harry potter changed my liiiife oh my goddd. not even kidding. with age & hindsight, i have the presence of mind to judge the books somewhat objectively & see that there are huge moments of fail & suck & lame stupidity, & the last book was basically a mess of wtfery & ridiculous plotlines & a total lack of vindication or redemption for any of the characters what ought to have been redeemed, BUT the lifetime i have spent growing attached to those books & the funtimes of fandom (plus the ability to take the BASIS of the universe & the BASIS of the characters & rewrite them into something way better than JK managed in the end - because let's face it, the woman's got a crazygood imagination, but pacing & general narrative are kind of not actually her strong points) mean that in spite of all the complaining, i am so fucking invested in that series because it was basically the starting point of my ENTIRE LIFE. (woah run-on sentence, much.)
harry potter introduced me to the concept of fandom & the whole fucking internet thing that eats my life away now. it brought forums & communities & most importantly, fanfiction & fanart that i'd never done before & totally gave me practice at being arty/creative. i joined sites & messageboards & made friends who stayed with me & migrated fandoms with me & with whom i met up on several occasions which is always awesome.
& harry potter introduced me to the slash & the gay & discussions of feminist representation & all kinds of kinks i'd never even thought of & was part of my "woah shit i'm a queer" realisation & one particular crossover fic with velvet goldmine made me want to watch the film & then I DID & i fell in love with bowie & roxy music & that film made me check out placebo & then BAM the whole rest of my life was written.
pretty much. sooo yeah. sorry for the splurgey ramble. but like you, the upcoming deathly hallows (which is gonna be shitttt like the rest of the movies but i'm seeing it anyway because, uh, why would i miss it, & also i am DYING to see what they make of the harry/draco room of requirement bursting into flames scene) has made me all nostalgic & really fucking - idk, weird about HP coming to an end, finally, considering the impact it's had on my life.
... this could've been an entry in my own journal. but there you go. i'm saying it to you.
ps, i've been in france on holiday this week & one day when my sister was asleep all afternoon i sat on the couch with my ipod & watched all three episodes of doctor who with david tennant & john simm. & not gonna lie, i was pretty into it. i mean, i still think doctor who is kind of silly. like it's all a bit camp & sci-fi which is hardly my thing, & the treatment of time & space is not totally in line with what makes sense in my head - & some of the lines are a bit ridiculous, & i just can't work out what kind of audience the show is aimed it & if it's supposed to be scary or serious or funny or WHAT (buttt i get easily confused in my reactions, so it's mostly just me & my head being thick) but. the point is i got totally sucked in & all handflappy when exciting things happened & all "oh NO" when bad things happened & john barrowman made me lol with his HI THAR I'M AMERICAN LET ME FLIRT WITH YOU ways & i just pretty much enjoyed it over all.
there. i thought you ought to know. i shall now fuck off.
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harry potter introduced me to the concept of fandom & the whole fucking internet thing that eats my life away now. it brought forums & communities & most importantly, fanfiction & fanart that i'd never done before & totally gave me practice at being arty/creative. i joined sites & messageboards & made friends who stayed with me & migrated fandoms with me & with whom i met up on several occasions which is always awesome.
& harry potter introduced me to the slash & the gay & discussions of feminist representation & all kinds of kinks i'd never even thought of & was part of my "woah shit i'm a queer" realisation & one particular crossover fic with velvet goldmine made me want to watch the film & then I DID & i fell in love with bowie & roxy music & that film made me check out placebo & then BAM the whole rest of my life was written.
pretty much. sooo yeah. sorry for the splurgey ramble. but like you, the upcoming deathly hallows (which is gonna be shitttt like the rest of the movies but i'm seeing it anyway because, uh, why would i miss it, & also i am DYING to see what they make of the harry/draco room of requirement bursting into flames scene) has made me all nostalgic & really fucking - idk, weird about HP coming to an end, finally, considering the impact it's had on my life.
... this could've been an entry in my own journal. but there you go. i'm saying it to you.
ps, i've been in france on holiday this week & one day when my sister was asleep all afternoon i sat on the couch with my ipod & watched all three episodes of doctor who with david tennant & john simm. & not gonna lie, i was pretty into it. i mean, i still think doctor who is kind of silly. like it's all a bit camp & sci-fi which is hardly my thing, & the treatment of time & space is not totally in line with what makes sense in my head - & some of the lines are a bit ridiculous, & i just can't work out what kind of audience the show is aimed it & if it's supposed to be scary or serious or funny or WHAT (buttt i get easily confused in my reactions, so it's mostly just me & my head being thick) but. the point is i got totally sucked in & all handflappy when exciting things happened & all "oh NO" when bad things happened & john barrowman made me lol with his HI THAR I'M AMERICAN LET ME FLIRT WITH YOU ways & i just pretty much enjoyed it over all.
there. i thought you ought to know. i shall now fuck off.