A few years after reading Harry Potter I realized that J. K. Rowling might never again publish another HP-related book and I don’t think I’ve ever been as disappointed as I was in that moment. No follow-up? No Marauder stories? How are we, as fans, supposed to keep something as important as HP alive in our hearts without being able to dream our ways into the halls of Hogwarts? Especially considering that HP helped a lot of fans out of depressions and sadness (Evanna Lynch!). Now fast forward to the year 2012, Rowling releases Pottermore: a website with background stories of the characters, the artifacts, the locations, and everything else you might imagine. I can still remember my thumping heart as I opened the website, took the house sorting test and was sorted into a house. The dream of every Potterhead became true. Rowling made it possible for her fans, whether you’d just seen the movies or read the books, to go to the website and share snippets of facts and play your way into each chapter of HP (literally as an interactive game, following the chapters of the books, existed at the time on Pottermore). Suddenly fans could not only delve deeper into the story but also share their patronuses and house colors with others.
The world of Harry Potter went from being restricted to the books and movies into something much bigger. Now if you open Google and search the words “Harry Potter” what you’re going to find is something incredible: hundreds, if not thousands of Harry Potter pages and groups dedicated to sharing Harry Potter and through that unite every Potterhead. Not only are these pages full of new information and facts and utter love for HP, but classes are also held, assignments made and graded. You can learn the arts of transfiguration and potions etc. Even people who’ve never been near HP can now understand and laugh at HP. Here I share with you a few fun things that you can show to others about the Harry Potter world:
- On Pottermore, you can get sorted into your Hogwarts’ house and Ilvermony House
Yes, it’s okay to be a Slytherin. No, we are not the bad guys.
2. You can identify your patronus and get chosen by a wand on Pottermore
Based on these wands people have started creating their own. It’s also possible to order beautiful custom-made wands (check out Alivan’s wands)
3. Harry Potter in 99 seconds, for anyone who’d like to know the series
- Here you have three funny memes (I miss Obama and Biden as much as Snape misses Lily)
On that note, let’s end it with the famous words of Dumbledore: “Nitwit! Blubber! Oddment! Tweak! Thank you.”
Harry Potter within Media 