It all ended. Now what?

[hllangel]

This is not a movie review. That will probably have to wait until I'm less emotional about the whole deal

Comments

[mistresscurvy]

♥ ♥ ♥ I've been thinking a lot about how fundamental Harry Potter really has been to fandom being what it is today, and to my role in fandom and so many of my friendships, so I totally get it.

[hllangel]

Harry Potter is so much more than a series of books. I honestly believe that we will not see a comparable cultural phenomenon like it in our lifetimes.

I'm still kinda numb right now. I can't believe that's it. It's over. Fandom-wise I've moved on, but HP will always be a part of me. And assuming I ever have kids, we will be reading the books together.

[clemgo3165]

Stumbled onto your post, and as one of the adults reading Harry Potter, I had to respond. Many of us "grown-ups" read Harry Potter because we love a good story, regardless of who its written for. And Harry Potter is that in spades, a good story with universally appealing themes and characters.

As a 46 year-old from a reading clan, I went to see the movie this weekend along with my cousins (mother and daughter) who are 34 and 55. My colleagues at work who range from their 30s to their 60s went too - many with grown children, some without children at all.

Hopefully your colleague will find herself reading Harry Potter to her children one day and wonder why she was such a snot about it as a teenager and young adult.

[51stcenturyfox]

My husband is the Harry Potter person in my house, but I feel ya (and I feel this way about the X-Files, which was my first online fandom).

(And he didn't start reading them until he was, I don't know...32?)

[stickplus1]

Ask your co-worker which books she would recommend. (If she suggests Danielle Steel or Nicholas Sparks, you have my permission to murder her.) That's a jump-off point for a conversation right there, and you might get some new titles on your reading list.

[mhaithaca]

Two options. Explain how "Sharing fandom with others has made my life so much richer," just as you've explained to us so well here. Or simply shake your head sadly and say, "How sad and empty that 'life' of yours must be," before walking away.