Impedimenta! Locomotor Mortis! You know that there will be more than a few people trying out these Harry Potter spells on Tarralynn Dorr and her friend Prism, especially when those people realize that Tarralynn and Prism got in to see the first showing of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, while they did not. Tarralynn, a loyal Muggle, didn’t need to use any magic to get the tickets and the best seats in the house. She just got in line early. Very early. Thirty hours early.
Impedimenta! Locomotor Mortis! You know that there will be more than a few people trying out these Harry Potter spells on Tarralynn Dorr and her friend Prism, especially when those people realize that Tarralynn and Prism got in to see the first showing of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, while they did not. Tarralynn, a loyal Muggle, didn’t need to use any magic to get the tickets and the best seats in the house. She just got in line early. Very early. Thirty hours early.
It’s probably not something she would do for any franchise about vampires and werewolves, elves and orcs, or Klingons or Jedi. But this is Harry Potter, and there’s magic in the air—for the actors, for the fans, and especially for J.K. Rowling, who stands to make a bundle off this penultimate film in her long-running saga.
Tarralynn is just a fan—one of a generation of millions who actually grew up with the books. She aged with Potter and experienced many of the same things he did as he went through adolescence—except, of course, that there was no evil wizard trying to kill her and her peers. She says the wait is worth it, just so that she can get the best seats. Personally, if I waited 30 hours online, I’d probably fall asleep the minute the lights went off.
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