Reading. A noun. A process of understanding a language by interpreting written symbols for speech sounds. I know you’re starting to get bored just by the mention of the word “reading” but believe me; you won’t be bored if you’re in the Harry Potter Fandom.
The Harry Potter series is written by J.K. Rowling and is about the adventures, love, and friendship of Harry, the boy who lived, and his two best friends in Hogwarts: School of Witchcraft and Wizardy. Blessings really flooded Rowling after the release of her series. People admired it. Different countries published it. Many companies wanted to but it. Even Michael Jackson tried to buy it and turn it into a musical!
Now, Rowling didn’t just successfully write the best book, she also gave birth to us, the harry potter fandom.
Since it has been published in many coutries, “Potterheads” were scattered. Each has different color, personalities, and of course, different reasons why they love Harry Potter. Some loved it maybe because they wanted to disappear, to travel, to escape, to learn, to meet new people, to shut everything up, or just breathe.
Another thing about the Harry Potter fandom is it has a lot of otps (one true pairings). Nothing is stopping them from shipping it whether it has the same gender, different age, seems to be absurd, or goes against J.K Rowling (i.e. draco and harry).
The Fandom also has different preferences. A variety of people may like the third book rather than the fourth. Some may hate the movies, some may love it. Some may disgust Luna but love Bellatrix. See? The whole fandom is a living rainbow but it has the same backbone: Harry Potter madness.
If you happen to meet a Potterhead, then you’ll know what we’re kind of weird- but in a good way. We cry at the word “always”, laugh at the world “seriously” and feel rage whenever you tell us to move on. During occasions, we want socks as a gift. We also treat each character as a real person. And even when the movies and the books had ended, the whole fandom is still active. Thought it hurts, we never stopped loving harry potter even when Rowling wrote “All was well” as the books’ last words. We keep on creating fanfictions, talking about it in twitter, writing a blog about the books, and hanging out in Pottermore (a website created by J.K Rowling for the potterheads around the world). It was never enough though. We still want more.
Now, our prayers have been answered. A new harry potter movie will come out next year. Potterheads really came out of their cupboards and shouted, “Step aside, muggles! We’re back!” We really are, like harry, the fandom who lived. Now, as our fandom is patiently—well, not really patiently waiting for the net movie, we’re holding on to J.K Rowling’s words, “Whether you come back by page or by the big screen, Hogwarts will always be there to welcome you home.”
As I end, I want to tell you that reading the Harry Potter series was magical. Loving it was real. Knowing the characters was exciting. Realizing that there’s no more sequel was dreadful but all the adventures that we had was worth the time. So if you want to feel these things, have an awesome adventure, or discover new things yourself, I suggest you to stand up, buy the books, find your happy place and read the whole series.
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