Looking back on Harry Potter first times NO SPOILERS
Well, the last Harry Potter book is drawing nigh.
So, I thought it would be fun if the Potter-fans (or even non-fans, if they feel like it) chatted about when they first discovered Potter-world.
For me, it was in 1999. I was in college at the time, and on a holiday, and earning a little extra $$$ by working part-time in a TJMaxx (for those not in the US, it's a sorta discounter-nice stuff store, if that makes any sense. It sells clothes, home furnishings, and jewelry). I haven't even heard of Harry Potter at that point (college is a very world into itself and Potter-mania wasn't as high). But I came across the first book, in paperback, in the children's department. I picked it up solely because it was the only book in the store that didn't have ducklings on the cover and contents of 'dogs go woof-woof, cows go 'mooooo.' And I had some dead time to kill.
From the first two pages I was gone. I found and devoured the second and third books and when I got back into college, hooked my Best Friend (also my Roomate) soon after. Soon after that I met Mr. Mousie and spread the virus to him :)
Fourth book came out actually pretty soon after I finished 1-3, so I was good (even if I did have to go to four diffferent stores to find it, as they were sold out), but the wait for the others was horrible :) I even (very briefly) got into fandom.
So, that's my story. Yours?
Oh, and I found this utterly hilarious MV on youtube. It's Harry-Ginnyish I suppose but it's mainly utterly hilarious (just imagine the Weasleys as rednecks telling Harry to treat Ginny nice :D)
So, I thought it would be fun if the Potter-fans (or even non-fans, if they feel like it) chatted about when they first discovered Potter-world.
For me, it was in 1999. I was in college at the time, and on a holiday, and earning a little extra $$$ by working part-time in a TJMaxx (for those not in the US, it's a sorta discounter-nice stuff store, if that makes any sense. It sells clothes, home furnishings, and jewelry). I haven't even heard of Harry Potter at that point (college is a very world into itself and Potter-mania wasn't as high). But I came across the first book, in paperback, in the children's department. I picked it up solely because it was the only book in the store that didn't have ducklings on the cover and contents of 'dogs go woof-woof, cows go 'mooooo.' And I had some dead time to kill.
From the first two pages I was gone. I found and devoured the second and third books and when I got back into college, hooked my Best Friend (also my Roomate) soon after. Soon after that I met Mr. Mousie and spread the virus to him :)
Fourth book came out actually pretty soon after I finished 1-3, so I was good (even if I did have to go to four diffferent stores to find it, as they were sold out), but the wait for the others was horrible :) I even (very briefly) got into fandom.
So, that's my story. Yours?
Oh, and I found this utterly hilarious MV on youtube. It's Harry-Ginnyish I suppose but it's mainly utterly hilarious (just imagine the Weasleys as rednecks telling Harry to treat Ginny nice :D)
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