The Harry Potter Experience

[jkoney65]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "potioncat" <willsonkmom at ...> wrote:
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> There are 7 HP books and 3 companian books written by JKR; there are short pieces done for charity; there is the JKR web site. We will have 8 Horcruxes, erm, I mean movies. Many books have been published about HP. There are discusion boards, news boards, fan-fic sites, RPGs and video games. There are conventions, bookstore events, library events and Bible studies. Fans have written papers, writen fiction, created art, organized events, and managed web sites. Is there more?
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> With all this HP stuff out there, what is your Harry Potter experience? Is your base canon or movies? What have you participated in or looked at? What defines the HP experience for you? Do your friends and family have the same experience? Do they tolerate your interest, or do you hide it? And how are you managing now that the books are done?
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> Potioncat
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jkoney
I joined in late (after OotP) but immediately got hooked on the books. While searching for more (I didn't have the patience to wait for HBP) I found fanfiction. 

The variety of fan fiction kept me involved and led me to joining various groups and allowed further discussion. Although it wasn't until I found this group(s) that I actually found people who actually had reasons and real arguments. Discussing with adults is much more enjoyable than arguing with a young teen.

I've never really cared for the movies. Their interpretations were never as good as the ones I got when I read the book. I can barely watch them anymore and the farther we go in the series the less I like the movies.