An Important Day

Today is the 17th anniversary of the first Harry Potter book, and this came out on Buzzfeed: http://www.buzzfeed.com/ariellecalderon/times-tumblr-made-harry-potter-fans-cry-all-over-again
I honestly cannot stop crying and it's awful.

I have so many feels and I think I found my muse again. So I'd like to pick up a couple threads, especially with people who I maybe haven't gotten to.

It sounds ridiculous, but this series is practically my entire childhood, as the first book came out when I was three. To young to understand at the time, obviously, my grandmother read it to me the first time and then it was the first book that I read on my own in full. This series isn't just a series. It's a family, and I love all of you.

If you want to pick up a thread, let me know.

Addie, that was not nice. I did it. I clicked the link. I read. Now I am sitting here feeling empty.

I think I'm going to post for Marius now.

I understand what you mean when talking about the series being your childhood. The first book was published 60 days before my birth. The Philosopher's Stone was the first novel I ever read. Before the HP books, I hated reading. I would throw tantrums any time my parents tried to get me to read my school books. But then I picked up HP one day, because the cover had a young boy with glasses that looked almost exactly like mine. It was that book that triggered my love of reading, and of writing. PA would not exist if it wasn't for JKR, and we would not have made the amazing friends that we have through this site. Harry Potter may have been my childhood, but I will love it always.

*snuggles*

This is why we're here I think. Because the books changed us in the best ways, and because it made us feel things that most books cannot.

I'm in tears. I remember the first time I read the first book. My fifth grade teacher told my mother to go buy the books that were already out because she couldn't keep me in a book as long as it took the rest of the class and she wanted something to truly engage me. Little did she know what she started. I still occasionally see her. She is definitely getting a big hug from me when I see her. She brought these books into my life and up until right after I graduated high school I waited for each book.

I agree with you Addie that these books brought us all together, but right now I'm in tears from this! So many feels from it! I'm up for anything you would like to rp!

I didn't expect to legitimately bawl over that. But the tears were insanely real. I'm glad you got in touch with her, Christy. I'll look through my folks and let you know if I come up with anything!

Okay. That link. It leads to evil and hurt and so. Many. Feels. It hurts ;-; I don't think I've ever cried that much, over a book anniversary. But these books were my life, are my life, an will always be my life. Harry Potter books were the only books that ever kept me entertained and kept me still for long periods of times and this is just.. Gosh.

I'm up for anything. Maybe we can have a Rose/someone thread? Or with Yumi? They need friends.

And Jeremy was accepted if you want to have some fun times with him.

With Jeremy, it'd have to involve Kaiden and Nessa, if you want to work that into our big tread, Hit?

Alright!

I forgot how that was going. I'll reply tomorrow morning to it.

Sure thing. I have some ones I owe tonight anyways

I'm still supposed to reply with Kaiden for now right? Addie hasn't left yet?