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The Portus 2008 conference is a Harry Potter-themed academic/fandom event going on the Hilton Anatole Hotel in Dallas this weekend. Also in the hotel is a conference for Gospel for Asia, a Christian missionary organization that targets, duh, Asia. So what do you get when you take 700 Potterheads, many in full costume, and about 1,000 dedicated missionaries (some of whom have their doubts about these Potter stories)? Well, the Anatole is a biiiig hotel. And the two groups are at opposite ends of the place. But there have been some interactions. Mostly cordial, I'm told, But some not so much. On the one hand, I've been told that some of the missionary types are refusing to get o the elevators with obvious Potterheads -- or closing the elevator doors on 'em. OTOH, there's a group of Potterheads dressed as the villainous Voldemort and his Death Eaters -- black robes, goth-ish makeup. A giant fake snake. And they went over to where the missionaries had set up a church to do photos and be in-your-face. And in character, I guess. But these were minority reports. I've also heard about interested casual conversations between the two cultural worlds. |
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