Well guys I come back to you completely harry potter obsessed.
You name it...i've probably done something related.
I'm hooked on hp fanfiction again
I'm on pottermore and totally up to date story wise
I've rewatched all the movies
I just finished playing Hp Lego Yrs 5-7
And I Just bought HP Lego Yrs 1-4
I've watched fanvideos
I've reblogged a ton of hp gifs/edits
I've made some hp gifs
I've reread some excerpts from the books
All that's left is for me to reread the books fully.
Okay lets get into it. My harry potter obsession started back in 2004. It was the end of primary school and the beginning of high school. The seeds were actually planted in 3rd grade, but it wasn't till 2004 it became an obsession. I lived and breathed harry potter. 2007 was when my hype died down (when the last book came out).
AND now 7 years later it's back full force.
I feel like an alcoholic who's slipped and is no longer sober.
LOL
Okayyyy
I'm gonna be totally nostalgic and just ramble a lot.
At my school, we used to have a local library on wheels come every 2nd tuesday at lunch time. IT WAS AMAZING. And almost every time, i'd go in and browse and check out some books. But what this library on wheels also had was a small video section where you could borrow VHS(yes i know so old but shhhh it was early 2000's.) One day I saw harry potter and the philosopher stone and i borrowed it. That was the start. I think i watched that movie like 50 times in the two weeks and then borrowed it like another 10 times. That was 2001.
In 2002, I was in Grade 4 I dunno how it came about. But somehow the chamber of secrets book came into my possession. I dunno who gave it to me...or how it ended up on my bookshelf but one day it was just there. It was like magic.
Then my class started reading it as a group. I remember I wasn't that interested in it. I had just started liking to read books that weren't picture books and wasn't really ready to get into such heavy books like HP. So time passed. And it disappeared from my radar once again. However I do remember that same year I also begged my parents for my birthday to get me the chamber of secrets movie, which they did. So i dunno what made me decide i wanted the movie??? But I did.
So time passed and we're in 2004, i was in a video rental store. And behold what catches my eyes on the shelf none other than Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. And I absolutely lovedddd everything about that movie. It was so new and different to anything I had ever seen before. - TAKE IT AWAY ERNIE! - After watching the movie that was when I knew it was time to read the books. At that stage only books 1-5 were released so then began the waiting period. And how was that waiting done you may ask...well this is where my little friend fanfiction came into play. I needed more, after Ootp. And somehow i ended up on the internet and came across 100's of stories that people had written and drawn beautiful fanarts, there were people who loved hp just as much as me. There was a fandom.
2005 Was a year spent exploring this new online territory. Until the wait had ended and HBP was released. Let me tell you...when I laid my hands on that book it did not leave my side for the rest of the year. I brought the book to every class and when ever I had some time I'd be rereading the pages. The 6th book had become my favourite. And that no matter what people would say I just knew Snape was not evil. I knew that he wasn't what the books had made him out to be. And it was so hard having to wait another 2 years before I found out the truth.
2005 was also the year, i saw my first harry potter movie on the big screen. The Goblet of Fire was so amazing that I had to see it twice. And till this date I have never been to see a movie twice. 2005 was a very eventful year.
2006 continue in much the same fashion, digging myself more into the hp online world. Reading more and more fanfics I believe I even started to make banners for fanfics. I'm such fangirl. (Not much has changed) But Hp meant so much to me, and it still does. I don't believe I would be the person I am today without HP.
Anyway back onto my HP timeline. 2007 brought the release of the 5th Movie and the last book. Order of the Phoenix. There was one thing I was looking forward to in the movie. One little scene. It was a scene that broke me. But It was the scene I needed most to see. And would you believe it wasn't in the movies. I loved, absolutely loved the entire Ootp movie..up until the end, where they completely forgot about the scene.
In the books, at the end, Harry is in Dumbledores Office and their talking about the prophecy and sirius' death...and Harry just gets so angry at Dumbledore that he just completely loses it in his office, and starts to destroy everything he can get his hands on. That grief i felt as i read the pain he had been feeling, the anger was so raw and it hurt so much but they didn't translate it onto screen. I will forever be bitter about it. Which is why I can't say the movie is my favourite.
The book was released a couple weeks after the movies. And boy was it torture to wait for the book. I pre-ordered my book and everything. Then came the day that it was out. My mother was going to the mall, so I told her to get it for me. She comes home...without the book. Boy was I mad. So i had to wait one more day. THAT WAS TORTURE. TORTURE I SAY! Anyway i finally got my hand on the book. And omgawd the book was so intense, i was on the edge of my seat the entire time. I KNEW there was an epilogue and you have no idea how much restraint it took to not flip to the end and read it. I should note that I absolutely just knew Harry and Ginny were gonna end up together after reading the second book. I just knew. And up until this point I shipped it hard. Like major hard. But something in me changed, as i read the last words in the book and closed it once and for all, i thought to myself, 'I ship harry and hermione.' I dunno how that happened. or why it did. But somehow it had gotten to me. Like i never even knew Harmony was a thing till 2006. But seed had been planted and how could i not love what Harry and Hermione were.
That's when my real crackship phase began. But unfortunately it wasn't one that was lived very long. For, my obsession had died down.
And in came my next obsession. TV. More precisely Gilmore Girls. But that's a story for another time.
2009 HBP came out and boy was i disappointed with the movie. Kind of an ootp disappointment. Despite believing harry and hermione should have ended up together, I still loved Harry and Ginny. but wow did they screw it up in the movies. Like W-O-W. I don't even know what they were thinking. That pivotal and beautiful Harry and Ginny scene was replaced by some weird awkward and just ew altogether. I couldn't believe they had done that. So disappointed. Like even in my rewatch, I still enjoy the movie. But it's lacking the depth and beauty that Harry and Ginny were.
2010-2011 Was practically the end of an era for me. I had grown up so much from the time I had first been introduced till this point. I saw both the movies in the cinemas the first night it came out. It didn't matter it was a school night, I had to go see it. At this stage my obsession was pretty much dead. I still loved the series but it was no longer such a big part of my life as it once was. And while that was sad, it was also okay.
I found it so sad that things like pottermore had started coming out and I just wasn't interested enough to be part of it. Sometimes i'd slip and read a fanfic or two but it was rather short lived. *hint hint TVD had come around*
And that concludes my Harry Potter story.
It's long. But I did warn you guys i'd ramble.
I have very fond memories. That's all i can say.
Okay let's get into some quick specifics.
Favourite Character: Harry, Hermione and Severus.
Favourite Book: As mentioned, Half Blood Prince
Favourite Movie: I really like Prisoner of Azkaban and The Deathly Hallows Part 1
Least Fav Movie: Probably a toss between 5 and 6. Like I still LOVE THEM ALL but they disappointed me the most.
Favourite Couple: Harry/Hermione, Harry/Ginny
Favourite Crackship: Harry/Daphne Greengrass
Least Favourite Couple: Ron/Hermione