FYI, Ursula LeGuin already wrote about a wizarding school in her EarthSea series (1st book in 1968). Coincidentally the main character also has a meaningful scar on his face. But yes, she isn’t as famous as Rowling. John, if you haven’t read LeGuin yet, you are in for a treat!
Somebody else already made this point but I feel like I need to as well. Harry Potter is the greatest story ever. I like to learn, and to read, but reading for fun isn’t something that I’ve ever been into, as a kid or as an adult. But Harry Potter just has something about it, and all credit is due to J.K., that makes it nearly impossible to not fly through like 100 pages every time I open any of the books up. Each year there’s plot lines that I imagine she spent so much time and energy investing in and developing, like the house elves and how dinner is prepared, or the thestrals and the carriages.
I think it’s funny trying to explain how awesome Harry Potter is to those who missed out on it because they were too old, because it’s like a window into an entirely different universe where people who’ve been wronged can change the entire world through love and their desire not to be divided by hate.
This was a great post game! I could talk, and listen to people talk about this, for hours
It is not only oxford loads of places in the look like HP, York, Chester, Edinburgh, I went to Manchester uni and there are buildings there that we called Hogwarts
I’m just about 50, and a big Harry Potter/Wizarding World fan myself. I enjoyed this discussion a lot, and very glad Rowling was given such high praise here. My favorite post game to date!
Not at all. I re-read annually, and have started reading it (painfully slowly) to my five year old. She likes the story, but has a hard time sitting still to be read to without pictures. Santa is bringing the illustrated edition of PS to our house as a family gift later this month!
Harry Potter is one of the greatest stories ever told.
I was over 40 the day I saw the first two Harry Potter books by Bloomsbury on sale at my neighborhood international supermarket here in Tokyo. That was my beginning. I was in Oxford Circus on July 21st, 2003, seeing London buses with Order of the Phoenix debut day posted all over them yet no crowds at bookstores and books being sold everywhere. I went into a lonely chemist to get my first edition copy, with a neat Harry Potter moon bookmark. I have it with its bookmark and the other six books on my Harry Potter shelf now, along with PS3 Lego Harry Potter Years 1-4 and 5-7, PS3 Harry Potter WonderBook of Spells, WonderBook of Potions, Collector’s edition of the Tales of Beedle the Bard, Harry Potter Trivia game, all eight films in DVD and blu-ray formats and a 2011 yearbook from my participation in the Leaky Con Final Film Convention at Wizarding World Orlando featuring Mugglenet’s Andrew Sims, Micah Tannenbaum and Eric Skull AND some cast from the final film.
Two weeks ago I was at the Harry Potter UK sponsored Yule Ball in Cardiff, Wales. It was magical, 200 of us were in amazing robes. We might meet again for the next Fantastic Beasts film, we were all excited about seeing the period before and during WW2 play out in the time of Harry’s grandparents. The Cursed Child play remains constantly sold out so I couldn’t even book a seat 6 months in advance. The Leavesden Studio Tour is also still popular, too hard for me to book so I had to give that up too. This time.
The most magical thing about Harry Potter is the people who know and love the MEANING of that story and all its deep facets. Very few take it superficially. I’ve never seen a mean-spirited, Trumpish Harry Potter fan either, though some can take their admiration of Voldemort and the Malfoys a bit too far.
I was sorted into Hufflepuff on the old iPhone app Harry Potter Spells about a year before Pottermore was announced. Pottermore sorted me into Gryffindor right after Leaky Con 2011, so I had to give all my nice black and yellow things away (sob). It was fun on PS3 Home Pottermore, I interacted with some of the people I finally met at the Yule Ball in Wales last week.
I miss all the unprecedented excitement before a midnight book release and at a midnight premiere of a film here in Tokyo.
I miss the newness of the Wizarding World in Osaka here in Japan too, I went when that opened in 2014 to great crowds with some exhibits unique to the Japan version. Lovely people there, nearly all of us were in robes and hats. It’s nice to add that experience to your Harry Potter repertoire, you fans need to head over here to that!
John! I just kind of want to be best friends with you! So, I read Harry Potter after college, about a month before the last book came out. Brilliant way to do it, I might add – enough waiting to enjoy the debate about what was coming, but none before that. And I adored it. I devour (good fanfiction), I’ve written (better than most) fanfic. I love finding Potter people to debate with. My husband and I planned to go to WWoHP for our ten year anniversary, but then I got pregnant and I’m high-risk and not allowed to travel while pregnant, so we didn’t get to go. You aren’t ridiculous, it’s amazing and fun.
My husband (despite agreeing to go to WWoHP for our anniversary) is not super into HP. But he tolerates my passion for it, and honestly, the best gift he ever gave me was an HP gift. He is not a great gift giver (he will tell you) and usually it comes down to me buying something or him picking off my wishlist. Which is fine. But after my brother visited WWoHP with his wife, they called and asked if I wanted a wand souvenir. I said sure, and he asked whose wand and I said Fred or George (because the twins are my favorite characters) but they didn’t have either. So my brother brought me Hermione’s wand. My husband knew I was a little disappointed, so he went out and found Fred and George’s wands and gave them to me as a Christmas gift. They are proudly displayed in my living room, because the effort he put in was one of the loveliest things he’s ever done. So I get it, man.
Also Ravenclaw (or Hufflepuff, depending on the day, apparently).
And honestly, when it feels like the world is indeed going to shit, as it does these days, having something (whatever it is) to give you a bit of hope or magic and remind you that there are people who can fight back against stacked odds and win with love and friendship . . . that’s a good thing.
You have being a man down pat, John. Real men carry guns is ridiculous, if you need a gun to feel like a man you have a real problem. What are you afraid of if you need to hide behind a gun?
John is the best, wish he was on the post game more often. I am always blown away by his sense of humor, his razor sharp wit, but also by his thoughtfulness and obvious ability to reflect upon his own thoughts/ideas/behavior. If more “real men” were like John I think the world would be a better place indeed.
I live in Salt Lake City, and I decided to take my girlfriend to The Wizarding World of Harry Potter this last August for her 23rd birthday…and she was so thrilled about it, she agreed to marry me! She would have already said yes (I presume), but God that was the best idea I’ve ever had in my life. We went there on two separate days that weekend and we had a blast! John is not wrong. The attention to detail is fucking EXTRA. I’m not ashamed to say, we got wands and did the spells…we figured out a way to skip the line in the castle, we ate at the 3 broomsticks (all dishes approved by JK, herself), got candy from Honeydukes, and basked in the magical glory that is Harry fucking Potter! I did have to convince my girlfriend (fiance) that she didn’t need to spend $100+ on Hufflepuff robes, but we still spent far too much money, and it was worth it. Now she wants to go to the one in Florida for our honeymoon.
Thank you, John, for being a nerd.
I live in Pleasant Grove! I voted for Dr. Karie Allen to replace chafetz but she got creamed. She was for universal healthcare and getting $ out of politics but I guess its still republicanland here in Utah. Do you know of any DSA or JD operations/candidates around here? I did my best to vote for the right ppl and since all the ppl I voted for got the least amount of votes, I think I made the right decisions.
Haha that’s awesome we’re neighbors…kind of. First off, no, I haven’t seen any Utah Justice Dems or DSA candidates…yet. But if there ends up being some, they would get massive support here. Second, hell yeah you made the right decisions! I got lucky in 2016 – the only 2 local races on my ballot were for city council and mayor – Voted for Derek Kitchen and Jackie Biskupski and both won :) – 2017 nobody was on the ballot here in the 4th district. I read about Karie Allen and she impressed the hell out of me. She should have won, but living in UT…yeah.
I TOTALLY agree that TYT is making history, and we will remember. Especially when Progressives are in power and there is no money in politics. People will be sitting at the desk and playing with the sound board screaming OF COURSE. USA has free healthcare and college, leads the world in renewable energy. Thats a dream to shout about.
Suggestion:
Option 1: Make the chat system available in the live stream optionally available to the member live stream
Option 2: Give members their own chat system on the member’s live stream page.
Reason: I prefer to watch the show on the Member live stream page, because it allows me to watch without having to load another page for the after 2000 (ET) show or postgame.
But I still occasionally want to make a comment, and loading up the youtube page just for that often stops me from doing so.
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FYI, Ursula LeGuin already wrote about a wizarding school in her EarthSea series (1st book in 1968). Coincidentally the main character also has a meaningful scar on his face. But yes, she isn’t as famous as Rowling. John, if you haven’t read LeGuin yet, you are in for a treat!
Somebody else already made this point but I feel like I need to as well. Harry Potter is the greatest story ever. I like to learn, and to read, but reading for fun isn’t something that I’ve ever been into, as a kid or as an adult. But Harry Potter just has something about it, and all credit is due to J.K., that makes it nearly impossible to not fly through like 100 pages every time I open any of the books up. Each year there’s plot lines that I imagine she spent so much time and energy investing in and developing, like the house elves and how dinner is prepared, or the thestrals and the carriages.
I think it’s funny trying to explain how awesome Harry Potter is to those who missed out on it because they were too old, because it’s like a window into an entirely different universe where people who’ve been wronged can change the entire world through love and their desire not to be divided by hate.
This was a great post game! I could talk, and listen to people talk about this, for hours
Loved this Post Game!!!
It is not only oxford loads of places in the look like HP, York, Chester, Edinburgh, I went to Manchester uni and there are buildings there that we called Hogwarts
I’m just about 50, and a big Harry Potter/Wizarding World fan myself. I enjoyed this discussion a lot, and very glad Rowling was given such high praise here. My favorite post game to date!
I’ve read the Harry Potter series probably 100 times. I normally reread it twice a year. Lol SAD!
Not at all. I re-read annually, and have started reading it (painfully slowly) to my five year old. She likes the story, but has a hard time sitting still to be read to without pictures. Santa is bringing the illustrated edition of PS to our house as a family gift later this month!
Ravenclaw for life!
Harry Potter is one of the greatest stories ever told.
I was over 40 the day I saw the first two Harry Potter books by Bloomsbury on sale at my neighborhood international supermarket here in Tokyo. That was my beginning. I was in Oxford Circus on July 21st, 2003, seeing London buses with Order of the Phoenix debut day posted all over them yet no crowds at bookstores and books being sold everywhere. I went into a lonely chemist to get my first edition copy, with a neat Harry Potter moon bookmark. I have it with its bookmark and the other six books on my Harry Potter shelf now, along with PS3 Lego Harry Potter Years 1-4 and 5-7, PS3 Harry Potter WonderBook of Spells, WonderBook of Potions, Collector’s edition of the Tales of Beedle the Bard, Harry Potter Trivia game, all eight films in DVD and blu-ray formats and a 2011 yearbook from my participation in the Leaky Con Final Film Convention at Wizarding World Orlando featuring Mugglenet’s Andrew Sims, Micah Tannenbaum and Eric Skull AND some cast from the final film.
Two weeks ago I was at the Harry Potter UK sponsored Yule Ball in Cardiff, Wales. It was magical, 200 of us were in amazing robes. We might meet again for the next Fantastic Beasts film, we were all excited about seeing the period before and during WW2 play out in the time of Harry’s grandparents. The Cursed Child play remains constantly sold out so I couldn’t even book a seat 6 months in advance. The Leavesden Studio Tour is also still popular, too hard for me to book so I had to give that up too. This time.
The most magical thing about Harry Potter is the people who know and love the MEANING of that story and all its deep facets. Very few take it superficially. I’ve never seen a mean-spirited, Trumpish Harry Potter fan either, though some can take their admiration of Voldemort and the Malfoys a bit too far.
I was sorted into Hufflepuff on the old iPhone app Harry Potter Spells about a year before Pottermore was announced. Pottermore sorted me into Gryffindor right after Leaky Con 2011, so I had to give all my nice black and yellow things away (sob). It was fun on PS3 Home Pottermore, I interacted with some of the people I finally met at the Yule Ball in Wales last week.
I miss all the unprecedented excitement before a midnight book release and at a midnight premiere of a film here in Tokyo.
I miss the newness of the Wizarding World in Osaka here in Japan too, I went when that opened in 2014 to great crowds with some exhibits unique to the Japan version. Lovely people there, nearly all of us were in robes and hats. It’s nice to add that experience to your Harry Potter repertoire, you fans need to head over here to that!
You too Johnny-pie.
You are one lucky fan!
Great post game.
Every time I watch the show I like you guys even more.
Thank you for being so genuine and human.
Someone needs to tell Cenk that the original Star Trek series ended in 1969 before he was born. He was watching reruns and didn’t know it.
Wow what a great post game!!!!
To the king of the dorks!
TYT MUSEUM! .. GO!!!!
I don’t even give a rats ass about harry potter and john is making me wanna go there.
John! I just kind of want to be best friends with you! So, I read Harry Potter after college, about a month before the last book came out. Brilliant way to do it, I might add – enough waiting to enjoy the debate about what was coming, but none before that. And I adored it. I devour (good fanfiction), I’ve written (better than most) fanfic. I love finding Potter people to debate with. My husband and I planned to go to WWoHP for our ten year anniversary, but then I got pregnant and I’m high-risk and not allowed to travel while pregnant, so we didn’t get to go. You aren’t ridiculous, it’s amazing and fun.
My husband (despite agreeing to go to WWoHP for our anniversary) is not super into HP. But he tolerates my passion for it, and honestly, the best gift he ever gave me was an HP gift. He is not a great gift giver (he will tell you) and usually it comes down to me buying something or him picking off my wishlist. Which is fine. But after my brother visited WWoHP with his wife, they called and asked if I wanted a wand souvenir. I said sure, and he asked whose wand and I said Fred or George (because the twins are my favorite characters) but they didn’t have either. So my brother brought me Hermione’s wand. My husband knew I was a little disappointed, so he went out and found Fred and George’s wands and gave them to me as a Christmas gift. They are proudly displayed in my living room, because the effort he put in was one of the loveliest things he’s ever done. So I get it, man.
Also Ravenclaw (or Hufflepuff, depending on the day, apparently).
And honestly, when it feels like the world is indeed going to shit, as it does these days, having something (whatever it is) to give you a bit of hope or magic and remind you that there are people who can fight back against stacked odds and win with love and friendship . . . that’s a good thing.
I’d love it if John was on the Friday postgame sometime.
I don’t even care for Harry Potter but I would love to go to The Wizarding World of Harry Potter with someone who loved it as much as John.
I think wands are a boy/man thing. I mean, light sabres? C’mon!
You have being a man down pat, John. Real men carry guns is ridiculous, if you need a gun to feel like a man you have a real problem. What are you afraid of if you need to hide behind a gun?
Was that Hermine who pushed you out of the way to show you how to do it? LOL!
Hufflepuff here, Huffle’puff puff pass!
Hell yeah! Hufflepuffs do love their herbology!
John is the best, wish he was on the post game more often. I am always blown away by his sense of humor, his razor sharp wit, but also by his thoughtfulness and obvious ability to reflect upon his own thoughts/ideas/behavior. If more “real men” were like John I think the world would be a better place indeed.
Did I hear a mic drop at the very end?
I live in Salt Lake City, and I decided to take my girlfriend to The Wizarding World of Harry Potter this last August for her 23rd birthday…and she was so thrilled about it, she agreed to marry me! She would have already said yes (I presume), but God that was the best idea I’ve ever had in my life. We went there on two separate days that weekend and we had a blast! John is not wrong. The attention to detail is fucking EXTRA. I’m not ashamed to say, we got wands and did the spells…we figured out a way to skip the line in the castle, we ate at the 3 broomsticks (all dishes approved by JK, herself), got candy from Honeydukes, and basked in the magical glory that is Harry fucking Potter! I did have to convince my girlfriend (fiance) that she didn’t need to spend $100+ on Hufflepuff robes, but we still spent far too much money, and it was worth it. Now she wants to go to the one in Florida for our honeymoon.
Thank you, John, for being a nerd.
I live in Pleasant Grove! I voted for Dr. Karie Allen to replace chafetz but she got creamed. She was for universal healthcare and getting $ out of politics but I guess its still republicanland here in Utah. Do you know of any DSA or JD operations/candidates around here? I did my best to vote for the right ppl and since all the ppl I voted for got the least amount of votes, I think I made the right decisions.
Haha that’s awesome we’re neighbors…kind of. First off, no, I haven’t seen any Utah Justice Dems or DSA candidates…yet. But if there ends up being some, they would get massive support here. Second, hell yeah you made the right decisions! I got lucky in 2016 – the only 2 local races on my ballot were for city council and mayor – Voted for Derek Kitchen and Jackie Biskupski and both won :) – 2017 nobody was on the ballot here in the 4th district. I read about Karie Allen and she impressed the hell out of me. She should have won, but living in UT…yeah.
I TOTALLY agree that TYT is making history, and we will remember. Especially when Progressives are in power and there is no money in politics. People will be sitting at the desk and playing with the sound board screaming OF COURSE. USA has free healthcare and college, leads the world in renewable energy. Thats a dream to shout about.
I’m in the same house too!
love John on post game
Suggestion:
Option 1: Make the chat system available in the live stream optionally available to the member live stream
Option 2: Give members their own chat system on the member’s live stream page.
Reason: I prefer to watch the show on the Member live stream page, because it allows me to watch without having to load another page for the after 2000 (ET) show or postgame.
But I still occasionally want to make a comment, and loading up the youtube page just for that often stops me from doing so.
Minor issue really.
Use #TYTLive on twitter. Best way to interact.
Fair point, I suppose.
Yes!
I totally agree. This is particularly relevant for those who do not have a twitter account.
We’re in the same house, John!
Yes! Ravenclaw represent!!
Drink every time Cenk says “To the king of the Dorks!!”
Thank you for the suggestion. I rewatched it just to play. It’s a bit hard to take that many shots that fast but it was fun