It is a new addition to the daily routine. Every morning I check my email to see if something important came up and after that I log in to Pottermore to see how many students are now at Hogwarts and what house has more house points.
Pottermore is definitely not Hogwarts, but it is a very good approximation. Everyone seems to fear which house he or she is going to be sorted. And if you look well into it, you can see several patterns in the people that are chosen to which houses.
But the purpose of this post is not analysing nor discussing the people that constitute each one of the four Hogwarts houses. The purpose of this post is to discuss the people on Pottermore in general.
All the people on Pottermore right now had to enter through the Magical Quill challenge, and many of them stood many nights woken up so that they could get in. So, if they are on Pottermore is because they really like Harry Potter, and are there to live the books again and see how it would be to be at Hogwarts.
When finally my account was activated and I could get into the site, I was sorted in Ravenclaw. And every morning since that day, when I check the house points, Ravenclaw has been in the lead. Except for a couple of days ago, when Slytherin started to catch up. Apparently, everyone on the Slytherin house seems to be really strong minded and they work day and night to win more house points. When turn the computer off at night Ravenclaw is winning, and in the morning, when I turn it on, Slytherin is winning.
So, I’m writing this as I am waiting for a potion to brew. It takes some time, between one and three hours. When you brew a potion correctly, you win five house points. The Wizard Duels are down right now, so the only way to win house points is to brew potions.
Taking a quick look at the comments panel in the Ravenclaw common room, we can see many people asking for ingredients for their potions and many people giving support. Reading those comments, writing comments back and getting replies (even if the most common form of reply is a “like”) makes me feel part of a real team, a real Ravenclaw team, where everyone is making efforts to not let Slytherin win the house cup. Everyone is brewing potions, and it is almost possible to feel the rush of the people working as a team to win more house points. It is absolutely fascinating. On the other hand it is also possible to see the efforts of the Slytherin people to win points, because each time Ravenclaw is on the lead, minutes later, Slytherin is already there…
It is completely amazing to see people from all around the world working together to achieve an end, even if it is something as simple as winning house points… and somehow, in the middle of all that, Hogwarts is there, and it exists. And at night, everyone wonders what the four hourglasses in the Great Hall will mark in the morning.
It’s amazing to see that, in spite of everything, Hogwarts is really there. It exists in the will of everyone to make it real…
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