It all began for me summer of 2002. I, too, camped out in the HP Yahoo groups, where I loved to wax poetic about my love of the character Harry Potter and actor Alan Rickman. I discovered the wonderful world of fan fic a few months later and immediately began scouring the file sections of every HP group I could find for gen fic. Then I discovered Snape/Hermione and fell in complete love! That lasted a month or two, then I started reading Snape fic with him being Harry's guardian, protector, etc. I couldn't get enough of those fics.
By this time I'd found ff.net and that is when I discovered the beauty and genius of bookmarks!. Seriously, it was the bookmark/favorite option that enabled me to read as many fics as my little heart desired. Sadly, as soon as I read a fic, I removed it from my list. This makes me so very sad :-(
I think I began my LJ in the fall of 2003.
It was a month or two after my ff.net discovery and after I'd begun writing my first fan fic that I discovered what slash was. I began wondering what it would be like for Snape and Harry to be in a relationship, but it seemed SO WRONG! One day I decided to take a chance and see for myself what people were doing with Snape and Harry. My first reading of a slash fic was actually a Snape/Lupin, but I'm assuming it did very little for me. The Snape/Harry won me over immediately.
After devouring ff.net I searched the web for fan fic and discovered the best fan fic ever written, If You Are Prepared! To date, that is my best fan fic discovery ever. Then I found the original Walking the Plank ... Best fanfic site ever!
I eventually started reading and writing Harry/Draco and loved those two together!
I've pretty much ceased being an active participant in the HP fandom, but I'll never close that door completely.
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By this time I'd found ff.net and that is when I discovered the beauty and genius of bookmarks!. Seriously, it was the bookmark/favorite option that enabled me to read as many fics as my little heart desired. Sadly, as soon as I read a fic, I removed it from my list. This makes me so very sad :-(
I think I began my LJ in the fall of 2003.
It was a month or two after my ff.net discovery and after I'd begun writing my first fan fic that I discovered what slash was. I began wondering what it would be like for Snape and Harry to be in a relationship, but it seemed SO WRONG! One day I decided to take a chance and see for myself what people were doing with Snape and Harry. My first reading of a slash fic was actually a Snape/Lupin, but I'm assuming it did very little for me. The Snape/Harry won me over immediately.
After devouring ff.net I searched the web for fan fic and discovered the best fan fic ever written, If You Are Prepared! To date, that is my best fan fic discovery ever. Then I found the original Walking the Plank ... Best fanfic site ever!
I eventually started reading and writing Harry/Draco and loved those two together!
I've pretty much ceased being an active participant in the HP fandom, but I'll never close that door completely.