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| July 21 30DBC Prompt: On this day in 2007, the seventh book of the Harry Potter series, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, was released. Ok guys...let's hear all about your Potter fandom *Laugh*. And if for some reason you're like me and never got into the series, tell us why. My goodness, I feel OLD. Has it really been that long since the last book came out? Okay, so, mine's kind of a complicated relationship with this series. As a second grader, it was one of the first fantasy books I ever fell in love with. My second grade teacher read it to us every day during class, and as I got older, I continued to read the series. My family definitely encouraged my desire to devour every book in the series, so yes, I was one of those kids waiting in line for the midnight release of the third and fourth and fifth books. I had Gryffindor flags all over my room and my mom took us to see all the movies when they came out, and bought them on DVD as soon as it was possible. But something weird happened in middle and high school. The sixth book failed to engage me like the rest of the series had up to that point. And the seventh...I have to confess I never read it, but I did see the film. I really don't know what happened. I have to say that the character Severus Snape really was the main reason why I watched the final film at all. His complicated backstory and redemption arc really had me engaged--in my humble opinion, he's one of the most interesting characters in the entire series, and he's always fascinated me. Currently, I have my reasons for putting the series aside completely. I won't revisit it, and I currently don't own any of the copies that were bought for me during childhood (I'm pretty sure my mom is hoarding them all, which is fine with me). Though the Harry Potter series was a huge part of my childhood literacy, it was merely a gateway to all the other wonderful fantasy books out there that are so often overlooked or hiding in the fandom's ridiculously large shadow. Here's a short list of books I fell in love with in middle and high school that completely blew me away, that I never would have given a chance if it weren't for my early exposure to fantasy through Harry Potter: -The Hollow Kingdom Series by Clare B. Dunkle -The Belgariad by David Eddings -The Lord of the Rings trilogy by J.R.R. Tolkien -A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle -Keys to the Kingdom series by Garth Nix So yeah. While I and the series are "divorced", I have it to thank for opening my eyes to the wonderful world of fantasy fiction, which I am now privileged to be an author in. I'm in the know enough about the fandom to understand much of what goes on, but as for opinions, houses, pairings, who should have done what...I really don't give a crap.   AlyCatAuthor |
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