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University of Hogwarts, Gryffindor Hall, Floor 4 2022/2023
20/09/2022, 2:37 PM
Frank Longbottom added Remus Lupin to the group chat
Frank Longbottom added Sirius Black to the group chat
Frank Longbottom added James Potter to the group chat
Frank Longbottom added Peter Pettigrew to the group chat
Frank Longbottom added Lily Evans to the group chat
Frank Longbottom added Mary Macdonald to the group chat
Frank Longbottom added Marlene McKinnon to the group chat
Frank Longbottom added Dorcas Meadowes to the group chat
Frank Longbottom: Hello all! I’m Frank and I’ll be your RA for the academic year. You’ll all be on the 4th floor, split into 2 four-person flats. Making this groupchat ahead of move-in day tomorrow so you know who you’ll be living with! Feel free to introduce yourselves, and don’t be afraid to message me any questions! :)
Frank Longbottom has left the chat
James Potter: hello!
Lily Evans: hi!! 🥰
Petter Pettigrew: nice to meet you all :)
Marlene McKinnon: hiiiiiii :)
James Potter: what are we all studying? should we introduce ourselves?? what are our hobbies???
James Potter: i’m james, i’m from london and i’m studying sports science! i like football, baking, and have already signed up for the volunteering club! cannot wait to meet you all!!
Lily Evans: i’ll go: i’m lily, i’m studying nursing, and i love to read, write, and listen to music!
James Potter: oooh @ lily evans, what do you write?
Lily Evans: …….
Lily Evans: okay hear me out
Remus Lupin: please tell me you are not a wattpad person
Lily Evans: i am a wattpad person.
Lily Evans: but don’t be so quick to judge!!
Lily Evans: there is good stuff on there!
Remus Lupin: no comment
Remus Lupin: but hello, i am remus, i am studying REAL english literature, minoring in gender studies
Sirius Black: aw, mr english literature is too smart for wattpad 🥺
Remus Lupin: …
Remus Lupin: nice to meet you too, sirius black
Peter Pettigrew: hello! i’m studying economics, and i’m a swimmer! excited to meet you all!
James Potter: “i’m a swimmer” bitch don’t be modest
James Potter: i’ll have you all know that pete here holds the junior national record
James Potter: he is not *just* a swimmer
Remus Lupin: you two know each other?
Petter Pettigrew: we went to boarding school together! :)
James Potter: we were roomates at eton together
Marlene McKinnon: eton?? omg
Marlene McKinnon: what happened to eating the rich
James Potter: ok, yes we went to the most expensive school in the country
James Potter: but not in a way that like defines us
James Potter: i went to a state primary school!!
Marlene McKinnon: “not in a way that defines us” says the one who just announced to a bunch of strangers that he went to like the richest school in the country
James Potter: sirius was there too!!
Remus Lupin: have i accidentally infiltrated the rich people hall
Sirius Black: ok, but i was disowned at 16 and there on a scholarship, soooo
Sirius Black: we are not the same
Sirius Black: #eattherich
Remus Lupin: ….
Marlene McKinnon: …..
Peter Pettigrew: awkward silence
Lily Evans: i’m so sorry love :(
James Potter: ….
James Potter: i’m sorry to bring that up mate
James Potter: atleast you have mum and dad now
Sirius Black: it’s okay 😝 now i live with james and get to live in luxury with mr and mrs potter
Sirius Black: and now I have established the tragic backstory to win ANY argument with any of you
Sirius Black: so #yolo, seems like a win win to me
Marlene McKinnon: anyway.. i’m marlene! i’m studying politics! i suppose i like to draw, i’m addicted to tiktok, and i used to do ballet!
Sirius Black: ayyy
Sirius Black: i’m studying politics too!
Sirius Black: glad i’ll have someone to go to lectures with
Marlene McKinnon: how generous of a rich boy like you to go to lectures with a state school girl 😍
Marlene McKinnon: so progressive 😍
Sirius Black: ….
Marlene McKinnon: but actually yes pls i’m so scared to go to lectures alone
Dorcas Meadowes: oh hello!
Dorcas Meadowes: i just saw this sorry!
Dorcas Meadowes: i’m dorcas! i’m an international student from australia, i’m studying computer science, and i’m a cheerleader! it’s nice to meet you all!
Remus Lupin: ooh, australia!
Lily Evans: so cool that we all have such different backgrounds! welcome to the uk!
Marlene McKinnon: ah yes, the two cultures, australia and eton
Marlene McKinnon: so diverse 😍
Marlene McKinnon: but while we are on the subject, i’m from puerto rico :)
Marlene McKinnon: moved to england 10 years ago, so am now fully immersed in colonisation culture 😍
James Potter: my grandparents immigrated here from india :)
Peter Pettigrew: my great grandad is part german!
Marlene McKinnon: thank you for that contribution, peter
Marlene McKinnon: is that all of us??
Lily Evans: is mary here?
Marlene McKinnon: @ mary macdonald
Marlene McKinnon: come join the party
Mary Macdonald: oh
Mary Macdonald: hello!
Mary Macdonald: sorry i just saw this!
Mary Macdonald: i’m mary! i’m studying communications :)
Dorcas Meadowes: hello!
Dorcas Meadowes: wait
Dorcas Meadowes: what are everyone’s pronouns?
James Potter: he/him :)
Peter Pettigrew: he/him
Lily Evans: she/her, thank you for asking!
Remus Lupin: he/him
Sirius Black: he/him
Mary Macdonald: she/her
Marlene Mckinnon: she/her, but they/them is fine too!
Dorcas Meadowes: thank you!! she/her for me
Sirius Black: ok i refuse to move in with a bunch of strangers
Sirius Black: i’ve spilled my darkest secrets, yet i hardly know you all
Sirius Black: what are ur instagrams?? what are your traumas??
Marlene Mckinnon: i think i’ll pass on sharing my secrets in a group chat with strangers i haven’t met yet
Marlene Mckinnon: but to each their own sirius
Marlene Mckinnon: but my instagram is @marleymckinnon !
Lily Evans: lilyevans22!
Remus Lupin: remusjlupin :)
Mary Macdonald: @macdonaldmary
James Potter: you already follow me sirius, but for everyone i am @jamespotterrugby
Peter Pettigrew: @peterpettigrew !
Dorcas Meadowes: @dorcasmeadowes
Sirius Black: will follow you all! i’m @siriusoblack
Sirius Black and James Potter
20/09/2022, 10:34 PM
Sirius Black: oh my god
Sirius Black: oh my god
Sirius Black: OH MY GOD
James Potter: ???
James Potter: are u okay??
Sirius Black: english literature boy
Sirius Black: oh my god
James Potter: ?
Sirius Black: did i ever tell you i’m gay
James Potter: yes, sirius
James Potter: you came out when we were 14
Sirius Black: i just looked at his instagram
Sirius Black: i think i’m in love
James Potter: you haven’t even met him yet??
Sirius Potter: I THINK I’M IN LOVE