- The fandom/LJ name you want to be quoted as (in case I decide to quote yours), or if you'd rather not be quoted, but still want to answer. I'm not in the fandom and I don't use LiveJournal, but feel free to qoute me anyway :)
- How old you are now, and how old you were then. I was 11 when I first read Philosopher's Stone, and am 18 now.
- What it was like, growing up with the books I remember thinking it was really weird when Prisoner of Azkaban came out, and I was younger than Harry! :) Then I realized, I will outgrow Harry with many years when the series are finished. Also I remember feeling with Harry in Order of the Phoenix, simply because I lost my own grandmother right before I read it and man, it sucked. (Not to mention I also found and used my own Capslock of Rage. Good God, were we ever obnoxious when we were fifteen, Harry and I both.) I've always read a lot so the Harry Potter books aren't the only series I've grown up with, but since it's not finished it's been with me for several years now (unlike other series, which I usually just devour in one go :) I remember being a big fan of the books when I was eleven and twelve, then finding them a bit childish at fourteen and fifteen, and then returning to them, rereading and realizing they weren't 'kiddies' books', but complex and layered. Just because there were silly jokes and broomsticks didn't mean I couldn't find more 'mature' things in them as well. I'm happy to have gone back and done that. :) Also, to reread meant to find how much I changed from eleven to eighteen. What I found horrible and weird at twelve (Harry/Ginny *laughs*) suddenly made sense when I had some experience of my own. Another good thing about growing up with these books is that I could get older in between. Had the series been finished when I was eleven, I would have read them all at once. And putting Half-Blood Prince into the hands of a shy eleven-year-old is perhaps a bit... much. (Though I wouldn't have minded when I was eleven!) Put together, it has been an interesting series to follow, and the characters have certainly been good childhood friends! :) oh, and sorry for the long answer, it's just such an interesting subject - once I start, I can't stop :)
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Date: 2007-04-15 03:34 pm (UTC)Sweden
- The fandom/LJ name you want to be quoted as (in case I decide to quote yours), or if you'd rather not be quoted, but still want to answer.
I'm not in the fandom and I don't use LiveJournal, but feel free to qoute me anyway :)
- How old you are now, and how old you were then.
I was 11 when I first read Philosopher's Stone, and am 18 now.
- What it was like, growing up with the books
I remember thinking it was really weird when Prisoner of Azkaban came out, and I was younger than Harry! :) Then I realized, I will outgrow Harry with many years when the series are finished. Also I remember feeling with Harry in Order of the Phoenix, simply because I lost my own grandmother right before I read it and man, it sucked. (Not to mention I also found and used my own Capslock of Rage. Good God, were we ever obnoxious when we were fifteen, Harry and I both.) I've always read a lot so the Harry Potter books aren't the only series I've grown up with, but since it's not finished it's been with me for several years now (unlike other series, which I usually just devour in one go :)
I remember being a big fan of the books when I was eleven and twelve, then finding them a bit childish at fourteen and fifteen, and then returning to them, rereading and realizing they weren't 'kiddies' books', but complex and layered. Just because there were silly jokes and broomsticks didn't mean I couldn't find more 'mature' things in them as well. I'm happy to have gone back and done that. :) Also, to reread meant to find how much I changed from eleven to eighteen. What I found horrible and weird at twelve (Harry/Ginny *laughs*)
suddenly made sense when I had some experience of my own.
Another good thing about growing up with these books is that I could get older in between. Had the series been finished when I was eleven, I would have read them all at once. And putting Half-Blood Prince into the hands of a shy eleven-year-old is perhaps a bit... much. (Though I wouldn't have minded when I was eleven!)
Put together, it has been an interesting series to follow, and the characters have certainly been good childhood friends! :)
oh, and sorry for the long answer, it's just such an interesting subject - once I start, I can't stop :)