Jumping the Puddle - Wizardry in the States

[lunar_music]

I've always been a voracious reader. In upper elementary school, I discovered the Harry Potter books, and loved them to pieces - literally, in the case of my first copy of Prisoner of Azkaban. I was, therefore, rather non-plussed when my eleventh birthday came and went without a Hogwarts acceptance letter. It took me more than six years to realize

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[drunkencarousal]

this is really interesting, i've always had a curiousity about the american wizarding world mostly because like you that's where i live, and that would be a much more grounded and looser system.
i always thought that new orleans would be a magical hotspot, since it practically already is.
i never thought of san fransisco but you're right it would be a welcoming environement for magic i think.

[lunar_music]

Good thought on New Orleans. Like I said, I've always lived on the west coast, so that's the area I know best. There's probably quite a few cities that are magical hotspots - San Francisco is just the first one I thought of, because it's the one I'm most familiar with.

[ginamariewade]

I read a fic or a mention in someone's fic about "Marie Leveau's Academie of Magic" in New Orleans, and got kind of a giggle out of that. (Marie Leveau being a famous voodoo witch of 18th or 19th century New Orleans.)

[brookmctirre]

Ooo, could I have a link to the fic? I created a list of fiction where Harry attends another school other than Hogwarts but even if he didn't go there I still love reading what other authors come up with in the HP world.

[ginamariewade]

If I could remember who wrote it or when, I would. However, it's been an extremely long time ago.