User blog comment:JoePlay/Wizarding World Giveaway/@comment-4134701-20110710232759

What DOES Harry Potter mean to me? Harry Potter represents my childhood. The series is a huge part of my life, more than half. If I remember correctly I started reading the books when I was about 9 years old (and loved them completely), the first movie came out right after I turned 11, and a world of magic has been a fantasy of mine ever since. Some kids wanted to be superheroes or astronauts or famous celebrities, but I wanted to be a witch. That is always my go-to halloween costume; I've dressed up as a witch more times than I've dressed as anything else and more times than I can count. Even now, that I'm old enough to know exactly how impossible magic is, part of me still secretly wishes that it exists somehow. I hope that I never lose that part of myself, because I don't think I'd be the same person without it. I'm not really one to use the term inner child, but if I have one then it is inexorably tied to and inspired by Harry Potter.