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This table reserved for Dumbledore's Army
Oct. 22nd, 2017 04:09 pmOMG you guys, I went to a meeting of my university's Harry Potter society, and it was so much fun.
I wasn't planning to go; I definitely didn't expect to enjoy it that much. I'd seen that a Harry Potter society existed, when I went to the start-of-the-year fair where all the sports and activities show their stuff to new students. And I had a moment of awww, of deep gladness that such a thing as a Harry Potter society exists.
But these university societies are mostly populated by students – you know, proper students, undergrads. Whereas I am a postgrad student and nearly twice their age. I would feel like the weird adult crashing the kids' party!
But my flatmate was going, so I said I would go with her. Just once to check it out.
OMG. They had us do a Sorting quiz with questions from the official Pottermore Sorting (though, I mean...why did they even ask? I already know I'm a Ravenclaw. I have always been a Ravenclaw...) and they had an actual Sorting Hat, and they made each person put it on and then they shouted out that person's house (based on their quiz result). They divided us up at tables by our respective Houses, which were decked out in the relevant House colors. They gave us food, a veritable Hogwarts feast. And we sat and talked to our hearts' content about our favorite characters, about what Sorting even means, about the Houses, about obscure points in canon... My Harry Potter geekdom usually all happens online, so it was quite novel to be in a physical context where it was not just okay but even expected that I could talk about Harry Potter absolutely without end. :-)
The pub where the group meets reserves tables for them, since it's quite a large gathering (about 40 people??) – and look who the "this table is reserved" cards are made out to:
Aw!! Isn't that delightful?
They're having a "Deathday Party" for Halloween (à la Nearly Headless Nick in book 2) and I think I'm gonna go to it. :-)
I wasn't planning to go; I definitely didn't expect to enjoy it that much. I'd seen that a Harry Potter society existed, when I went to the start-of-the-year fair where all the sports and activities show their stuff to new students. And I had a moment of awww, of deep gladness that such a thing as a Harry Potter society exists.
But these university societies are mostly populated by students – you know, proper students, undergrads. Whereas I am a postgrad student and nearly twice their age. I would feel like the weird adult crashing the kids' party!
But my flatmate was going, so I said I would go with her. Just once to check it out.
OMG. They had us do a Sorting quiz with questions from the official Pottermore Sorting (though, I mean...why did they even ask? I already know I'm a Ravenclaw. I have always been a Ravenclaw...) and they had an actual Sorting Hat, and they made each person put it on and then they shouted out that person's house (based on their quiz result). They divided us up at tables by our respective Houses, which were decked out in the relevant House colors. They gave us food, a veritable Hogwarts feast. And we sat and talked to our hearts' content about our favorite characters, about what Sorting even means, about the Houses, about obscure points in canon... My Harry Potter geekdom usually all happens online, so it was quite novel to be in a physical context where it was not just okay but even expected that I could talk about Harry Potter absolutely without end. :-)
The pub where the group meets reserves tables for them, since it's quite a large gathering (about 40 people??) – and look who the "this table is reserved" cards are made out to:
Aw!! Isn't that delightful?
They're having a "Deathday Party" for Halloween (à la Nearly Headless Nick in book 2) and I think I'm gonna go to it. :-)
