Hello magical friends and welcome to episode 151 of WZRD Radio! I’m your hostwitch Bess, and I’m unbelievably excited for CONjuration!
To help make the time until the convention pass a little quicker, here’s some music! First up is Veil Into Black and “Snakes to the Pit.”
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We just listened to “Snakes to the Pit” from Veil Into Black, Barty C with “Weird-Ass Potions,” and “Diagon Alley” by Pottorhead.
You know what else is a good way to spend time? Fan fiction! So let’s see what Special Correspondent in the Field DQ has to share with us today.
ScitF DQ: Hello again, dear listeners. This is Special Correspondent in the Field, DQ, with another holiday themed Fan Fic Fieldwork segment just for you. As I’m sure you are aware, unless you’ve taken refuge at the bottom of a garden pond or somewhere similar, November is a month in which many muggles, mostly American muggles, celebrate Thanksgiving. Now, since Thanksgiving is more of an American thing, not everyone celebrates it, and even some Americans do not. But one has to wonder, with it being a major holiday, what would it look like if Harry and the gang had a Thanksgiving celebration of their own? Several fan fiction authors have given us an idea of what this might look like, but today we are offering up “Thanksgiving Magic” by JessinaMaca on fanfiction.net. This fan fiction was first published on November 25th, 2005, and has just above 1,000 words. The author’s note for this fan fiction reads, “Happy Thanksgiving. I was at a party and this came to me. It was like an epiphany, kind of at least. Hope you like it.” And I hope that you like this preview.
Hermione Granger walked through the large marble door of Harry Potter’s mansion. Ever since Harry killed Voldemort, he has been rich as hell. Which makes sense because after word got out, everyone in the entire wizarding world sent him money or chocolate, or something. The house was paid for in gifts alone. Then the ministry also paid a large sum for defeating the only wizard that could destroy the whole world. One usually gets paid a lot when one does that.
Hermione went all out today. She had on a short brown skirt and a tight ¾ sleeve shirt. Her hair was in curls, and she had makeup on for the first time in her life. She didn’t want to look good. She wanted to look great. Who she wanted to look great for, she would never tell, but his initials were Ronald Weasley.
Ginny greeted her with a warm smile. She, of course, married Harry. Deep down inside, Hermione always knew they would be together. If only things were the same for her and Ron.
She had started to like him ever since second year when he had stood up for her in front of Malfoy. That is when she realized that no matter what, he would always stand up for her, always protect her, (most of the time when she didn’t need it). Krum had just been a fling. She liked him, boy did she like him, but she couldn’t see herself growing old with him. Call it not love, but lust.She made her way to the dining room, smiling at people as she passed. Lupin and Tonks had finally gotten together, after lots of fights (which always ended with lots of snogging) and were making their way over to the nearest closet. They both already looked ruffled, and the party had only been going for five minutes.
She looked up, and her eyes met his. For a split second, she thought she saw joy and happiness. Yet, at once it was gone, replaced by an almost sad and depressed look. He almost looked sad to see her, yet happy at the same time.
Now, you may be thinking to yourself–and rightly so–“this doesn’t quite feel like a Thanksgiving fan fiction just yet.” But if you were to look up “Thanksgiving Magic” by JessinaMaca on FanFiction.net, you would surely find as you read on that it does feel like a Thanksgiving party. Now, will there be other examples of rewriting the canon history? Will Hermione and Ron end up being the next to snog in a closet? You’ll have to look up “Thanksgiving Magic” on FanFiction.net to find out.
Now, before we part company for the moment, I would like to take an opportunity to express my thanks for the wizard rock community at large. Over the years, I have shared some of the greatest and most important experiences of my life with this community and it is my sincerest hope that that continues for many, many years to come. And something else I would like to share before I go, if you are listening to this update around the original release date, I would love to encourage you to gather with us in Atlanta November 4th through the 6th for CONjuration.
There will be many panels, games, and other events as well as an abundance of music. In particular, some wizard rock will be happening with performances by yours truly as well as Bisexual Harry, Azkaban Is Burning, NEWTs, Potterwatch, The Blibbering Humdingers, and many, many more. This is Special Correspondent in the Field DQ saying, “Thank you, wizard rock community. I am grateful for you all.”
Thank you for that, DQ! I can’t wait to learn the true meaning of Thanksgiving—and to see you at CONjuration!
Here’s some more music, and oh look! Dream Quaffle is leading the way with “Trichord Tournament.”
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That was Dream Quaffle with “Trichord Tournament,” “Professor Binns” by the Bookish Hufflepuff, and Hope & the Howlers with their “Wizard Solidarity Forever.”
November is here, with all its blustery weather, good eating, and friend-gathering. Here are a few places where you can enjoy all those things this month.
We have just one week until CONjuration, magical friends! Slytherspouse and I will see you all there in Atlanta, GA, having a fabulous time with everyone. [link]
The 6th annual Harry Potter bar crawl is happening November 7th in Mount Vernon, OH, if you feel like dressing up and getting tipsy with friends. [link]
We’ve got another Harry Potter burlesque happening in Santa Ana, CA on November 8th called “Potter Parodies” that sounds fabulous. [link]
Worthwich is back again in Ft Worth, TX from November 13 to the 15th, as a three-day magical retreat. [link]
If you’re interested in learning to sew, why not check out the Harry Potter beginner sewing machine workshop on November 15th in Whittier, CA? [link]
In what sounds like a truly hilarious evening, someone in Brooklyn, NY is going to attempt Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire entirely from memory for our entertainment on November 19th. [link]
Puffs is back! Hi! Go check out Slytherspouse’s favorite show November 20-22nd in Mission Viejo, CA. [link]
As for music, October brought us “A Very Harry Protest” by Fangirl Riot. [link]
Links to all these events are in the transcript. And don’t forget to organize your own fandom party and then let us know it’s happening!
While you look those over, here’s our last music break, featuring Dots & Lines and “Tom’s Pub.”
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And that was “Tom’s Pub” from Dots & Lines, Blue & Bronze’s “Wild Flutterbys,” and The Galleon Guy encouraging us all to “Make the Wrock.”
And that’s it for this episode Thank you so much for spending this time with me, and I’ll see you at CONjuration!
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Until next time, magical friends!
