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Hmmm… highlights… Travis Prinzi’s first talk on the deconstruction of the wizarding world was EXCELLENT as well as the one on Alfonso Cuaron’s vision of Harry Potter- it was great to talk to the speaker afterwards about what we loved about the PoA movie and how Cuaron has made his mark by leaving his visual touchstones on the films that came after. I also went to a round table discussion on “Magical Ethics” where we talked about things like the Unforgiveable curses and the morality of Harry using Imperio and Crucio in Deathly Hallows… good discussion, and there are A LOT of people out there who know their canon and know how to intellectually distill Rowling’s text into some interesting debates, it was just so awesome.

There were also so MANY people done up in costume- sometimes in robes (thereby reflecting their house allegiance) and others chose to emulate their favourite characters- there were a couple of Umbridges running about the place, and I got a great picture with a pair dressed up as Hagrid and Professor Trelawney- it was fantastic. I have to mention there was a lady who dressed up as Mrs. Black who had her own portrait frame and everything. She had set herself up in the corridor, frme and all, outside some of the conference rooms and started shouting out put-downs to the crowd calling passers by mudbloods and traitors of filth. I certainly didn’t expect to come to this conference to be berated by Mrs. Black, but I must say it was pretty brilliant and all in good fu

I can’t wait to hear all about the sessions in future podcasts.
I do listen to some of those other podcasts, so I’ll look forward to hearing the one attended by Penny and Greg in Toronto, but I only comment on y’all’s .