The Wizarding World of Harry Potter (a thread for Potterheads)

yeah! secrecy works out better. also back when it was common, widarding duels being disguised as muggle duels

 

I got the eigth story, and am about a quarter of the way through. It's certainly something XD Mostly hilarious so far. XD

 

I want to know everything

 

seconded

 

put spoilers under a spoiler if you have them please... I still haven't even bought the book. Unfortunately this story isn't as accessible as her previous ones are. I'm... not the best reader anymore, and there is not an audiobook. Annnnd I can't fly to London to see the play. So there's that.

 

Someone ping me tomorrow, and I'll do my best.

 

Due to a customer I just rang up:
WHITE-blond hair, blue eyes, made of truck, with the actual book Dark Mark on the inside of his left arm.

I need you all to consider an AU where Draco fucks off to the American South, becomes a redneck sweetheart and gets hella swole

(He gave me the BIGGEST GRIN when I commented on his tattoo, it was adorable)

 

i remember this one! the ball is a time bomb. at some point, it will explode. the goal is to get the quod into the pot before it blows up on you, and frankly, i would watch the hell out of this sport. also anyone holding the quod when it explodes has to go sit down. also, there's two teams but only one goal area, which must look interesting.


i think a lot of the game play would revolve around split-second timing: you would want to let the other team have the ball just before it blows, but not so far before then that they're the ones that get it into the pot. also if your team has more players remaining, say eight to five, you could try and confine your opponents to the far end of the pitch, forcing them to play hot potato. also goalie positions would be interesting, since the two goalies would be competing over the same goal and trying to only block the other team's shots, plus they'd be the most likely to get blown up on, so it's probably not a dedicated position like in sports. i think there aren't any differentiated positions in quodpot, since anyone could get sent away and everyone could have to play as the very last member on the field, though it would be good to compose your team of flyers with different skillsets.

this is actually a game that would work well without brooms, unlike quidditch, though it would look extremely cool in three dimensions. i think there's probably also some kind of rule about how you can't just drop the ball to keep both teams from simply refusing to pick it up off the ground if it's too close to exploding to feasibly get it into the pot.

NOW I WANNA PLAY QUODPOT.

 

I mean. Even outside of game rules that seems like a good idea in general. :::PPP

 

that's such a wizard rule. ball explodes in your hands? sit down!

... what medical attention? :p

 

an AU in which Harry's hair and eyes are inverse-geneticized

 

omg

oooomg. best <3

 

Has anyone done the new patronus test? I got a salmon and I'm a bit annoyed.

 

black mamba - which is deeply hilarious for a slytherin like me

still, i know in my heart that my patronus would be a saluki
(and my animagus form a crow), and so I'm not much irritated by it

i have a friend on fb who got a chow and she is Pissed :D

ETA: Though a collie would also be an appropriate choice. hmm

 

Im just. A salmon??? Why is that a choice how is a salmon meant to defend me. I suppose I could reenact monty python sketches?

 

How on earth did a vole come up? What sort of symbolism is half of these things?

And they offer specific dog breeds? I know what the quiz says, but I'm going to stick to self-labeling as a Pug patronus for my own reasons.

 

Salmon are bearers of great wisdom. Don't you insult my sacred nut eating fish here.

 

I got an osprey. A sea hawk.

Oh. It's Lugh.

 

white stallion which is... cool but weird idk. does not feel like me at all?

i think i'd have some kind of dog.

 

Took the house quiz again because eh. For once I didn't get Slytherin and somehow got Gryffindor? Lol what. No. Fuck that house. i am a snek. I have been a snek for years now. YOU TOLD ME SO YOURSELF POTTERMORE.

I am pleased with my osprey though. And weirdly emotional about it. I SHOULD GET LUGH SOME TEA.