Harry Potter Love

Harry Potter is the book series that started my love of fandoms and the whole culture of fandoms.

When the first book came out I never thought I would read the books. To be honest I didn’t start reading the books until the third book was published. I received the first three books as a Christmas gift from my dad and that also sparked my love of reading. I cruised through the first three books in the matter of a week and I became obsessed, I started looking on the internet for more information about the author and the books.

That is when I stumbled across the world of forums. I realized that there was an entire community out there involved in the world of Harry Potter. That community included: writers, artists, and musicians. I was especially interested in the writing community. When I started researching, I discovered websites completely devoted to fan fiction writers. I started reading stories created by fans of the Harry Potter universe and it just made me more excited to read the books.

When Warner Brothers bought the rights to the Harry Potter franchise the entire community was excited because it meant the dreams of these beloved books becoming movies was going to become a reality. Every time a new title in the series was announced the community was more and more excited by the prospect of diving back into the universe that we loved.

The most interesting day that I can remember was when the 7^th book The Deathly Hallows was announced it was going to be the conclusion to the series that we all loved and it was definitely bittersweet. On the plus side it was a fantastic series and we were excited to see it be wrapped up, but at the same time we were sad because it meant we were going to be closing a chapter of our lives that had followed most of us for a significant portion of our lives.

For me in particular the Harry Potter series had started when I was 10 years old and it ended when I was 20 that was a decade of my life. It still astounds me now that I think about it. I mean I came across the actors that played Harry, Ron, and Hermione and I grew along with them in a sense. It impacted my life in a big way, when I was at my saddest I could turn to the world of Hogwarts to cheer me up and make the day just that much better. Every now and then I look at my books and run my fingers affectionately along the spines of those 7 treasured books and remember a special part of my childhood.

Another part of Harry Potter that I adored was trying to find parts of myself in the characters that I loved. My favorite character was and still is Hermione Granger. I love her intelligence, her bravery, her loyalty, and her inner strength. Plus she was always proud of who she was regardless of what other people thought of her. I like to think if I could embody some of her strength I can overcome anything.

Here’s a question for you “If you could be part of any Hogwarts house, what house would you be in and why?”

If I could choose my house I think I would be in Slytherin. The reason is I think I am very ambitious when I want to be and even though those who are in Slytherin get a bad rap I think it is all a matter of perception. As a matter of fact I think every person in one way or another is a little bit of every Hogwarts house.