A fannish confession

[jesouhaite47]

I know my whole flist is aflutter over the new Veronica Mars (which I actually did watch, BTW), but I have a confession that can't wait any longer and it has nothing to do with VM.

I'm in love.

I know I'm fickle. I know I fall in love quickly and then get bored and move on. This is different, though. It's the real thing. I've resisted for years. Years. My friends, both in real life and on-line, have gushed and tried to get me to try this fandom. Nope, I said, not my thing. I had absolutely no interest. Finally, I dipped a toe in. I thought "I guess this is interesting, but it's never going to be an obsession." Boy, was I wrong.

If loving Harry Potter is wrong, I don't want to be right.

I watched the movies with hubby and J., and decided the books might be a good read. I read the first 2 and a half and wasn't blown away. Good, but nothing mind blowing. I was half-way through PoA when I went to visit my mom. In the 5 days I was there, I devoured PoA, GoF, and OotP. I couldn't put them down. I stayed up way too late, needing to see what happened next, what was just around the corner. I finished OotP 2 days before we left to come home, and there was no place to buy HBP (my parents live in a teeny tiny town that mostly closes down after Labor Day). I felt like a junkie in need of a fix. I ended up buying HBP in the Minneapolis airport, praying that J. would entertain himself so I could finish. That night, even though I'd been up since 4am and had to work as soon as I got home, I stayed up until midnight reading.

And then I went searching for fanfic. I've got it bad. I tore through After the End (which I now need to reread) and having been searching for recs. I adore Harry/Ginny, but Remus/Sirius might actually tie as my OTP and Ron/Hermoine definitely make me happy. And don't even get me started on the non-slashy Harry and Sirius godfather/godson relationship. Of course, I have no time to read, but I don't even care.

*sigh* I love finding new fandoms.

Comments

[jesouhaite47.livejournal.com]

I'm totally seeing GoF when it comes out. I think I'll be in Michigan for Thanksgiving, but I don't care. If hubby doesn't want to go, I'll go by myself. *g*

And OMG, After the End is like the ULTIMATE fic EVER. I laughed when em_meredith told me that, but it's so true. It's longer than an actual book and just amazingly written. You can find the fic in an archive here: http://www.sugarquill.net/read.php?storyid=619&chapno=1. However, I'd suggest joining the yahoo group (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AftertheEnd/). In the files section, you can find the whole story PLUS outtakes. In fact, the PDF file has the outtakes in the file in the order they fall between chapters.

[em-meredith.livejournal.com]

I'm so proud. heehee! Look at the HP crack dealing!

[jesouhaite47.livejournal.com]

I learned from the master. *eg*

[madam-rptr.livejournal.com]

Done and done. One of the things I've learned and love about the fandoms I've come to participate in (if only as a watcher/reader) is the extent to which we love our fandom. I'm excited to experience this new crack story.

[madam-rptr.livejournal.com]

Oh! I forgot to direct you to shoebox_project, if you haven't already see it, of course. I freely admit that I have no where near read even a majority of it because I found it way late into its beginning. But what I have read shows some amazing story telling!