Thank you kindly! I've quite fallen in love with these three, myself, (and I'm beginning to get to know Hugo, who also seems to be shaping up into a very decent fellow). I strongly suspect that the Professor won't be able to stay a stranger forever, the way they keep working their way into his afterlife!I like to operate on the hope that their parents were able to learn from their own mistakes--and others'--to do the best they could by their kids. :)

Thank you kindly! I've quite fallen in love with these three, myself, (and I'm beginning to get to know Hugo, who also seems to be shaping up into a very decent fellow). I strongly suspect that the Professor won't be able to stay a stranger forever, the way they keep working their way into his afterlife!I like to operate on the hope that their parents were able to learn from their own mistakes--and others'--to do the best they could by their kids. :)

LOL And poor Snape always gets a front row seat for their antics. What karma!Thanks kindly for reviewing!

LOL And poor Snape always gets a front row seat for their antics. What karma!Thanks kindly for reviewing!

Thank you! I shall try to have the kiddies out to play a few more times, even if it must wait until after the Terminus convention. :D

Thank you! I shall try to have the kiddies out to play a few more times, even if it must wait until after the Terminus convention. :D

Thank you very much! I'm glad that the sweetness was not excessive. [Ghost!Snape would doubtless have very strong words for me if it became so. :) ]

As to who little Lily resembles when she gets into 'telling off' mode, I expect that it's a little of each! LOL

Thank you very much! I'm glad that the sweetness was not excessive. [Ghost!Snape would doubtless have very strong words for me if it became so. :) ]

As to who little Lily resembles when she gets into 'telling off' mode, I expect that it's a little of each! LOL

Al is a very perceptive fellow; something suggested to him that their ghostly benefactor might have a very practical interest in Potions. :)

Thank you for reviewing--glad you enjoyed it!

Al is a very perceptive fellow; something suggested to him that their ghostly benefactor might have a very practical interest in Potions. :)

Thank you for reviewing--glad you enjoyed it!

Al definitely has strong suspicions at this point, but being a good, cautious, strategic Slytherin, he's going to do a little more poking around before he forms a solid conclusion. Thanks very much for the review!

Al definitely has strong suspicions at this point, but being a good, cautious, strategic Slytherin, he's going to do a little more poking around before he forms a solid conclusion. Thanks very much for the review!

Thank you very kindly! I do hope to have a few more out soon, though they may need to wait until after the Terminus convention. :)

Thank you very kindly! I do hope to have a few more out soon, though they may need to wait until after the Terminus convention. :)

Here's the deal on Harry Potter conventions, as near as I can tell:The Leaky Cauldron, highly successful authorized jackal to Rowling's lion, has effectively become the only entity 'allowed' to run HP conventions--and it appears that they hold them at the HP themepark in Florida, period.For quite a while, HP Education Foundation ran conferences, one of which I attended. It was okay. While they used to have Rowling's approval, apparently the Leaky people successfully turned opinion against them and got that bit of competition shut down.Terminus was run by Narrate conferences, and produced the two absolute best HP cons I ever attended. Because Rowling et. al would barely let them use the name 'Harry Potter' to promote the conference, much less anything else about the series, they created their own magical education institute for EACH of their two incredible conferences, and sorted attendees into 4 houses. In addition to the various lecture, panels, classes, etc., they had Heads of House and a Points system which volunteers recorded by noting who participated in events from each house, and so forth. (Kohilo house victorious! w00t!) However, on account of the grief they were given running just Phoenix Rising and Terminus, they've switched over to small scale cons about women in literature. In general, it appears that as long as the books were still coming out and new films premiering, the owners of the franchise were willing to let people in various countries run conventions. As soon as they had no promotional value, they cracked down. (Even when non-Leaky cons were still countenanced, they had to have huge disclaimers all over everything to the effect that this was an educational event. Narrate actually took that seriously, and had lots of scholars giving very thoughtful analyses of the books and films.)I read a report of a recent LeakyCon and apparently there was a lot of other sci-fi/fantasy, non-HP content. So my impression is that large-scale Harry Potter conventions as an separate entity are probably kind of fading, and HP will soon just be another component of sci-fi/fantasy cons generally.The closest thing to the All-HP vibe of those early cons (like Terminus) is when a regional HP club organizes a private, not-for-profit, not widely advertised convention mostly for their members.

Thanks! Now this should be on the front page of TPP :D Wonder who do I contact to put forth this suggestion! ~ JC 

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