I entered Potterverse pretty late in the game -- with all the hoopla surrounding the release of Deathly Hallows in July 2007, I figured that I'd bite the bullet and read all the books in the series just to see what all the brouhaha was about.
I immediately recognized Severus Snape as the most complete and complex character in the series, so I guess you could say I "fell in love" with him at that time.
Can't say any apocryphal or epiphanical events have occured in my life because of discovering the HP series and the Severus Snape character, but the challenge I received on a Snape-centric email list DID prompt me to start writing my own fanfic, and I hadn't written any fiction in decades...so I guess I have Severus to thank for that! LOL
I suspect that when the HBP movie comes out later this summer there will be some resurgence in interest in all things Potterverse, and definitely when the 2 final DH movies come out. So I don't think the fandom is quite dead yet, only sleeping...
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Date: 2009-06-01 04:54 pm (UTC)I immediately recognized Severus Snape as the most complete and complex character in the series, so I guess you could say I "fell in love" with him at that time.
Can't say any apocryphal or epiphanical events have occured in my life because of discovering the HP series and the Severus Snape character, but the challenge I received on a Snape-centric email list DID prompt me to start writing my own fanfic, and I hadn't written any fiction in decades...so I guess I have Severus to thank for that! LOL
I suspect that when the HBP movie comes out later this summer there will be some resurgence in interest in all things Potterverse, and definitely when the 2 final DH movies come out. So I don't think the fandom is quite dead yet, only sleeping...