Ah, Fandom

… can be problematic.

Another of the exchanges which I managed to insert myself into was the 5th Hoggy Warty Xmas exchange, of 2014.

I had missed the signup date for that one. But I already had an idea for an illustration, so I did it up and offered it as a gift to the community. The moderator was pleased to have it and held it in reserve as a pinch-hit, in case a partcipant had to drop out, or as a general gift if no one did.

It had occured to me that Christmas shopping, and transporting purchases was likely to be rather problematic if you were a wizard who could not Apparate. And we all know of at least one of those. After all, on our first introduction to Rubeus Hagrid he is describes as being “too big to be allowwed”…