Daily Prophet: Edition 11

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**CHT’s Riddles**

Written by CHT64; compiled by Thesewingsaremadetofly and occasionally Melx100

Edited by Melx100

*Sunday and Monday’s riddles were relatively short and brought Ravenclaw up five points ahead, so @LectorMagnificus gave @CHT64 one of his riddles. This riddle managed to take about 4 ½ hours- the longest ‘who am I’ riddle ever.*

***I once tried to apprehend a thief,***

***Who then physically and verbally attacked me.***

***I subsequently went to report this,***

***But was accused myself.***

***Who am I?***

*The hints were numerous for this riddle. This male human was not in the main series and is dead. The character was not on a chocolate frog card, not from a video game, wasn’t in a pottermore article or in a movie, leaving the companion books or Cursed Child. The character’s name suits his profession. He didn’t know what the intruder was trying to find, and it’s unknown if the thief/intruder, who would never have considered themself one of those, was successful, and it was not human yet it could talk. The character was accused of something related to the first three lines, but not the attempted thievery, and the thief surprised him in more ways than one. This character definitely spotted the thief and would have tried to stop him if it wasn't for the attack, but 'tried to apprehend' might be a bit strongly worded. Lastly, this character was a muggle. Morfin Gaunt, Frank Bryce, Credence Barebone, Sirius Black, Newt Scamander, and Marvolo Gaunt were all incorrect guesses scattered through some of the punny comments, including “there has to be a lot of ron answers by now”, “oh deer”, “Re-mus get back on topic”, “I’m deadric now”, “frankly this is going off track”, “alice we’re still using HP puns-”, and “rats, you caught me”. @Eaglewarrior33 finally got the answer to the riddle, which was Brother Benedict from the companion book Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.*

*We also have a riddle from earlier today, created by @Eaglewarrior33.*

***I am quite elusive and dangerous***

***Able to be tamed when I am young***

***But as I get older I become harder to control***

***And I've caused someone pain and humiliation***

***What am I?***

*Throughout the 2 ½ hours it took to solve this riddle, Eagle revealed these things. If you do not have some severe medical condition and are a perfectly healthy person this thing will NOT be able to kill you, and it will not attack if unprovoked. This thing only needs one wizard to tame, when it is both young and older, when it is young most people use a certain simple spell to tame it. When they are older most people have to use a more advanced spell to tame it. This thing is a living organism and was in the main series. The person who was in pain and humiliated by this is very well known in the Potterverse. It's name is an alliteration. Before coming upon the correct answer, an obscurus, Tom Riddle, a dragon, a thestral, a hippogriff, a nundu, an erkling, and gnomes were all guessed. LectorMagnificus managed to get the correct answer, a Bouncing Bulb! Now, onto the other Games and Events going on.*

**Games and Events**

Written by Brystal Granger

Edited by Yeetlol59

*Now, time for some other Games and Events that have been happening in the Harry Potter Wiki lately- and there are* a lot*.*

*@Iidreaminqxwillows continues their March Madness Ship polls, that’s very interesting, check that out! Next, @I Love HTTYD123 does a sentence mash-up, and the comments are hilarious.*

*Moving on, @MarvelPotterhead27 continues their amazing “Would you rather” polls. @Eaglewarrior33 once did a favorite character poll- now they started a “Favorite Villian” tournament, make sure to vote on that! @TheBandit025 does a post for Lily Luna’s search history, that’s interesting. @Olagite does a puns post- which has 99 replies, nice!*

*@TheCrazyBrownBear does a Would You Rather post, that sounds cool.*

*@Amarante l’aile de ciel does a Stereotypes post, that’s interesting.*

*Next, @PotatobabyxDD does a Molly’s search history post. @Broadway Blackthorn1234 does a Battle of Houses tournament- make sure to join that!*

*And finally, @CHT64 finally posts the 3rd round of the Ministry Showdown! This one has a bit of a “twist,” so that sounds interesting.*

*That’s it for today guys! Now time for Fanfics and Roleplays!*

**Fanfics and Roleplays**

Written by DorkyForLife0701

Edited by Reilin345

*We have a bunch of new fanfics and roleplays, including “Harry Potter shipping RP sign ups!” from @Pinguisthecutest, “Another random roleplay :)” by @SarahLovesCats, “Harry Potter nOrmaAl rp” hosted by @PotatobabyxDD, and “Let the 5th year RP start!” also brought to you by @Pinguisthecutest. And we also have a lot of new fanfics! @ScarletDay6 is writing “Snakes vs Lions”, @DIYA K M Forever brings us “Romione love story -fanfic- “I am here for you””, @IiCh0c0latte is posting “A Dramione Story <3”, and @Lxvenderjewel brought us the “smol little fanfic for yall <3”.*

*To participate in/read something mentioned today or see more like it all, check out the wiki’s ‘Fanfics and Roleplays’ category!*

**Trivia and Quizzes**

Written by Ivy Granger

Edited by Littlebluebubble

*As you can see, this section has been changed to Trivia and Quizzes. So, see how much you can get right in the comments!*

1. *Name as many Weasleys as you can (can be alive or dead, and the only requirement is that their last name, either maiden name or current one, is ‘Weasley’)*
2. *For all you movie fans- how many real-life snowy owls played Hedwig throughout the films?*
3. *What is the first thing Harry says in Parseltongue?*
4. *What creature did Snape incorrectly say were more commonly found in Mongolia?*
5. *How many different beaters were there on the Gryffindor quidditch team in the seven years while Harry, Ron, and Hermione were at school? Can you name them all?*
6. *Who is Leanne?*
7. *How did Draco smuggle Death Eaters into the school?*
8. *What animal is the basilisk scared of because of its fatal cries?*
9. *If you’re willing to do some math or just have a good memory- how old was Harry when Lily Luna Potter went to her first year at Hogwarts?*
10. *What is the only chapter in the Goblet of Fire that has a rhyming title?*

*And that’s it for today! We hope you enjoy figuring out these trivia questions, and make sure to leave your answers below! Now, let’s go see what Livi has to say about today’s Noun of the Day- Ginny Weasley.*

**Noun of the Day - Ginny Weasley Part 3**

Written by Livi23awesome

Edited by Thesewingsaremadetofly

*In the summer after Ginny's second year, Ginny spent a lot of time with Hermione. She stayed at the Burrow, and they shared Ginny's room, which allowed the girls to become close friends. Hermione, who was aware of Ginny's crush on Harry, advised Ginny to relax around him and show him what she was really like. Hermione also advised her to go out with some other boys until Harry was interested in her. Ginny was still a little shy around Harry, she began to relax more and spent time with Ron, Harry, and Hermione.*

*Ginny attended the Quidditch World Cup with the majority of her family. Their family was accompanied by Harry and Hermione as well. Ginny wore a green shamrock hat to support the Irish during the game. When Death Eaters appeared later that night, her father left Fred and George in charge of her while Arthur, Bill, Charlie, and Percy helped the ministry. The twins and Ginny got separated from the trio. Ron, Harry, and Hermione hid in the forest, but it is unknown where the twins and Ginny hid.*

*On September 1, Ginny returned to Hogwarts for her third year. Hogwarts was hosting the Triwizard Tournament that year, and she rooted for the fourth champion, Harry Potter. She also kept a good friendship with Hermione. When Viktor Krum asked Hermione to the Yule Ball, Ginny was the only person who Hermione confided in. As she was a third-year, she was not allowed to attend the ball unless an older student asked her. When Neville was turned down by Hermione, Neville asked Ginny, who agreed to attend the ball with him. When Ron told her that she should go with Harry, she told them that she was going with Neville.*

*She still liked Harry and was not pleased when she heard that he had asked Cho Chang to the ball. "She was even more despondent when Ron suggested that Harry take her to the ball since he did not have a date.”1 Ginny struggled with the fact that she could have gone with Harry but remained loyal to Neville and attended the ball with him. At the dance, she met Michael Corner, who she began to date at the end of the year.*

*\*1. harrypotter.fandom.com/wiki/Ginevra\_Weasley*

**Editorials**

Compiled by DorkyForLife0701

Edited by Watermelon1820

*{Disclaimer: This will be showing my personal opinion and perspective on these topics. Comments that are homophobic, racist, purposely/intentionally hateful, and/or non-respectively opinionated will be reported. Please be open minded with me. Please also note I tried really hard not to offend anyone with certain words I used so if anything was hurtful, sorry!)*

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*As we all know, J.K Rowling isn’t the best at representation. While there are many things she lacked to show, the main two I will be focusing on for this rant is racial and sexuality preferences representation.*

***Racial Representation**: A lot of people may argue with me on this, but she really does lack with this. Almost every MAIN character we know are all white and very few people of color. I mean the only people that come to mind are Dean Thomas, Lee Jordan, Parvati and Padma Patil, Kingsley Shacklebolt, Bem, Angelina Johnson, Blaise Zabini, Kellah, Cho Chang, and possibly Hermione Granger. (Writers note: These were the only people who came to my head. There are probably more I can’t think of at this moment) This may seem like a lot, but it really isn’t. There are over 700 characters in/mentioned in the Harry Potter series, and I would say the amount of people who aren’t white in that bunch, is pretty small. There was a video made of every person of color who had lines in the movies, and it was only 4-5 minutes long. That is very little knowing how long all these movies are and it’s ridiculous. J.K in recent times has tried to change that with pointing out little factors and everything with Hermione. Even though I love the idea of this, it kinda ruins it for me if you say this **after** you finish writing. I just wish there was more representation for black characters/people of colors in these books/movies. It’s just missing the original representation in the books you know?*

*LGBTQIAPD+ Representation: This one is pretty obvious. We legit really only know of ONE character in this whole Fandom who is LGBTQIAPD+ and it’s Dumbledore. And to add to that, this isn’t really even stated in the books. J.K Rowling added it in later **in a tweet**. I mean, there was really little/no hints about this at all. Like if she never would have made this tweet, I would probably be one of those people who (for some reason idk why I ever shipped this LOL) ship Dumbledore x McGonagall. She just shows no representation for this in the books at all. The only places she shares this information Is on her tweets and posts AFTER she had already written all these books. Maybe little hints were given here and there looking back on it, but it just annoys me that the only place we see this is later in post instead of in the book itself.*

*It’s very clear that these topics aren’t very well addressed. I get that society has changed over time and when JK wrote the main series, society was different, but that still doesn’t really mean we just look past it all. Diversity is a great thing and should be shown more. Other topics of course need to be represented more as well, but these are just two main things to be pointed out. What do you all think?*

The ship of the day is **Ravendor**! Do you support this ship as well?

The quote of the day is: *“To have been loved so deeply, even though the person who loved us is gone, will give us some protection forever.” -Albus Dumbledore*

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