[HPFGU-OTChatter] HP Obsession - why?

[Catherine Keegan]

At 05:32 PM 3/9/02 +0000, Ali wrote:
>So now I wonder about everyone else on this list. Is the HP obsession
>new to others as well, or have you experienced this with other books,
>bands/ Star Trek etc. Is there a cure?

There is no cure!  Why look for a cure when it's such fun?

I'm an obsessive personality type.  When I like something, I really like 
it.  As a teenager, it was Star Trek.  In my twenties and thirties, it was 
the SCA.  Then, wildlife rehabilitation and now HP.

JKR has created a wonderful world with lots of shadowy areas to 
explore.  There's room for a multitude of interpretations.  I like the 
grittiness of the characters.  Even the best of the good guys isn't 
perfect.  There are bad guys who are gray, not black, with pasts that haunt 
them.  Hmmm, that describes the good guys, too.  There are more questions 
than answers which gives everyone a chance to play.

As an added bonus, technology has provided a great medium for people to 
exchange ideas quickly.  Back in my Trek days, sporadically published 
fanzines and the occasional convention seemed to be the only way to meet 
other fans and exchange theories.  Between lists like the HPFGU lists and 
the incredible fan fiction sites like Fiction Alley, a person can happily 
indulge their obsession with a very supportive group.  It's great.  Some 
times it swallows up too much of my free time, but....

Catherine in California