Hopefully my main fandom is already guessable, but just in case it's not, I'm just going to say now that it is DEFINITELY, without a doubt in my mind, Harry Potter. It's the fandom that introduced me to the internet (the good side at least) and the book series that introduced me to reading. I couldn't possibly be more grateful to Jo for the books that literally were my childhood.
Now, how did it all begin? Mr and Mrs Dursley of Number Four Privet Drive were proud to say that they were perfectly normal, thank you very much. They were the last...
Oh you mean how did I get into Harry Potter? You need to be more clear, me-from-a-few-seconds-ago-who-was-just-trying-to-show-off-because-that-was-from-memory-I'll-have-you-know (I could go further). Well to be perfectly honest I don't really REMEMBER how I got into HP. I am two months younger than the first book and my mom has been reading them to me since I was two years old. When I say I don't know life without Harry Potter my friends usually think I'm just being dramatic, but it's actually true!
My earliest Harry Potter memory was in November of 2001. Me, my mom and my cousin all went to watch the Philosopher's Stone, I remember loving the movie but that's not what stands out for me in that memory. It was the fact that when we went into the cinema it was a really nice day, all sunny and warm and nothing like November, and then a couple of hours later when we all left the cinema, outside it was snowing and a thin layer of the white stuff was already on the ground. To a four year old it seemed just like magic.
Then there was when Deathly Hallows came out, and when me and mom were FINALLY home after buying it, we both argued over who would get to read it first. I didn't want her to find out what happened before I did and she didn't me to find out what happened before she did, so we agreed that she would read it aloud to the both of us. It was a brilliant way of doing things, ending the series like we began it, and I was happy with our arrangement...until the Battle of Hogwarts. Have you ever heard someone trying to read aloud whilst simultaneously crying their eyes out? If you haven't, I'll let you know now that it is damn near IMPOSSIBLE to hear what they're saying, especially if you're 9.
I did take the mick out of my mom for that, until a few months later when I reread the entire series from start to finish for the first time. It was 2 o'clock in the morning, there was only a very thin wall between my room and my mom's room, and I was trying my hardest not to make a sound as I sat in bed weeping over the final Harry Potter book. My mother is still unaware of this.
I discovered Wizard Rock completely by accident. I was on Youtube and bored (this is in my final year of Primary school) and so I typed the first thing that came into my head into the search bar which just happened to be 'Gred and Forge' (don't ask why). They just so happened to be a wrock band and before I knew it, my iPod was full of songs about Harry Potter. From there, I found Kristina Horner, which lead me to the rest of the Youtubers I now watch, which lead me to so many more wonders of the interwebs.
Now that you know just a bit more about me, your Ravenclaw friend over here is going to try spending time socializing with her family. I know, it's hard to digest...maybe I should just put a film on and spend the rest of my Friday night in my room??? Oooooh, descisions, descisions.
Until tomorrow, toodle pip
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