It's that time of year again, September 1st. Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry is official back in session for yet another year of learning (just learning because Harry and all the powers that want him dead have moved on).
Let's celebrate with dreaming of fall weather (sweaters, colored leaves, cups of tea) and Halloween (ghosts, black cats, magical spells).
Let's talk about learning (new things, new people, new places) and making friends (shared passions, shared histories, shared).
Let's remember dark, lonely days (the cupboard under the stairs, knowing nothing and no one, those long walks around Black Lake) and horrible people with misplaced intentions or downright psychopathic tendencies (Durselys, Dumbledore, Tom Riddle).
Let's always be open to people of all shapes and sizes and backgrounds. Let's invite everyone to share some Butterbeer or treacle tart or pumpkin pasties. Let's be as we are, simple as that.
Let's get back to the roots of our love and nostalgia of the series, knowing that the creator is far from what we all assumed, knowing that she doesn't have any of those collective/accepting feelings for absolutely everyone, knowing that it has ruined all of this pure love for oh so many.
Let's get back to the tea leaves and death day parties, to the first place we've felt was home and to the first people who took that away, to the teaming up to take down evil and to the littlest details that made it a universe.
Today, I'm celebrating my love of Harry Potter and Hogwarts. I'm talking about my favorite fanart and headcanons. I'm remembering my most loved scenes and quirky characters. I'm always open to new fans, to old fans finding their way back despite how the fandom's founder tried to ruin it all like a certain nose-less genocidal maniac. I'm inviting you to share your love, your favorites, your most loved.
Draco Dormiens Nunquam Titillandus, y'all.
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