The fear of the Sorting Hat

So Evanna Lynch have entered Pottermore and gotten sorted. Her being sorted into Gryffindor led to somewhat of an identity crisis situation.

I don't blame her.
 Sure, whatever house I get sorted into, I will show proper house pride. After all, J.K. Rowling is the creator of the test and if she doesn't know where I belong, noone does. But getting sorted into a house that I have never been able to relate to? That would set my head spinning.
Hufflepuffs are just so good, all the way through. Happy and openminded and loyal and awesomely kind. True and hardworking. I don't think I'm like that. I try to be most of those things, but I'm just not.
Gryffindors are supposed to be brave and daring and I don't think any of my friends would lead with those adjectives when describing me. I like to shrink back into the shadows, not being seen. I'm not at the front, doing things, being brave.
And then there are the Slytherins. Maybe it's just the fact that most people see the Slytherins as bad, I don't know, but I've never seen myself in Slytherin. All that pure blood talk and using any means to achieve their end goal. That's not me, is it?

But I love books and reading, I value knowledge, I like to think that I am somewhat creative. I've always seen myself as a Ravenclaw, even if I first identified with Hermione (and still do, to some extent - I'm still not considered brave).

The sorting is the thing I most look forward to, but on the other hand it is also the thing I most dread. Because what if I'm... not. a Ravenclaw

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Pottermore gif

Images like this make me so jeallous. Please Pottermore, just send me my owl already.

Possible Spoiler as I'm guessing the images are from inside Pottermore, so I'll put it after the break and you'll enter at your own risk

Running out of time

So no owl yet and it has passed the 24h mark of the last (4th) batch of welcome letters being sent out. I'm wondering if they'll send any owls during the weekend.
 Thing is, soon I don't have much spare time to spend on Pottermore. Tomorrow I'm leaving for the only vacation I get this year. Off to the sea, where I'll be living in a tiny cottage. I will have Internet connection, but I don't know how good it'll be, and I wont have a lot of access to it. I'll be busy smelling the seaweed in the air, feeling the wind in my hair and listening to the seagulls in their search for more food. (Not to mention the ice cream bar.) It's my favourite place on earth and it's the break I need. But when I get back, I'll only have a few days left until next term at University starts. And during those days I should really nurture friendships which have been suffering during my summer working - a lot.

So when will I have time to make sure my house wins the house cup? I really wish my owl would have arrived during my few days off from... everything. But those days end today. I hope I at least get my owl before University starts. This term will be a difficult one.

Could I transfer from my University to Hogwarts please?

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Starting a new blog

So I just moved (and translated) all my Pottermore bloggings from my private blog to this. I don't know exactly why, nor what I'll really be writing about (apart from Harry Potter, magic and Pottermore). But as a wannabe writer, 140 characters isn't always enough.

As I try not to flood my private blog with to much Harry Potter, I'd best be doing an update on where I stand with Pottermore right now. It's simple. No owl for me.
 I am completely honest when I say that I'm happy for those in my #pottermorefamily who got in, even if I'm really jeallous. And I keep watching what house they get sorted into, and what kind of wands that chose them.
 However, I was one of those who found the Magical Quill on Day 1 and in my validation e-mail Pottermore stated that "places are going to be allocated on a first-come-first-served basis". Seeing people who found the Magical Quill on Day 7 enter Pottermore, well... good for you, enjoy, but why did I just get pushed to the end of the line?
 What happened to first-come-first-serve Pottermore?

Anyways, on a happier note, my #pottermorefamily (which is what we are now calling ourselves on twitter) have grown. Right now, there are 224 people following my twitter, and I have listed 184 Pottermore named twitterers in my #pottermorefamily. They showed me how to use twitter and 19 days in, I have tweeted 810 times. Considering that my private, 4 months old, twitter account have tweeted 68 times, let's just say I ♥ my #pottermorefamily.

Protect Our Owls

Please make sure your window stays open until your welcome letter has arrived.

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SilverQuill77 on twitter

I'm impatient. I want to interact with other Potterheads now. Which is why I keep typing Pottermore into my twitter search to read what everyone has to say about it. Which is why I stumbled across someone who said they'd registered their Pottemore username on twitter - not to use that account, just to make sure noone else registered their name on twitter. And I thought: awesome idea - except for the part where you don't use it!

And so I have created a twitter account with my Pottermore username. I will only tweet about Pottermore and Harry Potter-related subjects. I will only follow official Harry Potter twitterers like @Pottermore, @jk_rowling and @Evy_Lynch as well as every Pottermore named twitter account I can find (whose account owner follows the Pottermore T&C)

Click the image, make your own Pottermore named twitter account, and follow me on twitter (so I can follow you back).

Congratulations! You are magical

These are the words you want to read on Pottermore this week - if you're a hardcore Potterhead. (Which I am.)

Since I had to go to work today, and figured that J.K. Rowling would put up the usual challenge, I didn't have high hopes of having a chance and tried to put it out of my head.However, at midnight tonight (London-tid) I couldn't help having a peek at Pottermore.com.
 I wasn't the only one.

Well... I went to bed (after watching the screen refresh back to the same message for about an hour)
 But this morning, before heading to work, my fingers started itching again - thankfully! This time, Pottermore had a completely different message for me.