeslash, consensual D/s, knifeplay/bloodplay, twisted romance.) For all that she loved darkness, it was light colours that Bellatrix found the most attractive. Especially when contrasted with darkness.
-Five Times Lucius Malfoy and Ron Weasley Clash by Stonegrad. (Lucius/Ron. ADULT.) "You said anything," he chides, and the hand at the back of Ron's neck pushes him down till his knees hit the floor. "Anything, boy."
-Going Forward (Moving Backwards) by Anonymous at HPDESmutathon. (Bellatrix/Narcissa. ADULT. Warnings: incest, chan/underage (from 11yo up), light dub-con, light powerplay, oral sex.) Sex in the Black family isn't about love. Sex is about power.


Art
-Snape by Vizen (G.)
-Narcissa by Herszi (G.)
-Hey There, Voldykins by Shastania (Bellatrix, PG.)
-Bellatrix by Dee-Baby (G.)
-Sketchdump by Constantine2530 (Voldemort/Bellatrix, Bellatrix/Rodolphus, PG.)
-Snape by HoneyEater (G.)
-Bellatrix by runcible (G.)
-Breaking In by Anon at HPDESmutathon (ADULT. Warnings: Dub-con, bondage, blood, whipping.)
-Cousins by graysinnroad (Sirius and Bellatrix, G.)
-Malfoy Swimwear by buttfacemakani (G.)


Other
-Dragon*con needs vids for the Yule Ball
-Terminus programming schedule announced.


This Week in Evil
9 May 1457 BC - The Battle of Megiddo takes place between Thutmose III and the Canaanite coalition under the King of Kadesh. It is the first battle to have been recorded in what is accepted as relatively reliable detail.
5 May 1215 AD - Rebel Barons renounce their allegiance to King John.
5 May 1260 AD - Kublai Khan becomes ruler of the Mongol Empire.
11 May 1310 AD - Fifty-four members of the Knights Templar are burned at the stake in France for being heretics.
8 May 1450 AD - Jack Cade's Rebellion: Kentishmen revolt against King Henry VI.
6 May 1527 AD - Spanish and German troops sack Rome, in an act considered to be the end of the Renaissance.
5 May 1632 AD - Thaddeus Thurkell, father of seven Squib sons, is born.
7 May 1664 AD - Louis XIV of France inaugurates The Palace of Versailles, widely considered the prime example of the excess and arrogance of the French aristocracy.
9 May 1671 AD - Thomas Blood, disguised as a clergyman, attempts to steal England's Crown Jewels from the Tower of London.
5 May 1821 AD - Emperor Napoleon I dies in exile on the island of Saint Helena in the South Atlantic Ocean.
10 May 1857 AD - Indian magicians attack engage in a revolt against the British army, much to the surprise of Muggle soldiers.
*6 May 1992 AD - Ronald Weasley bitten by the illegally owned Norwegian Ridgeback called Norbert.
*8 May 1993 AD - Fourth basilisk attack: Hermione Granger and Penelope Clearwater petrified. Albus Dumbledore removed as Headmaster of Hogwarts.
*6 May 1997 AD - Harry Potter uses Sectumsempra on Draco Malfoy.
6 May - Feast of St Lucius
9, 11, and 13 May - Roman Feast of the Lemures, during which rites were performed to exorcise malevolent and fearful ghosts.

Fic
-Cruciatus by avendya. (Bellatrix Lestrange, Lucius Malfoy, Rodolphus Lestrange, Voldemort. PG.) Bellatrix Lestrange has never been one to dwell on the past. She didn’t regret anything – not even the choice that had brought her here.
-For the Forbidden Things by Anonymous at hpdesmutathon. (Bellatrix/Sirius. ADULT. Warnings: incest, hate!sex, mild breathplay, hair-pulling, face-slapping, alcohol abuse) He wanted to sweep her up in his arms and never let go, wanted to lay claim to a prize some part of him still screamed ought to have been his all along. An image entered his head unbidden, of her dark skin laid bare, her body writhing beneath his, his hands pinning her wrists down to silk sheets.
-Initiation by Anonymous at hpdesmutathon. (Remus/Fenrir. ADULT. Warnings: Dub-con, Yaoi, Hairy men..) Fenrir circled him slowly. Remus took shallow breaths to prevent taking in any more of his wolfish odor. The man never showered it seemed and he was rank enough to be nauseating. Three times, Fenrir wandered around, each time a new sparkle of glee lit his eyes. The fourth time, he disappeared behind Remus and did not reappear for a considerable length of time, letting the night stretch on.
-The Darkness Drops Again by 2_4_joy. (Igor Karkaroff. PG13.) He watched for the slither of phantasmal serpents, listened for the scurry of vermin. He waited, knowing he could never escape. They would come.
-Things That Go Bump in the Night by Anonymous at hpdesmutathon.(Fenrir/Draco. ADULT. Warnings: non-con, violence.) The boy was skilled, but there was no pleasure in the expression on his pale face, only loathing and feverish terror. He stared down at Fenrir and managed to make the curse hurt as if he were holding his own wand and not the Dark Lord's.

Art
-Snape's Worst Memory by LilyHBP (Snape, G.)
-Marauders by Lorey (Marauders, Snape and Lucius, G.)
-Snape by Vizen (G.)
-Bellatrix Black by Embittered-Passions (G.)
-Exact Measurements by protowilson (Snape, PG.)
-Home Ec by Prismageek (Snape, Harry and Dudley?, G.)
-Lucius in Azkaban by SilverCresent11 (G.)
-Random HP characters by SilverCresent11 (Snape, Sirius, Voldemort, Peter, Lucius, Draco, Hermione & Ron, G.)
-The Lestranges by Constantine2530. (G.)
-The Black Sisters by Ketoprak (G.)
-Summons by SayuriKemiko (Snape, G.)
-Bellatrix/Tonks by metal-dragon-kiryu (G.)
-Prince of Slytherin by Zerphia (Draco, G.)
-Thorfinn Rowle by Derek Ashcroft (G.)
-So Close by NeverlandForever (Snape/Lily, G.)
-Dolohov by LittleBeegees (G.)
-Draco by laerry (G.)
-Shade by Shire22 (Snape, G.)
-Lucius and Snape by Lostewe (G.)
-Come On by HyenaCub (Draco, the Carrows, Thorfinn Rowle, G.)
-Young Black Sisters by Banane-Cuite (G.)
-Draco by Cabepfir (G.)
-Rookwood bust by Derek Ashcroft (G.)


Etc.
-Tabularium announces their First Annual Pure Arrogance Challenge
-wicked_visions posted Bella icons
-The Ink Archive, a dark family fanfiction archive, is holding it's first competition
-torn_portfolio posted a wonderful handmade Death Eaters mask


This Week in Evil
1 May 1252 BC - The witch Medea assists Jason of the Argo in obtaining the Golden Fleece.
30 April 1006 AD - Supernova SN 1006, the brightest supernova in recorded history, appears in the constellation Lupus.
28 April 1192 AD - Assassination of Conrad of Montferrat, King of Jerusalem, in Tyre, two days after his title to the throne is confirmed by election. The killing is carried out by Hashshashin.
1 May 1328 AD - England recognises Scotland as an independent nation under the Treaty of Edinburgh-Northampton.
4 May 1471 AD - Edward IV defeats a Lancastrian Army in the Battle of Tewkesbury and kills Edward, Prince of Wales.
1 May 1707 AD - The Act of Union joins England and Scotland to form the Kingdom of Great Britain, 379 years after Scotland gained independence.
1 May 1776 AD - Establishment of the Illuminati in Ingolstadt.
28 April 1923 AD - British couple Henry and Delphinia Carnway begin smuggling liquors to the magical community in the United States, by disguising the containers to look like jars of bubotuber pus.
*4 May 1943 AD - Tom Riddle learns how to open the Chamber of Secrets.
28 April 1945 AD - Benito Mussolini and his mistress Clara Petacci are executed by a firing squad consisting of members of the Italian resistance movement.
30 April 1975 AD - Fall of Saigon.
*1 May 1998 AD - Harry, Ron, and Hermione, with the help of the goblin Griphook, break into the Lestrange vault deep under Gringotts. They steal Hufflepuff's Cup, which had been transformed into a Horcrux, and escape on a dragon, causing massive property damage.
*1-2 May 1998 AD - Battle of Hogwarts. The climactic duel between Harry Potter and Lord Voldemort begins at dawn, and ends with the final destruction of Voldemort. Other casualties of the battle include: Bellatrix Black-Lestrange, Rodolphus Lestrange, Rabastan Lestrange, Vincent Crabbe, Fred Weasley, Remus Lupin, Nymphadora Tonks, and Colin Creevey. Severus Snape is executed by Lord Voldemort outside of the battle.
29 April 2008 - The UK announces the imminent passing of a law that outlaws kinky porn.
30 April - Walpurgis Night
1 May - Celtic Festival of Beltane


Real Men of Evil
burningmark presents... Real Men of Evil.
Today we salute you, Roderic de Borja.
Roderic de Borja, more commonly known as Pope Alexander VI, was one of the most scandalous of the Renaissance's secular popes. His election was tainted with rumours of bribery, and he wasted no time in engaging in rather spectacular nepotism. Of his four children by Vannozza dei Cantani, Alexander made one, the equally degenerate Cesare, an Archbishop, and handed another, Goffredo, the dukedeom of Gandia. Under Alexander's rule, Rome became a city swarmed with assassins, prostitutes, and robbers; the Pope himself cast aside all show of decorum, living a purely secular life, indulging in the chase, and arranging dancing, and stage plays. Among the most licentious rumours attached to Alexander are those of his wild orgies, and of incest with his daughter Lucrezia. For years, Alexander encouraged Cesare's ruthless and brutal military tactics against the French, and anyone who voiced dissent to Borja policies, foreign or domestic, was likely to meet an untimely (and probably messy) end. The Borja family was particularly noted for the use of cantarella in eliminating those who stood in their way, and subsequently claiming all the possessions of the deceased. Alexander died of a fever on 18 August 1503; his last words were reportedly "Wait a minute".
So here's to you, Roderic de Borja, Pope Alexander VI, and your flagrantly self-serving and depraved use of papal authority.



Got a rec? Send it our way! Please email us at burningmark at gmail.com or leave a comment to this post. Do you write Death Eater fics or create deliciously evil artwork? Let us know, we'll add you to our watcher journal's friend's list. We can also be found here on IJ. We're particularly interested in fics and art focusing on the less-well-known Death Eaters -- variety is the spice of torture!

Fic
-Addicted to Circumstance by envinyatar15. (Bellatrix/Remus. ADULT.) Her husband has been out of the equation for too long; Bella seeks the excitement, the danger, the challenge he can't give her anymore, and once her eyes fall on the werewolf she can't think of anything but him. He is perfect.
-Contractual Obligations by scifichick774. (Rabastan/Hermione. ADULT. AU.)
He would capture her and bring her back for his bounty, which would most likely be comprised entirely of praise – because that went so far in paying the bills, he thought with heavy sarcasm – and all would be right in his little fucked up corner of the world once again.
-Fear the Reaper by ishafel. (Lucius. PG-13.) He is the Dark Lord's Second, and most of wizarding England knows him by sight and they lock their doors against him. And they should. He spends his nights leading them to their deaths, or killing them, and his days burying the dead.
-My Father's Mask by thepinkrabbit. (DeathEater!Draco. PG-13. Includes some light incest/chan.) Inside my father’s mask it smells like blood and sweat and tears.
-To Earth, Like Ashes by Anonymous at HP_Beholder. (Rita Skeeter/Igor Karkaroff. ADULT.) He tried to look as inconspicuous as possible, to disappear into the shadows. He was unremarkable, thickly bearded. His wardrobe was now quite different than the one he’d worn as Durmstrang’s headmaster. Perhaps he could wait until her meal had been served and slink out through the haze of cigarette smoke two tables behind her. She wouldn’t recognise him. She couldn’t. He didn’t exist.


Art
-Graveyard Fun by Anonymous at hp_beholder. (Greyback/Lupin. ADULT. Warnings: dubcon, possible noncon).
-God Only Knows by nyaar. (Narcissa/Lucius. PG).
-It's Her Tower by Anonymous at hp_beholder. (Snape/Sinistra. PG13. Warning: partial female nudity).
-Snape by thebrandytook. (G).


Other
-karli_meaghan posted a Bellatrix/Voldemort fanvid.

This Week in Evil
24 April 1184 BC - Fall of Troy, following the Greek army's breach of the walls using the deception of the Trojan Horse.
21 April 753 BC - Traditional founding of Rome by Romulus and Remus. (Okay, not so evil, but we at burningmark think it's a pretty cool fact that everyone ought to know).
23 April 1343 AD - Estonian wizards assist in the St George's Night Uprising.
26 April 1478 AD - The Pazzi attack Lorenzo de' Medici and kill his brother Giuliano during High Mass in the Duomo of Florence.
27 April 1521 AD - Explorer Ferdinand Magellan is killed by natives in the Philippines led by chief Lapu-Lapu.
25 April 1599 AD - Birth of authoritarian Puritan Oliver Cromwell.
27 April 1667 AD - The blind, impoverished John Milton sells the copyright of Paradise Lost for £10.
25 April 1792 AD - Highwayman Nicolas J. Pelletier becomes the first person executed by guillotine; La Marseillaise, the fantastically bloody French anthem, is composed by Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle.
27 April 1821 AD - The Ministry of Magic issues its first warning to Crispin Cronk to "immediately cease the captivation of a pair of sphinxes" in his backyard.
27 April 1861 AD - President of the United States Abraham Lincoln suspends the writ of habeas corpus.
26 April 1865 AD - Union cavalry troopers corner and shoot dead John Wilkes Booth, President Lincoln's assassin, in Virginia.
24 April 1915 AD - The Armenian Genocide begins with a massacre of hundreds of prominent Armenians in Constantinople
22 April 1945 AD - Defeat of the Dark Wizard Grindelwald by Albus Dumbledore.
*26 April 1947 AD - Tom Riddle kills Hepzibah Smith, framing her house-elf, Hokey. After doing so, he steals Slytherin's locket and Hufflepuff's cup - items he later uses to make Horcruxes.
*21 April 1997 AD - Harry Potter obtains a crucial memory regarding Lord Voldemort from Professor Slughorn.


Real Women of Evil
burningmark presents... Real Women of Evil.
Today we salute you, Countess Erzsébet Báthory.
Erzsébet Báthory (7 August 1560 – 21 August 1614) was one of Europe's most prolific serial murderers, eventually convicted on 80 counts of murder, though some estimates put her victim count as high as 600. The popular legend that she bathed in the blood of her victims to keep her skin youthful is false, and perhaps one of the only things she didn't do. Her exposure to torture began early, as she witnessed her father's abuse of their peasants. Living on her own after the death of her husband, Erzsébet lured young peasant girls to her castle with the promise of work as maidservants; they were then subjected to horrific abuse for her sadistic pleasure, including but not limited to: severe beatings, burning or mutilation of hands, faces and genitalia, biting the flesh off the faces, arms and other bodily parts, freezing and starving to death, and poorly conducted experimental surgeries. Her victim pool later expanded to include daughters of the gentry, sent to her castle presumably to learn the arts of courtly etiquette. Erzsébet was brought to trial in 1610 and 1611, accused of the above crimes, as well as witchcraft and pagan rituals; during the trial and afterwards, Erzsébet was kept confined in a single room in her castle. She died under house arrest in 1614.
So here's to you, Erzsébet. Without your sadistic treatment of hundreds of hapless girls, myths and legends of serial killers would be relegated to the menfolk only. Thanks for making a stand for the ladies.


Got a rec? Send it our way! Please email us at burningmark at gmail.com or leave a comment to this post. Do you write Death Eater fics or create deliciously evil artwork? Let us know, we'll add you to our watcher journal's friend's list. We can also be found here on IJ. We're particularly interested in fics and art focusing on the less-well-known Death Eaters -- variety is the spice of torture!