Newbie here!

[phantmoftheopera]

Hi there!
 
Newbie here.  I'm 24 from TN, and fell in love with the HP books 
immediately.  I'm an ex-English major, and us English Major sorts 
love deep and thought-filled discussion.  I haven't gotten much 
into Harry Potter fic though, for the most part because it IS so 
daunting.  

However, I am an avid X-Files fanfiction reader/writer and I do 
want to start exploring some of it.

 
I'm pseudo-strictly Noromo.  In the xphileverse, that meant no 
ships whatsoever b/c we get sea-sick.  I don't mind sap here and 
there, but I don't like it taking over the story, and I HATE it when 
it's out of character.  I say pseudo-strictly Noromo because I enjoy 
anything if written well.  

Fell in love with the Potterverse a few years ago when I first 
read the books, and am proud to say I got my roommate, mom, and 
sister addicted to it! In my roommate's case, I made her watch the 
movie one day, and the next day, she turned around and got the novels 
and the next paycheck, she got the DVD *G*.

So is there a particular site that's a must-see in the Potterverse?
 
I don't have a HP site up at all, but I'm putting up a site when I 
get time called Dreamland, which is going to be an all-inclusive 
fandom site as a haven for Original Characters.
 
I haven't started writing HP fic.  Yet.  I'm sort of toying with 
the idea of ye olde olde Hogwarts...starting with Dumbledore and all 
the professors...it would be interesting to look into some of the 
baddies' pasts.  
 
And maybe even Dumbledor's.
 
What turned me onto it was I loved stuff like C.S. Lewis and 
Tolkein and Madeline L'Engle growing up.  I wouldn't consider Ms. 
Rawling in their ranks, but close.  Very close.


Anyhoo...if you'd like to reach me via IM, my AOL IM nick is 
Pooh012179.  My MSN addy is suicidal_mickey_mouse at h... (I 
PROMISE I'm not suicidal...it's from my favorite line in a 
musical!).

Will talk to random people to save myself from boredom.
 
Mebbe I'm crazy, but aren't we all a little?
 
~Spookykat