The Hot Seat

#Kiara ZamiraBona

The Hot Seat is the place where I reveal the true life story of a beloved writer here on WoP. We delve into their WOP life history, their characters and a few juicy secrets.
If you've ever wondered why people join WoP and stay here for so long,
or perhaps wondered how it all began for them?
The Hot Seat is going to reveal it all!

For my next victiminterview, I am thrilled to have the wonderful Kiara ZamiraBona join me.

Kiara is a member of our plot team on WoP, meaning, she's responsibility for putting on amazing events for our members, like our most recent Spring Fling. So lets dive in...


Do you remember when you joined WoP and what brought you here?

I do not remember the exact date I joined World of Potter (WoP), but the on-site feature on my WoP profile shows that I have been a WoP user for 6 irl months.

I first heard about WoP from a friend and fellow Harry Potter fan but did not pay a lot of attention to it at the moment. Later, I joined on my own because I really wanted to be part of a Harry Potter fandom and very soon regretted not joining earlier! It is so organized, provides so many different ways to participate and engage, and is really refreshing as a part of one's day! It is a Harry Potter lover's paradise with roleplays, classes, friends, competitions, achievements to win, fun articles to read, unparalleled creative freedom in whatever a user chooses to do, and so many ways to really help feel like you are living in the wizarding world! It is well-curated to provide an immersive experience!

I love your energy Kiara, your friend sounds like fun too, have you had a favourite plot or topic you've been a part of?

Yes I have had more than one favorite plots and topics on this site that I have participated in, haha!

My favorite plot event was of course the Octennial Duelling Tournament, even though I cannot deny that I am much loving the ongoing Spring Fling, especially helping organize it as a Plot Team member!

I really enjoy topicing on this site, and my favorite topic so far might be "Love Pranks for Free?", a really hilarious one!

Our plot team are superb...like you, but love pranks for free, that sounds fun. Who was the first friend you made on site?

I think the first friend I made on this site was Elizabeth Weasley, a fellow eagle. She was active in the Great Hall chat and very kind and welcoming to everyone. She is part of the Welcoming Team and still continues to make the site feel more homely for new and old users!

That's lovely to hear, the eagles are a great house (no, I'm not bias). How many characters have you written?

I have written 3 characters so far, 2 female and 1 male, and it is only lack of time stopping me from writing more! I really enjoy writing my character's profile texts and giving them a backstory and developing them as people through roleplays and on-site homework assignments! It is like living a different life which I can control, and exploring various ways to live it!

The backstory makes it so much easier to put them into situations doesn't it. Do you enjoy being part of the plot team?

I am living my dream of being part of the plot team! I have always enjoyed creating roleplay-scenarios in my head to live in and thinking about how I would fare in such a situation. I also enjoy creating fun little games of my own in my free time and don't quite get to put them in action. The real world doesn't provide the opportunity to make these daydreams productive, the plot team does!

I love that productive daydreams, what wonderful insight. What's your favourite subject or lesson you've written?

My favorite subject is Charms, and my favorite Charms lesson was the one in which the professor taught us the Revealing Charm - Aparecium! I find it quite the handy spell for adventurous souls, and as a mystery-lover, I really enjoyed the roleplay assignment the professor had set us - reveal the writing on the parchment provided to you and make a story from all the messages revealed in class!

Charms is a great class and the revealing charm reveals a lot about you...see what I did there? Do you have a best memory from your time here?

I have so many great memories from my time on WoP that I couldn't pick, but if I had to, I'd pick those moments when our Head of House appreciates us with sweet words! Those kinds of stuff make my day!

Can just imagine her sobbing reading your words now Kiara, that's so lovely. What's your favourite feature on site?

I was literally itching to answer this question. My favorite feature on this site (and also fact about this site) is the roleplay homework assignments for the roleplay-based lessons in the classes - I love the fact that we can roleplay being anything from the best student to the worst student in class, fail or succeed at the lessons as per wish, and write hilarious answers based on our character, and still receive the well-deserved credit for it. My second favorite feature would be the roleplay topics. I really enjoy roleplaying!

What's not to love about homework...I mean. No you're totally right, I love that element too. Do you have a site pet?

I have 13 site pets and may or may not get a few more. My favorite is a Europe cat I named Brooklyn (Kitkateow). She is named after a Muggle brand of chocolate-coated wafer in my country named Kitkat. She is a proud creature, and loves luxury, and wrinkles her nose at anything but fine things! I really love Brooks!

Just thirteen....I love kitkats! Now it's time to dig deep, can you share a secret about Kiara we may not know?

Yes of course! Kiara is terrible at keeping the smaller less important secrets and this is just the nudge she needed! But now I have to think of something she hasn't already blurted out to someone haha! Alright, here's one - she is not exactly fond of water or water bodies and prefers things quite dry (that's the secret), but somehow she fell in love with the Black Lake at Hogwarts! Her roleplays feature her by the lakeside a lot and she has admitted multiple times that the place is one of her favorite relaxation retreats! This contrasts with her secret that she doesn't like water, and even she doesn't have an explanation for why the Black Lake managed to change her mind!

Maybe her future lies somewhere in the black lake? Do you already have a profession mapped out for her when she graduates?

I do not have an exact profession mapped out for her because I believe she is changing and developing with each new incident she goes through at Hogwarts, and there is a possibility she might turn out a completely different adult from the Kiara she is now! However, I do have multiple possibilities mapped out - careers she might consider first if asked to choose! These include Auror, Healer, Magical Journalist, Author/Poet, Hogwarts Professor!

That's quite the list, I can see Kiara having an eccletic career. Any parting comments....

I think the users on this site are very cool and I enjoy roleplaying with them, interacting with them, and getting to know them! People are quite different when observed from a distance as compared to when interacted with! Therefore I think people should interact a lot to know each other, whether through ig roleplay or oog interactions, and who knows what they might discover!

You've been a joy to interview, thanks for your time Kiara.


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