User blog comment:JoePlay/Wizarding World Giveaway/@comment-4142787-20110713133937

I don't think Harry Potter can really be summed up in a small comment. It means a lot of things to me, personally. For one, it was my entire childhood. I'm truly sad to see it's all coming to an end with this last movie. It was the first full novel I ever read, and the first real nerdy 'fandom' I was ever a part of. However, as the stories progressed and I grew older with them, they had a lot of integrity and meaning to them. Not only did they immerse you in this magical world that you so desperately wanted to be a part of, but it also showed real human emotion, and that nothing is ever really black and white. You learned and evolved with the characters. They are not just stories - they have had a real, true impact on people [such as myself]. As someone once said about Hogwarts 'It's like I'm homesick for a place that never even existed.'