Indlela abanye abazali babelapho, eWoodstock okanye kwi-'68 yeDemocratic Convention, ndiziva ndilapho eHarry Potter. Ndema emgceni wazo zonke iimuvi ezisibhozo, imiboniso yasezinzulwini zobusuku, umnqwazi wobugqwirha kunye newand wand; Iincwadi ezimbalwa zokugqibela, ebezihlala zithengwa ziikopi ezininzi. Ukuya kwisikolo samabanga aphakamileyo, xa ukunyanzelwa okuthile ukuya 'ekupholiseni,' kusenokwenzeka ukuba kubethe umhla wokuphelelwa lixesha kumdla we-gal kwizikumkani eziyintsomi, abahlobo bam babebhala fanfic malunga namawele ka-Weasley. Asonelisekanga xa uJ. URowling waqukumbela uthotho lwayo, saza sazithabathela kuthi ukuzisa uyolo lwehlabathi elinewizard kwelona lethu lokwenene kangangoko sinako. Ngesinye isihlandlo, iseti yethu yabafundi besikolo esiphakamileyo saze sazivalela kwigumbi elingaphantsi saza sahlela wonke umntu okwiklasi yethu, sixoxa ngobuntu boontanga bethu ngokungqongqo njengathi khange ngabom kwimbali yethu (engeyiyo imilingo) yomsebenzi wasekhaya wembali. Okwangoku, ndisondela kumashumi amathathu, ndiyintombazana eyokuqala ukuphikisana nentlalontle-ixilongo le-chit-chat, 'iFlip Cup,' okanye 'iCharades'-ihlala ihleli ke, yintoni indlu yomntu wonke yeHogwarts?
Ndiyathetha, phosa ilitye eBrooklyn kwaye uya kubetha enye intombazana enesikhafu kwisikhafu seRavenclaw, ngokuzingca unxibe itattoo yakhe yeDeathly Hallows kwaye unikele ngethiyori yehorcrux ngaphandle kokubonakala ngathi akukho ndawo. Kodwa ebudaleni, ezinye zezinto ezisahleli zingumlingo kum malunga neencwadi zikaHarry Potter kukukwazi kukaRowling ukukhohlisa isizukulwana ukuba sidibanise amagunya omlingo ngento eyimibuzo ebalulekileyo ngobuntu. Ngubani onokuba kwi-Hogwarts uhlala enobunzima kuvavanyo lwe-litmus njengayo nayiphi na into endakha ndadibana nayo; ngaso nasiphi na isizathu, i-Sorting Hat iyalela igunya eloyikekayo kubomi bangaphakathi bomntu, kuwo omabini la mazwe kunye nakwi-wizard. Ngelishwa, izindlu ezine zeHogwarts zipeyinta umfanekiso omhle wobuntu. Wonke umntu uyazi ikhefu: abantwana abakhaliphileyo yiGryffindor, i-chummy engaphantsi kwe-Hufflepuff, i-brains ye-inert yentlalo eya eRavenclaw, kwaye-ewe-i-diabolical, i-pre-serial killers iya eSlytherin.
Xa uJK Rowling enze iwebhusayithi yePottermore, wanika inkuthazo ebalulekileyo kwi-fanbase eyayisele izimisele ukuzifaka kwindalo iphela kubonakala ngathi ikhona ngokufana ngokufana nomthengisi wethu, duller one. Kuba ngeendlela ezibalulekileyo ezenza ukuba iincwadi zoMbumbi zahluke kwiPrydain okanye iNarnia, iiHogwarts ziziva ngathi unakho yenzeka kufutshane nobomi; ngubani phakathi kwethu owayelinde ileta xa sasineminyaka elishumi elinanye? Ngubani phakathi kwethu onommelwane weokoky kwaye ucinga, squib, xa umva wabo ujikile.
Xa wayesimema ukuba sizilungise, kwaye xa i-intanethi yalandela imibuzo yayo emininzi ye-bastard-kulungile, oku bekuthetha into. Kum, yayiphantse yafana neeHogwarts, imilingo, egqibeleleyo apho, yabuya yaphila kwakhona. Kwaphantse kwafana neentsomi zam endizikholelwayo kum kanye emva.
(umfanekiso: JKR / Pottermore, Warner Bros.)
Ndikhumbula apho ndandikhona xa ndandiqala ukuthatha i-The Quiz: kwikhefu losapho, ndizijikeleza ngeveranda egcwele izihlobo zam. Abantu babeqikelela izindlu zabo kwaye, kwinkqubo, beqinisekisa ukuzingela malunga nokutshintsha kwabo kwemilingo babuyele kubo. Udade ocinga ngemathematics uJamie wayenguRavenclaw. Umzalwana onesibindi uBen wayenguGryff. Ndacinga ukuba ndiza kuhamba nendlela kaLuna Lovegood waseRavenclaw, enezixhobo zakhe kunye nokubhukisha endikuthandayo, kodwa wayekulungele ukumangaliswa kukubekwa eGryffindor. Ngendilungile ku-Hufflepuff, ndicinga ngoku. Abahlobo bam bebesoloko beqhula besithi loo mimoya yayiya kuba neyona mibutho ibalaseleyo, kwaye iiPuffs zazibonakala zichitha elona xesha lincinci kwiminyaka yabo yobutsha besilwa de babulawe ngohlanga.
Sekunjalo, inxalenye yam kufuneka ukuba yoyike kakhulu. Ndiyithathile imibuzo ngobuzaza, ndirhola kwaye ndirhuqa imibuzo ngemiba ye-oblique (Inyanga, okanye iinkwenkwezi?, Khetha ipoyinti!) Kunye nokuzama ukunyaniseka: ubunzima bokuziphatha (Ngaba ungathanda ukuthandwa, okanye ukuthembakala?), Mhlawumbi ucinga ukuba i-Gryffindor iyakube ingakhathali malunga nokuzibuza imibuzo, kodwa i-Ravenclaw iya kucinga. Kwi-echo ye-alchemy eqondwe kuphela ngu-N. Flammel, into engaqhelekanga yaqala ukwenzeka xa ndiphendula loo mibuzo. Ndabona ukuba i-Quiz sele ingaphezulu kakhulu kweencwadi endandizithanda xa ndandisengumntwana, ezo zazimise ukucinga kwam ebusheni. Le Quiz, le doopy-esile Pottermore Ukuhlela Hat Quiz, yayiza kundixelela ukuba ndiza kuba ngubani njengomntu omdala. Kuthekani ngala magqwirha ayengqengqile kum?
Kuzo zonke izinto endandingazazi kwisikolo samabanga aphakamileyo, ezinye izinto zazicacile ngakumbi ngelo xesha. Bendinjalo, ke ngoku njengangoku: ndiyaphupha, ndithambekele ekuthetheni ngamagama, kwaye ndithembekile kwiseti encinci yezinye izinto ezingalunganga. Ndandisele ndiyazi xa ndandineminyaka elishumi elinesixhenxe ukuba andisoze ndiyintombazana ekhokele umlo nxamnye nabaxhaphazi (inkqubo okanye isinye), indlela endazi ngayo ukuba andisoze ndithembele kubafana, okanye kwezemidlalo, okanye ndonwabele ukukhwaza umntu ngaphandle komxholo weqonga. Kwakulula emva koko ukuzenzela ngaphandle kwemida enjalo. Kwaye mhlawumbi isizathu sokuba uninzi lwethu lutsaleleke kwi-Quiz (okanye i-Hat, ekuqaleni) kungenxa yokuba isikhumbuza ngezo ntsuku xa uluhlu olufutshane lweempawu lunokukufaka kwiqela, ukuba ikhuselekile, i-nook eyaziwayo apho ubonwe khona kwaye yaziwa.
Uya kuqikelela, ngoku, iziphumo ezibi zovavanyo lwam lwevaranda. Reader, ndothuka, kwaye ndithetha inyani ndothukile , xa amandla angaqondakaliyo ePottermore andixelele ukuba, ngokuchasene nendlela endandizibona ngayo, eneneni, ndandizimisele ukuba mdala njengoSlytherin. Yandicaphukisa le ndaba kangangokuba ndalila kancinci, emva koko ndenza idilesi entsha ye-imeyile ukuze ndiphinde ndibhalisele iPottermore kwaye ndithathe i-Quiz kwakhona. Imibuzo emininzi yayihlukile okwesihlandlo sesibini, kwaye ndafumana iRavenclaw- kodwa usapho lwam lwaqhula ngokwenza idilesi entsha ye-imeyile ukuze ndonakalise iziphumo endandingavumelani nazo zazivakala ngathi yinto entle yokwenza iSlytherin. Ndaba buhlungu ngakumbi. Ngesiquphe, kuloo poranda, ndayeyona nto ingacacanga: ibhinqa elinamandla okuzibona ngokucacileyo ukuba lalingaphuhlanga njengoNjingalwazi Trelawney, okanye uLockhart. Bendingumntu ongaziwayo kum.
Yintoni ekufuneka uyenzile xa ufunda iincwadi zakho? Ukuqhubeka nokuziva njengokubonwa ziincwadi zikaHarry Potter njengokuba bendinjalo, ukuqhubeka nokugungxula kwigunya lokucinga kukaRowling, bendicelwa ukuba ndilinganise umbono wam we-Me-ness (iyonke 'uzipho) kunye nehlabathi ( okanye… ezinye world) uyabona. Njengokuba babesiba noxinzelelo olukhulu, usapho lwam lwajika lwaba lukhulu. Cinga ngeMerlin, omnye umntu wathi. Okanye iSeverus Snape! Indoda ekhaliphileyo (kodwa eyona nto ingacacanga, eyona nto ihlekisayo) kuyo yonke into yabantwana! ULin-Manuel Miranda ubanga ukuba nguSlytherin onekratshi! Ngokunjalo noTaylor Swift! (Ukulila kwam kwakhwaza…) Kwaye ngaba iincwadi azikhethi cala ngokuchasene noSlyther-kids nangayiphi na indlela, ebhalwe ikakhulu malunga negumbi eliqhelekileyo laseGryffindor? Asinguye wonke umntu kwezo ngubo ziluhlaza namnyama kufuneka ukuba ebezinyulu. Inokwenzeka njani loo nto ukuba ibe yincwadi yabantwana? Kwaye emva koko, njengoko babedinwa kukukhala kwam: Yimibuzo nje kuphela, eBrithtany. Yintoni engazange ichazwe? Yifranchise kuphela, ubumelwane kwii studio zeUniversal. Kukudlala kuphela. Kuphela kuyo yonke indawo, ngonaphakade. Kuphela bubuntwana bakho.
(umfanekiso: Warner Bros.)
Ibhalsamu ekuphela kwayo eyenze naluphi na uhlobo lokuhle yayisikhumbuzo sikamama sokuba i-Sorting Hat yokwenyani iya kulawula ukhetho. Ukuba ndiziva ngokwam ukuba andinguye-uSlytherin, njengenkwenkwana eyayiphila, akukho mntu uya kuba njalo yenza Ndihleli noPansy Parkinson. Nangona kunjalo, yayikhona into kwigunya likaPottermore, akunjalo? Rowling ngokwakhe wayenzile! Njengokuba iinyembezi zam zomile, ndiye ndazivumela ukuba ndibandakanyeke kolu vavanyo lokuqala lwengcinga: Ke, kuthekani ukuba ndinguye?
... Ukuba bendinjalo iwizadi yesiNgesi, ehlala kwindalo ethile eyintsomi ngokuqinisekileyo engeyiyo eyokwenyani, Bekunjani ukuba bendinguye ulungiswe kwindlu embi? Ibingathini ngam? Bekuya kuthetha ntoni oko? Emva kokuba ndifumene iziphumo zam, ndazi kwangoko ukuba kutheni ndifumene uSlytherin. I-Quiz, kubulumko bayo be-algorithmic, yayidlulisile iimpawu endingazithandiyo malunga nam: umnqweno ongasoloko ubotshelelwa kukulunga. Isidingo sokuthandwa esichaza ngokucacileyo umnqweno wam wokuthenjwa. Ndithe inyanga kwaye hayi iinkwenkwezi, ndikhethe umnyhadala wesilivere. Xa ndandiqala ukucinga ngayo, bekukho i-engile apho ezi mpendulo zadityaniswa khona zangumntu ongabotshelelwanga bubukhalipha, ubukrelekrele, okanye ukuthembeka-kodwa idrive yokuphambana nokuzilawula.
Kamva kwakule holide inye, ndikhumbula ndibuza umama ukuba ucinga ukuba ndinganjani njengomntwana omncinci, nokuba ingaba oku kulandelwa emfazini ndingangumntu onjani. Impendulo yakhe indothusile ndacinga ukuba ndiyazi ukuba ungubani ixesha elide, kodwa xa wawufikisa wawuya nayo yonke le nto, utshilo. Ubukade uziphethe kakuhle! Ndifunde kule ntetho ingxelo malunga nendlela endiya kuguqula ngayo, ngexesha elithile, ukusuka kwintombazana enokuzithemba ibe yintokazi ye-neurotic. Ukufikisa kwenziwe inani lokuzithemba kwam. Into angakhange ayikhankanye umama yindlela endikhethe ngayo ukuphinda ndibonakalise ubugqithisi obubonakalayo bobuntu bam, ndilungelelanisa ukungcangcazela kubuqhetseba, ukuba nobuchule ukuze ndixhase ubuchule bam. Mhlawumbi, emva koko, yayiyeyesini kwaye yayiqhagamshelene nomdyarho, ndazixelela. Mhlawumbi umhlaba ubunayo indenzile i-Slytherin, kunye nokungabikho kokusesikweni kwayo, iirhafu zayo ezizodwa kwiimpawu eziye zandinika enye into.
Kodwa uyabona, omnye umntu angandixelela (kamva, ethekweni, njengoko ndicacisa ithiyori yam :) ngokwenene kuvakala ngathi kukuzigcina kum. Slyth entle.
Olu ndwendwe lwetheko luhlobo lokutsala umlenze wam, kodwa andizelanga yona kwaye ndilungiselele uqhankqalazo lwesiqhelo. Ndineencwadi ezininzi. Ndingoyena Mntu ubalaseleyo kwiBanga le-8. Ndingumculi we-gosh-darn onamacwecwe anobuqhetseba kwigumbi lakhe lokuhlala. Ndim i Umama obaleka iRavenclaw, Kulungile?!
Ngokuqinisekileyo, bathi, amehlo ajonge kwelinye icala lelo gumbi. Ndiyathetha, yiyo nantoni na. Ndizithandile iincwadi nayo yonke into nayo, kodwa um… ngoku sibadala. Khumbula?
(umfanekiso: Warner Bros.)
Kwaye kukho irubhi. UHarry kunye neqela lemigulukudu, bekhuthazwa ngumonzakalo kunye nokusilela okubonakalayo kwamathuba emfundo aphakamileyo kwihlabathi lobugqi, kuphela abantwana. Asikaze sibabone bekhula babe ngabantu abadala, apho ubuntu babo babunokuthi buguquke kwaye butshintshe, ** apho igumbi lisenokuba lahamba ngaphantsi kwazo, singasathethi ke ngeenkwenkwezi (kunye nenyanga!) Ngaphezulu kwazo. Ndisahlala ndithuthuzelwa yile nto yokuba (kwaye ikakhulu ndiyenza) njengeRavenclaw-ungakhetha ukuba yiyo nantoni na, kwilizwe eliyintsomi-kodwa into entle ngokuba yinyani, kunye nokuba mdala, kukukwazi ukuhlala kwi-nuance . Ukuhamba ngodaka kundenze ndaba nobuchule kwaye ndasebenza ngobuqili. Ukukhathalela ngokunzulu into endiyithandayo kundenze ndafuna amabhongo. Ubugcisa be-Imbibing bundenze ndabuza umhlaba ondingqongileyo. Ukubona ukungabikho kobulungisa kundenze ndanesibindi. Ezi mpawu azifikeleli kuluhlu lweempawu, okanye iperi yemibala kwiflegi.
Mhlawumbi njengokuba sikhula, sonke siwela imida eyayibonakala ingenakwenzeka. Sinovelwano ngeentshaba zangaphambili, okanye senza isigqibo apho besingayi kuba ngaphambili. Cinga ngendlela uRon onganyanisekanga ngayo kwincwadi yesixhenxe, okanye ngeendlela ezilikhulu zokuba uHarry angoyena mbi kwisihlanu nangesithandathu. Ukuba uMnqwazi ubulungisile ngala mathuba, ngaba uhlalutyo lwawo ngesele 'luchanekile?' Okanye, kunokwenzeka ukuba isipho sokuqulatha izihlwele zezinto ezenza ukuba ilizwe lethu lokwenyani lihlale lincinci, rhoqo rhoqo, ngaphezulu ebukumkanini apho abantu ‘bahlelwa’ kwaphela?
Ngayiphi na imeko, ndisasokola neempawu zam zikaSlytherin, kodwa kumaxesha athile akutshanje, xa ndizithandile-kunye nalo mthengisi, umhlaba othungayo-okona kulungileyo, ufanele uyazi ukuba bendimamele Hamilton . (Kwaye kwakanye, Taylor Swift.) Ndandidanisa ujikeleza kwisangqa esikhulu, esimnandi, esimangazayo, nabantu abandithandayo nabandazi ngcono kuneencwadi zam, ndiziva ndim, oko kukuthi: izinto ezininzi ngaxeshanye .
* Ngaphandle kokuba, ewe, uCedric Diggory ohluphekileyo.
** Ndiyi-anti-epilogue.
(umfanekiso obonisiweyo: JKR / Pottermore, Warner Bros.)
U-BRITTANY K. U-ALLEN ngumbhali wase-New York, ongumdlali weqonga, kunye nomzi wethala leencwadi. Iincoko zakhe kunye neentsomi zipapashwe ngaphambili okanye zizayo kwiiLongreads,Ikati, Toast, nakwezinye iindawo. Umsebenzi wakhe utyunjelwe ibhaso le-Pushcart, kwaye wayengu-Van Lier ka-2017 kwiZiko loPhuhliso lweLark. UBrittany naye ufumene inkxaso yobugcisa yakutshanje evela kwi-SPACE kwiRyder Farm, iNkomfa yababhali yaseSewanee, kunye ne-Ensemble Studio Theatre, apho alilungu le-Youngblood, iqela lababhali abaphumelele amabhaso e-Obie. Ukusukela kule kaCanzibe, ukwalilungu leQela labaBhali abaKhulayo ePublic Theatre.
