I haven't updated this in so long, I thought I'd write something new! It's more something I do in between other stories is why...

Anyway, thanks for your patience!

[And happy birthday to me...]

Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter

It took, surprisingly, only three weeks for those who knew about the Room of Requirement to discover that it could play movies.

No one was really sure how, since electricity didn't work in Hogwarts - too much ambient magic in proximity for anything electric to function - but then again, no one was really sure that it was electricity making the movies play in the first place. In any case, none of the ones who asked the questions bothered to ask them for too long, since it meant a way to watch their favorite movies from home without having DVDs and all the necessary equipment sent over and trying to figure out how to make it work in the castle.

It took another few weeks for those without a muggle upbringing to catch on and start coming with the Muggleborns to watch these movies.

Cartoons were easy enough, even though there was constant criticism from various people on how 'that's not how magic works' [usually shortly followed by 'shut up, you're missing the good parts'] but purebloods and other wizard-raised students were endlessly fascinated by the newer movies.

The idea that Muggles could make something that realistic without using magic at all was simply astounding, and many refused to believe it until they'd come along for themselves.

The Lord of the Rings alone gained so much popularity that for a period of time it was rare not to hear someone quoting it in the hallways, or someone wearing one of the One-Minute Invisibility Rings that Weasley's Wizard Wheezes had started producing, most likely in response to demands from younger nephews and nieces and distant cousins who were still at Hogwarts.

People vanished so often in corridors during passing periods that it became necessary to walk with your hands extended, so you didn't walk right into an invisible someone or even trip over them.

Several accidents had occurred when older students attempted to recreate spells or scenes with magic in them, like turning someone into a frog [Professor McGonagall had been called to help unTransfigure someone several times] or some of the more dramatic moments, which usually resulted in some form of explosion. No one minded these because it meant at least a short break from classes.

The teachers would have banned the movies, but they liked them just as much as the students, if not more.

Okay, a little abrupt, I know. But whatever.