Category: Conference talks

Ron Weasley and the Order of the Chocolate Frog

Summary: In a family of overachievers, one sibling outshines them all. Ronald Bilius Weasley leapfrogs over mere curse breakers and dragon tamers to take his place alongside Merlin, Circe, and Dumbledore as one of wizardkind’s all-time greats, worthy of a Chocolate Frog card. At the 2014 Chestnut Hill Harry Potter Conference, Tolonda Henderson posed the

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Sorting Hamilton

Emma Grant moderated a “Sorting Hamilton” panel at Leviosa that featured Heidi Tandy, Rachael Vaughn of Snapecast, and me.  I love Emma’s model for live sortings:  she designates different corners of the room for different Houses, and when she says a character’s name, you move to the corner that represents the House where you think they belong.  Then there

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Snape and Sirius in Canon

Delivered at Leviosa, July 9, 2016   Sometimes, you just can’t help the hate.  But as much as they loathed each other, Sirius Black and Severus Snape were similar:  brilliant, immature, dangerous men with ruined lives who gave those lives willingly to protect Harry.  Both kept Harry’s parents’ love alive and delivered it to Harry

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