Homenum revelio: Behold, a Harry Potter Instagram reunion
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas—on Emma Watson’s Instagram account, at least. (Also probably inside the squall.) Watson took a break from promoting Greta Gerwig’s excellent Little Women adaptation to share a picture designed in a lab to send fans of a certain literary and cinematic canon into an absolute froth. It may also send older millennials in particular into an existential, “oh my god, how did I get so old” kind of mindset. So brew yourself a calming draught in your standard-issue cauldron, and proceed.
That would be Tom “Draco Malfoy” Felton, Watson (a.k.a. Hermione Granger), Evanna “Luna Lovegood” Lynch, Bonnie “Ginny Weasley” Wright, and Matthew “Neville Longbottom” Lewis, all having a nice tipple and a chat at some sort of festive gathering. It’s cozy! They’re all grown up! There are tights and sweaters! Neville has a smart watch, but those aren’t going to work around so much magical disruption! Tom Felton looks like he’s preparing to play the younger version of Ralph Fiennes in a movie about an archaeologist! There is very little about this picture unworthy of an enthusiastic thumbs-up. We could wish for the presence of a Radcliffe or Grint in the mix, but you can’t have everything. We would not send this picture a Howler, is what we’re saying.