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Dec. 3rd, 2016 01:02 pm2.how has your relationship with Harry Potter (canon or fandom) changed over the years (![[identity profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/openid.png)
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I bought the first book in the summer of 2001 because I've heard buzz about it and a lot of kids in the summer camp where I worked were reading it. (I was 21) I read it that fall and liked it. But it was only when I saw the first movie in the movie theater that November that I wanted to read the sequels. My Dad's friend got me books 2 to 4 in some sort of promotion deal and I spent the next 2 months or so reading them. I really got into them then and was waiting until 2003 to get book 5.
I wasn't much into online fandom then, although I did go to some sites, I think. Mostly, it was fun to talk about the books with others. My first real conversation with one of my close friends was about Snape and our mutual love for the character.
I got Bear into the books at the end of 2004 by leaving a copy of the 1st book in his room and loaning him the rest as I went to England to do research in 2005. He caught some of the 2nd movie on TV right before and showed interest so I seized the opportunity. He ended up being a big fan to (although he prefers Dresden Files).
2005 was a big year because that is when I really got into fanfic. I read an article about Harry Potter fanfic in USA Today newspaper and went to check out the sites. I was hooked. Before long, I was reading a lot of Snape/Hermione pairing, mostly because I wanted to read a lot about Snape and that was most common pairing that. And Ashwinder was a good site. I had to limit my intake because I was reading a lot. So many stories.
At some point my friend recommended Sam the Storyteller's stories and I read my very first slash story with Remus/Sirius. It was strange but interesting and took me on a slash path on which I'm still on. And Remus/Sirius are still the pairing I read (and write) to this day, while my Snape phase has cooled.
In the summer of 2005 I was in London, so I got the 6th book at a store there. I wasn't feeling well but I dragged myself to the store, trying not to pass out on the way, but I got the book and read it over the next 4 days. I loved those days where we didn't have all the books, so there was a lot of speculation and a lot of theories. I even got one of those books with speculation essays for New Year one year.
In 2007, my friend and I got book 7 in midnight release and I stayed up for the next 21 hours reading it non-stop. No sleep for me.
After books ended, there were movies but I was mostly in the fanfic world. Around 2010 I started writing my own stories. I wrote one Snape/Lily but then I mostly stuck to Remus and Sirius. In 2011 I got brave enough to join RS Games, which I did every year since and other fests. Writing the characters gave me a deeper understanding of them. I always loved Remus but I couldn't care much for Sirius in canon. But writing about Sirius gave me an appreciation about his character.
In 2011, Bear and I went to Orlando to Wizarding World of Harry Potter, which we both loved. In 2014, when Tanya was born and my brain was too tired from lack of sleep, I reread all the books on my Kindle, and that was a great decision. And this summer I eagerly read "Cursed Child" and was happy to be in that world again. I still have to watch Fantastic Beasts but I don't have the chance to go to the movie theater now so it would have to wait.
Still my main connection with Harry Potter now is fanfic. Although this year I can see my interest waning a bit, mostly because of real life stuff. But Harry Potter remains one of the core defining books of my life be a use it defined my online life and real life friendships so much. And inspired me to finally write. I'm less intense about it now but no less in love with the world of it.
hamsterwoman.livejournal.com)I bought the first book in the summer of 2001 because I've heard buzz about it and a lot of kids in the summer camp where I worked were reading it. (I was 21) I read it that fall and liked it. But it was only when I saw the first movie in the movie theater that November that I wanted to read the sequels. My Dad's friend got me books 2 to 4 in some sort of promotion deal and I spent the next 2 months or so reading them. I really got into them then and was waiting until 2003 to get book 5.
I wasn't much into online fandom then, although I did go to some sites, I think. Mostly, it was fun to talk about the books with others. My first real conversation with one of my close friends was about Snape and our mutual love for the character.
I got Bear into the books at the end of 2004 by leaving a copy of the 1st book in his room and loaning him the rest as I went to England to do research in 2005. He caught some of the 2nd movie on TV right before and showed interest so I seized the opportunity. He ended up being a big fan to (although he prefers Dresden Files).
2005 was a big year because that is when I really got into fanfic. I read an article about Harry Potter fanfic in USA Today newspaper and went to check out the sites. I was hooked. Before long, I was reading a lot of Snape/Hermione pairing, mostly because I wanted to read a lot about Snape and that was most common pairing that. And Ashwinder was a good site. I had to limit my intake because I was reading a lot. So many stories.
At some point my friend recommended Sam the Storyteller's stories and I read my very first slash story with Remus/Sirius. It was strange but interesting and took me on a slash path on which I'm still on. And Remus/Sirius are still the pairing I read (and write) to this day, while my Snape phase has cooled.
In the summer of 2005 I was in London, so I got the 6th book at a store there. I wasn't feeling well but I dragged myself to the store, trying not to pass out on the way, but I got the book and read it over the next 4 days. I loved those days where we didn't have all the books, so there was a lot of speculation and a lot of theories. I even got one of those books with speculation essays for New Year one year.
In 2007, my friend and I got book 7 in midnight release and I stayed up for the next 21 hours reading it non-stop. No sleep for me.
After books ended, there were movies but I was mostly in the fanfic world. Around 2010 I started writing my own stories. I wrote one Snape/Lily but then I mostly stuck to Remus and Sirius. In 2011 I got brave enough to join RS Games, which I did every year since and other fests. Writing the characters gave me a deeper understanding of them. I always loved Remus but I couldn't care much for Sirius in canon. But writing about Sirius gave me an appreciation about his character.
In 2011, Bear and I went to Orlando to Wizarding World of Harry Potter, which we both loved. In 2014, when Tanya was born and my brain was too tired from lack of sleep, I reread all the books on my Kindle, and that was a great decision. And this summer I eagerly read "Cursed Child" and was happy to be in that world again. I still have to watch Fantastic Beasts but I don't have the chance to go to the movie theater now so it would have to wait.
Still my main connection with Harry Potter now is fanfic. Although this year I can see my interest waning a bit, mostly because of real life stuff. But Harry Potter remains one of the core defining books of my life be a use it defined my online life and real life friendships so much. And inspired me to finally write. I'm less intense about it now but no less in love with the world of it.