Pottermore-or Wizarding World as it is now-is the official Harry Potter fan base website. If you look at Twitter, for example, there are always debates going on about the deeper meaning of the books. I definitely think there’s some difference. Next question-and do base your answer on what others have said-do you think people read them differently as adults than as children or, fundamentally, is the appeal the same for all ages? In order to talk about the books with you, I’ve collected the opinions of people in our society who’ve liked Harry Potter for ten-plus years, because my personal opinion probably isn’t the most representative. I actually read Lord of the Rings before I read Harry Potter, and didn’t like Harry Potter until recently. They find they can escape the real world into these fantasy worlds. I know a lot of people in the society for whom that’s definitely true. Lewis’ Narnia books or Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings?
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But it definitely wasn’t that way for me.Īnd have you found Harry Potter a gateway drug for other fantasy series like C.S. I was going to ask you whether the Harry Potter books were what started you reading in the first place but, given what you said earlier, it clearly can’t have been.įor a lot of people I think it is. I imagine you must have been born roughly when the early books were being written. She’s aware of our existence, but she’s not involved in any way. We acknowledge that our roots are with Harry Potter, but we try to distance ourselves a little bit from J.K. Rowling have any kind of presidential veto over rules? Or is she totally uninvolved? There’s the International Quidditch Association, which oversees the sport internationally, and then each country has its own governing body. Is there a quidditch equivalent to FIFA-an international oversight body? Twenty-nine countries participated in the 2018 World Cup.
There are teams in over 40 countries across the world. In 2021 I think it might be moved back to Europe. It was supposed to be held again this year in the US-in Richmond, Virginia-but was postponed because of coronavirus.
Where was the last quidditch World Cup held? Internationally there’s a World Cup, a European Cup, an Asian Cup, and more. So, we play locally, nationally and internationally. There are teams all over the world-USA, Uganda, Australia-everywhere. You have a volleyball and you just have to put that through the hoop to score 10 points.ĭo we play it internationally? Yes. Instead of beaters with bats you have dodgeballs, and you throw the dodgeballs at people to temporarily knock them out of the game. “I think the overarching theme is friendship” With 30 points, either team can still win, despite not having caught a snitch. You have to grab the sock to end the game, but instead of being worth 150 points, it’s worth 30-just to make it a bit more even, because each goal is still worth 10 points, so a win would be guaranteed if catching a snitch was 150 points. Instead of a small snitch ball that flies around we have an impartial referee, who runs around with a tennis ball in a sock attached to their shorts. You have all the same positions-keeper, chaser, beater and seeker. How closely can you replicate the rules of the game as they exist in the books? And do you play between universities or even internationally? I also live in Oxford where I see students playing it in the University Parks. Slowly I’ve switched over to being a part of both. I joined just for the quidditch and then, as I got more involved, I thought well, I should probably try and integrate myself a bit more. I joined not having read any of the Harry Potter books, or seen any of the films. You wear both hats don’t you-quidditch and Harry Potter? But there’s a mix across the whole society. There’s quite a split between the quidditch players and the Harry Potter side of things: I’d say the majority of people on the quidditch team are doing STEM subjects those who just come to the Harry Potter-themed events are mainly English or languages students. Our society is the Harry Potter and Quidditch Society. Is there a subject bias among Harry Potter Society members-does Harry Potter appeal mainly to scientists, or are there lots of people studying English?
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