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![]() Welcome to ![]() Common rooms: ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() By WELCOME TO TERM XXIV! A special and warm welcome to all newbies who have joined us this term! Congratulations to HUFFLEPUFF for winning the Term XXIII House Cup, and to Kristine// The Term XXIV Layout Contest results have just come out — congratulations to Avi// Liz// Don't forget to do one or both of the Order's activities this month: Create an HiH Blend (for the writer-y folks) and Designing HiH Blends (for the graphic-y folks). It's all about capturing the essence of HiH Houses in tea form, so go check it out and put your 2 knuts' worth in! Speaking of the Order ... ( ![]() Did you know that ![]() ![]() A lot is changing in ![]() New Jobs: Gryffindor Prefects: Hufflepuff Prefects: Ravenclaw Prefects: Slytherin Prefects: Animagus Mods: Appeals Mod: Clubs Mods: Diagon Mod: Daily Prophet Editor: Flourish Mods: Hogwarts Icons Mods: Hogsmeade Mayors: Insomniacs Mod: The Order Mods: SortedChallenge Mods: Stamping Mod: Sugarquill Mod: Voting Manager: Writer's Block Mod: Yearbook Editor: Applications Open: The Daily Prophet is always looking for Staff & Pinch Writers! We are looking in particular for a Hogsmeade writer, Comics creator, and are always open to Guest Columns. Stephanie// Isa// Check out this Order-sponsored Pandora Friending Meme! Hey HiH, when do you want to chat? Muffin// Disclaimer: The Just For Fun section is simply that - just for fun! ![]() Want to place an ad? Contact the Daily Prophet today! |
![]() Apply to be a: Registered Healer Registered Animagus HP Character Writing Communities: ![]() ![]() Icon Making Communities: ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Sponsored Shops ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Attention Shop Owners! Would you like to see your banner here? Then come over to this post to find out how! These letters have been recorded faithfully and without alteration by Dear Dumbledore: I'm not entirely new to my house (I've been here almost an entire term!), but sometimes, I feel lonely. What can I do to make more friends? A Reticent Ravenclaw Dear Lonely, Ah yes, Hogwarts can be an overwhelming place, and you may feel lost in the sea of activities and people. It may help to remember that sometimes it’s much better having one or two close and loyal friends rather than a crowd of acquaintances. My suggestion to you is to choose one or two people whom you really like and just strike up a conversation. Hogsmeade is a wonderful time to look for new friends. Perhaps next Hogsmeade Weekend you can visit the Three Broomsticks. Good Luck! Friendishly, Albus Dumbledore Dear Dumbledore What came first, the chicken or the egg? Curious Claw Dear Deep Thinker, I must say I am flattered you would consider me wise enough to answer such an age-old question. But I’m afraid I must defer to one of your fellow Ravenclaws, Miss Luna Lovegood. Miss Lovegood was once asked a very similar question while under incredible pressure. She was asked: Which came first, the Phoenix or the flame? To which she replied most elegantly: A circle has no beginning.</b> Pretty impressive, don’t you think? Philosophy always makes me hungry for lemon drops. Swimmingly, Albus Dumbledore Dear Dumbledore, Will we ever get a straight answer out of you? Confused in Slytherin Dear Befuddled, Your question reminds me strongly of a vacation I once spent with Elphias Doge on the banks of the Euphrates. We were surrounded by water lilies. There was a very unfortunate goblin whom we hired to be our tour guide. He was trying to determine where we would like to go next. I answered him with a penetrating look and a question of my own. I hope that clears things up for you a bit! Wishing you many squashy chairs to sit upon, Albus Dumbledore Write to Dumbles You can write to your headmaster here; Dumbledore will try to respond to all letters, but there may be some delay before he gets to yours. All letters dealt with in strictest confidence. |
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![]() By ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() By Hello, fellow lovers of the written word! A new term has started, and let's welcome our freshly elected mod ![]() Of course, the famous Saturday Specials haven't been forgotten either. While artists were especially attracted to the Saturday Special 2.0: "Moustaches", writers used the first Saturday Special of the term to look back in time and see memories fade. One of them was the Sugarquill Mistress herself; Christa's own ficlet, Search for Memories, can be found here. Last but not least, fans of The Hunger Games with tendencies to ship Harry and Hermione will find a perfect combination in Kristine aka Let's head over to the ![]() Would you like to submit a story yourself after reading this? Then be sure to remember the changed due dates; from now on, challenges will be posted every Monday and are due seven days later; voting will end on Fridays, which gives you two more days to look through all the stories and vote! Definitely be sure to grant either ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() By The term may have just begun, but that doesn't mean we don't have some beautiful fanart to share! At ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Congrats to all the winners! And make sure you check out the community to see Muffin's header and icon in action! The start of term also means new banner makers! The first banner maker challenge of the term was held in mid-September, with Liz ( ![]() ![]() ![]() In addition, Kristin ( The results for the second challenge (the first icon challenge of the term!) will be revealed in the next Daily Prophet edition, but in the meantime, you can still enter challenge 3 here until September 29 at 3am UTC! Over at ![]() ![]() ![]() Avi ( ![]() ![]() Be sure to check out both Avi's post and Phoebe's post to see all of their banners in their full size! Meanwhile, many members have been sharing their artwork over at ![]() ![]() ![]() Muffin ( Make sure you check out both Muffin's post and Delphine's post to see their art in full size, as well as to leave some comments about the beautiful images! That's all for this edition of the Prophet; keep sharing your wonderful art, HiH, and next time, you could find yourself in the spotlight! ![]() ![]() By Things have been pretty busy over at Clubs since the beginning of the term. If you want to know what activites are running, be sure to check the weekly roundup or current tags at any time. The biggest announcement of the term so far is that since ![]() Right now Clubs is looking for a new Ancient Runes leader, so if you want to apply, submit your application here by September 29. Now let's talk about some of the fun activities that have been going on/are currently going on. Owl Post Secret's Did You Hear? had us all making up rumors about things happening at Hogwarts earlier this month. Did you hear that Lucius Malfoy was caught making out with Snape during a quidditch match? Over at Charms Club, we started the term with some Cheering Charms, aka making sigtags for each other. This one by ![]() In Ministry of Magic, we had fun talking about ministries in other countries, particularly their policies and perculiar ways of entering the Ministry. Make sure if you're visiting the French Ministry that you are dressed at the height of fashion! Transfiguration Club's Mascot Conjuration had us drawing our mascot with our eyes closed, which led to some hilarious results. ![]() by Meanwhile, over in Music Club we were busy stamping each other as composers. Thankfully In Wizarding Wear, we made a tie for each house, which ended in a few amusing (and totally fashionable) ties. ![]() Slytherin's tie The Restricted Section had us writing Texts from Last Night based on books. I especially liked Come on over to The Smarmy Society's Hipster TV activity and recommend a little-known show to a minor character. Always thought Hogwarts needed another house? Submit your idea for the fifth house at Sorters Anonymous by September 29. Don't forget to sign the new roster! Shutterbug Society has a new roster and a new banner! Congrats to ![]() Isn't it pretty? There are many more activities that have run and are currently running this month. Way too many for me to go into here! So be sure to come over to ![]() ![]() ![]() By Not much to report here except that there are two new Hogsmeade Mayors. Please welcome Ashleigh// The first Hogsmeade Weekend of the term has been announced and it will be October 19-21. Ashleigh and Isa are taking suggestions for the theme so if you haven't already head over to this post and throw in your two cents. ![]() Photo taken by ![]() Animalistic Tendencies Word has it that a certain upperclassmen in the Ravenclaw house has become an unregistered animagus. According to rumors, the student's animal form is that of a skunk and he caused quite a stink in the common room, requiring it to be aired out for a few days. No word yet on what disciplinary actions might be taken. BLACK MARKET QUILL RING BUSTED The Ministry of Magic was finally able to successfully raid the headquarters of a nefarious quill distribution center. Said black market ring was supplying unsuspecting students with quills that used up double the amount of ink. The Ministry discovered links between the group and a major ink supplier in England. Professor's Romance? Is there someone out there, competing for 'Hogwarts next OTP - Professor Edition'? We, until recently, thought their only emotions for each other would be best described as 'loathing' but now the Professors M. and S. apparently were spotted holding hands while walking out of Professor M.'s office. Could this be real or is it just a charade to confuse our correspondents? Who knows... ![]() Photo taken by Got gossip? Tell us here! ![]() By ![]() ![]() By Huzzah, the first Horoscopes section of the new term! Now, we might have just missed her birthday, but I personally feel that we need a little spotlight on Hermione Granger. One, she's amazing. Two, she embodies her Virgo traits so perfectly. Practical and analytical, Hermione is practically the poster child for Virgos. We see countless times in the series how Hermione has put her analytical skills to good use — figuring out Remus's "furry little problem" and discovering the truth about Rita Skeeter being two stand out examples. As for practicality, Hermione has shown that she has no time (or tolerance) for impractical things. Look at how well she adjusted to Divination! A subject that has no real practical use and Hermione is just. not. having. it. Virgos are also known for being able to focus their attention and have "the uncanny sense to see what's wrong with a person, a situation ..." This connects to Hermione's strong feelings about Crouch's treatment of Winky and the treatment of house elves in general. Not content to sit idly by, she creates S.P.E.W., doing what she can to fix the situation. So here's to Hermione! Happy Birthday to a strong, all-around fantastic Virgo! |
![]() ![]() By Welcome to the brand new term! Before we get started on everything new and shiny, let's make sure we've covered all the news from last term. We have the results of the Reminisce! activity, where Hufflepuff came first with 60 points and Slytherin was second with 20 points. Well done, guys! We also have the results of Good Night (Good Bye), and we owe congratulations to The Friday Fives of last term were Five Things You're Going To Miss About Summer by Social post wise, The August Insomniac of the Month was announced, and we say congratulations to Last but not least for August, we have some closing statements from last term's mod On that note, we journey into Term XXIV and welcome our new mod, Here is the Term XXIV Welcome Post along with the Question/Suggestion Post and a brand new Term Survey. The first monthly activity of September was Bedtime Story, where your task was to write a story to help put us to sleep! Voting followed and results should be released soon. The first weekly activity was entitled Play A Game, and in the game you had to play, you had to see if you could make a rabbit jump. Results were released and Hufflepuff took first place with 80 points while Ravenclaw came in second with 50 points. Well done, guys! The second monthly activity of September is Sudoku with a twist, where you need to play your normal Sudoku game but with symbols included! It's still open to take part in until 8am on Friday 28 September, so if you haven't done it yet, what are you waiting for?! The second weekly activity is Play A Game - Part Two, and the game for this week is Pocketful of Stars. It's also still open to play until 8am on Friday 28 September, so you've still got some time to earn your house some points! September's Friday Fives are Five Things That Make You Laugh, Five Things You Do At The Weekend and Five Songs/Bands/Albums You Would Rec. If you haven't let us know your opinion on any of these topics yet, come and share with us! The more the merrier :D We also have a couple of social posts, too! We have a sigtag conversation going on (and we all have hundreds of sigtags just sitting around in our folders!), and That's all for now, but please come and join us! Everyone is welcome :D Just remember to post between your local Insomniac hours of Midnight - 8am! :) ![]() By Hello everyone! There are a few new shops on the block, so make sure you check out Welcome to the shopkeeper world! End of September is near and fall is coming! So let's see what the shops have to offer, now that we have the new Mini prompt theme "Back to Hogwarts" in combination with the "Villain" theme. So Hogwarts subjects and bad guys are a go. ![]() ![]() There are some great new tags at Charms from ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Because everybody is head over heels in love with Teen Wolf, Halloween is coming! Get into the mood and order the first tags of the scary season at Black Rabbits from ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Quick promo for my own shop^^ I added some stock tags and more Three Musketeers. You can find them at The Button Hole. ![]() ![]() Limina's ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Awesometacular has some new tags from Rise of the Guardians and Back to the Future. Go and check out what ![]() ![]() Cute animals, pretty stock and movie tags have been added to Memory Lane; make sure you check out what ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() If you are looking for super heroic manatees, Harry Potter and villain tags, you can find them all at ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Under the new name Show me the stars, ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() For the latest update at Aequitas, ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() In the group of busy shop owners is also ![]() ![]() ![]() Last but not least on the tour is Honey Badger's Den from ![]() ![]() If seeing all of these awesome new tags inspired you to make your own, apply for a shop HERE today! There are currently 8 Gryffindor spots, 3 Hufflepuff spots, 5 Ravenclaw spots, and 1 Slytherin spot open. That's all for this issue, happy shopping! ![]() ![]() By With the closing of ![]() ![]() For the new term, we were welcomed by Mods Emma/ As always, we'd love to see applicants at ![]() Samuel Butler said, "All animals, except man, know that the principal business of life is to enjoy it." |
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![]() ![]() By Welcome to a new term in the Tower! First, let's take a moment to thank Brina ( With that, let's welcome Liz ( Let's also take a moment to welcome all of our new cubs for the term: Emma ( So what's been happening the last few weeks? A LOT. Way back at the start of the month, we got a gift exchange post to get and give gifts! Along that same line, this term instead of the traditional birthday band post with gift makers and all that, the prefects have decided to give one post for everybody on their actual birthday, where people can leave messages or presents or anything for the birthday person! So far, we celebrated Jay ( Liz has been busy making a really awesome guide to being awesome at graphics, so be sure to check it out for some great tips on being awesome without much effort (always great for a Gryffindor)! We've also been pledging getting points this term! Sometimes maxing out every single week isn't an option, what with real life and all that, but pledging to do ANYTHING this term is still really helpful and really important! Head over to the pledge post to pledge to Father Godric whatever you can! Remember that the In House is still going on until September 30 at 11:59PM UTC! There is one super random, super Gryffindor puzzle for you to complete as fast as you can! Seriously, this is a puzzle you need to see in its entirety, so go do it! Thanks and congrats to all our Top Sorters from week 1: ![]() And thanks and congrats to the Top Sorters from week 2: ![]() Finally, I leave you with a message from our prefects… ![]() ![]() ![]() By Hello there Pufffies! Hope you're having a great start to your term! It looks like things are going great for us so far! Keep up the hard work! Let's go for that House Cup for a second term in a row! I know we can do it guys! LETS DO IT! We've got lots going on around the House! We're voting on a new unofficial mascot, so won't you come on over and vote! for your favorite! It looks like Unicorns and Honey Badgers have a strong lead right now! With Pikachu, the Pokemon, following close behind! So won't you come on over and vote? We also have had a couple of new bb Badger's recently! YAY! :D Our newest bb is We're also doing a Gift Exchange! I don't know about you, but gift exchanges are one of my favorite things! If you haven't signed up, you still have time to do so right here!. And speaking of sign ups! We also have signups for the Birthday Squad! Be sure to do so here! Got something you're excited about? Sad about? Frustrated about? Come on over to our social post and tell us about it! Hope you're all doing great! Keep up the fantastic work! WE CAN WIN THE CUP AGAIN PUFFIES! I KNOW IT! | ![]() ![]() By Hello, everyone! I'll be taking over Claw Corridor for the Daily Prophet this term. We're nearly three weeks in and there's a lot to catch up on! First off, let's welcome all the beagles who have joined the tower since our last issue: hello, Jordan// The new term also brings with it new officials. Let's welcome back Patricia// Congratulations to the following Claws for their officials positions:
Whew, that's a type-ful. XD Congratulations everyone! Now that those are out of the way, let's see what SRS BUSINESS CLAWFFICIAL (har har) things we need to catch up on:
But apart from the official stuff, a lot of things are going on around the CR too:
Lordy lordy that's a lot of lists and not enough gifs. <.< >.> Just remember, Claws: STAY CLAWESOME. ![]() ![]() ![]() By Welcome to the shiny new Slytherins who have joined us recently: Rhane/ ![]() Congratulations to the Slytherins who have placed places: William/ For clubs, Slytherin snagged the most points in the following activities: Ministry of Magic's Let's Internationalize, Smarmy Society's Minor Appeals, Potions Club's Potion Jams, & COMC's Lost Pets. And a warm happy birthday to September's birthday snakes: Katie/ Amongst the cool things that are happening in our outside-HiH lives! Pixie/ ![]() Speaking of school, Veeka/ ![]() And in hobby-talk, Denise/ On that note, Slytherins, if there's something you'd like to share in this column (real-life achievements, big news in your own life, etc) leave a comment here and I'll be sure it's included in the next edition! |
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