Showing posts with label Magical objects in Harry Potter. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Magical objects in Harry Potter. Show all posts

Saturday, October 1, 2011

The Sorting Hat

Coat of arms of Hogwarts, the fictional school...Image via WikipediaFrom the site:

Congratulations
WitchNight127
The Sorting Hat has placed you in

I can't tell you my surprise at being Sorted into Gryffindor. For years I have considered myself a Ravenclaw - I even have the socks to prove it.

The Sorting Ceremony is quite interesting. You are shown seven sets of images and are asked to choose one image from each set.

Your results are calculated and voila! You are Sorted into your house.

I have heard a few people mention that they were a
Hat Stall - in other words, the Hat took their choice into
account by showing them images from two different houses and asking them to choose.

I, however, was not a Hat Stall, and so my choice of Ravenclaw was not taken into account.


Don't get me wrong, there's nothing wrong with Gryffindor, it just gave me a surprise (and a bit of an identity crisis and wardrobe issues as I scurried out to get some scarlet and gold socks).

But, as one of my fellow Gryffindors pointed out, we are "as clever as Hermione, as loyal and fun as Ron and as brave as Harry". Thanks @SecretWizard7 for that inspiring tweet!

I am now a proud Gryffindor!
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Wednesday, September 28, 2011

Our first week on Pottermore

255/365: PottermoreImage by Genevieve719 via FlickrWell, I finally got my owl last weekend - September 24th to be exact! Apparently those of us who made the beta-testing pool with a Yahoo mail address were put on the bottom of the guest list. Oh well.

The first thing I can say about Pottermore is that I love it - mostly.

There are some bugs that need to be worked out, it needs some music and/or dialog (the silence is deafening, trust me!) and it is sloooooow.

I hope that when Pottermore goes live they will be using more servers or it's going to be too painfully slow for me. Patience is not a virtue that I have.

The second thing I can say is, it really is better than I thought it would be. There's a lot to discover in Pottermore. More of that to come in later posts.



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