What would have been different in your life if you never read Harry Potter?

[sistermagpie]

Alla:
> I wanted to post this on Main, but realised just in time that this 
> could go quite off topic, so here we go.
> 
> What would have been different in your life had Harry Potter books 
> never existed? It does not have to be anything monumental, I mean 
> these ARE just books, but any change will do.

Magpie:
Oh, a lot. I was already in a fandom when I got into HP, but I've met 
some really important people in my life through HP, and the whole 
fandom conversation has made me write a lot--and I presented a paper 
at a conference which I would never have dreamed I'd end up doing!

-m