James Potter and the Hall of the Elders' Crossing

[bboyminn]

bboyminn:

For fans of fan-fiction, this extension of the Harry Potter
world seems to be very popular.

If is not about Harry's father, but about Harry's first born
son. 

Using MSN, I was able to find a three part article about the
author and the series.

It seems that JKR and the UK and US publishers have no problem
with fan-fiction, as long as certain reasonable conditions are
met, like not trying to profit from it. 

Here are the links to the series of three articles. The website
where the stories are hosted isn't give, but it shouldn't be
that hard to track down -

http://www.inquisitr.com/41257/of-harry-potter-james-potter-and-warner-bros-studios-the-story/

http://www.inquisitr.com/41261/of-harry-potter-james-potter-and-warner-bros-studios-the-interview-part-i/

http://www.inquisitr.com/41263/of-harry-potter-james-potter-and-warner-bros-studios-the-interview-part-ii/

Only the movie studios (Warner Brothers) objected, and their
objection was not total, they were willing to let the story 
stand with some minor changes. 

To me this is one of the most amazing things about the Harry
Potter phenominon; the massive creativity it has spawned. On 
a popular fan-fiction site, last time I check, Harry Potter
has 5 or 6 times as many stories as the next closest genre.
I believe #2 might have been Lord of the Rings with 50,000,
But Harry Potter, at the time, has close to 250,000 stories
on file.

And that is just the beginning; there are countless stunning
fan art images out there. Virtually every scene in the Harry
Potter books as been skillfully illustrated, and many scene
from fan-fiction have been equally skillfully illustrated.

Then we have 'Wizard's Rock', few other genres have generated
their own for of music. I do know of one 'Dr Who' band; Time
Lord Rock. So, it is not unheard of, but the Wizard's Rock 
seems to have really caught on.

Then finally, on college campuses across the world, though 
certainly in the USA, kids are play Quidditch. Even having
competitions between colleges and universities. I suspect
the Quidditch World Cup can't be far off. 

Just a few thoughts.

Steve/bboyminn