People will think you're.........up to something

July 31st is a crucial day in the Harry Potter fandom. Today is Harry's birthday, and if you go by the canon of the books, that means he's turning 43 today! Harry's birthday has a lot of significance in the series because his 11th birthday is the first day he's properly introduced to the wizarding world via Hagrid's bombastic entrance. Harry's birthday is usually not the happiest day because he's stuck with the Dursleys. Even his 17th birthday is marked by the death of Hagrid and Mad-Eye Moony.…

My baby's first Halloween costume will be a Mandrake

It should be coming anytime now

No franchise is better suited for adapting into a theme park than Harry Potter . Star Wars Land at Disney has been a bit of a flop, and it's not hard to see why: Star Wars is not about buying things. When you're on a planet fighting wookies or whatever, you're not thinking about buying a t-shirt to commemorate the experience. That's where Harry Potter differs. Huge plot points of the books and the movies involve Harry going to shops to buy tools and food that are specific to the wizarding world…

David Yates, what's your damage?

The "Forbidden" Forest

We stan Oliver Wood

Poor Slytherin

Can I order a Ron Tea-sley?

"Forbidden Forest"

The boy who lived is going to be a father! Life is imitating art right now because it was confirmed that Daniel Radcliffe and his longtime girlfriend are expecting a baby! Hopefully, he won't give this infant a name like “Albus Severus Potter," but I trust him not to be as foolish as the actual Harry Potter. If there's any actor that I'm rooting for, it's Daniel Radcliffe. That man gave his childhood to us, leading the Harry Potter movies with impressive skill at such a young age. I'm stoked th…

It never ceases to astound me how much Harry Potter fanfiction there is in this world. Former Harry Potter fanfiction authors are now New York Times Bestsellers, whether you like it or not. An entire generation's passion for creative writing began with Drarry and Dramione stories featuring plots I couldn't speak of in a public setting. I wouldn't be surprised if Harry Potter is the most written-about fandom in the entire history of fanfiction. I did not particularly obsess over Potter fanfictio…

One of my favorite parts of the Harry Potter books were the Quidditch matches. There's something so relatable and simple about the fact that on that Quidditch pitch, Harry was just a normal kid. Sure, he was a jock and a sports prodigy, being the first first year to join the Quidditch team, but it was uniquely special watching him thrive in something. Harry wasn't a star student like Hermione and didn't have a great wizard family life like Ron. Quidditch is one of those things that he could suc…

I have never been a big fan of the Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them series. I'm happy that more movies are being made about the wizarding world, but I wish that these were different movies. JK Rowling is clearly surrounded by yes men who let her write the screenplay for all of these movies, despite her not having any skills as a screenwriter. Her author brain wanted to insert ten million characters into Fantastic Beasts that nobody cared about. She wanted to flesh out all of their backst…

Thank you, Chamber of Secrets.