Isn't that Hogsmeade thing wonderful?? It may indeed be a more recent thing, though; it seems like the big public fan celebrations are actually increasing with the years, which is awesome!

And yes, you and shimotsuki should absolutely meet! (Though I don't know if she'll see your comment, since Dreamwidth – unlike LJ – doesn't seem to send notifications if you're tagged in someone else's comment? Or at least it doesn't send me notifications? Which is definitely a missing feature, because that facilitates people talking to each other.)

But yes, I met shimotsuki through stereolightning, and I feel like I also know you more or less through stereolightning (is that true?) and we're all swimming in the same soup of R/T fans from back from the old days when there was still a bit of an active R/T fandom...so, yes, I feel like you're part of the same crowd already. :-)