Why I love HPFGU

[Amber]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., John Walton <john at w...> wrote:
> In the spirit of sharing what we think makes our fandom and our 
> groups fantastic, I'm going to share too. In fact, I encourage all 
> older list members to do so -- it's sometimes tough to share a 
> spirit of community when we have a sudden influx of new members, so 
> let's hear why you're here.

Heh. I'm not exactly an old member (been what...five, six months as 
opposed to some people's years) but I'm going to answer this anyway.  
And there's nothing you can do about it John! Mwahahahahaha! (Sorry, 
am a little punchy tonight)

Why am I here? Because the lists are brilliant, plain and simple. I 
would never ever ever EVER in a million years have thought up some of 
the theories/postulations that the people on these lists do. I would 
never have caught the mistakes or delved into the psyches of the 
characters either. I very much doubt I would've realized the depth 
that JKR puts into her writing. Because of the main list, I have a 
much more...hm...broad mind when it comes to the books and characters.

I love the differing points-of-view, I love the fascinating posts, I 
even love the Ship Wars (and that's speaking as a no-shipper). Yes, 
things can get bumpy at times but these lists are surprisingly 
polite; I've been on lists where flames everyday were practically 
normal. It's not fun and I'm still shocked at how nice everyone 
usually is to one another, even in heated debate.

I love this fandom. I LOVE THIS FANDOM. It's the first one that I 
allowed myself to get fully sucked into. The books are fun to discuss 
and the characters are great to love (even get possessive over!). I 
love the people I've met in this fandom. So yay to everybody! *throws 
Chocolate Frogs into the air* Good feelings all around, give 
yourselves some hugs.

Hm, okay, I'm done gushing. Seriously, these lists rock my socks and 
I can't imagine wanting to leave anytime soon regardless of how many 
times old topics are talked about. So y'all are stuck with me for 
awhile. Yay for HPfGU!

~Amber
(Who fully realizes that this post is tres late but must've missed 
John's original post somehow and wanted to respond anyway...)