User blog comment:JoePlay/Wizarding World Giveaway/@comment-4153848-20110722173625

Harry Potter has been a magical part of my life ever since I was nine years old. It's literally been half of my life (I'm 18 years old) so it means the world to me. Anytime I was depressed, sad, or just angry, I would turn to a Harry Potter book and escape the world I was living in for a much better one. I laughed with everyone in the Great Halls, went on epic adventures with the trio, and had the best time with everyone at Hogsmeade. From the time I was nine up until I was fourteen, my imagination would run wild and my dreams of the whole Potterverse felt like a reality. I turned my dreams and fantasies into fan fiction, which led to my decisions to become an author. Harry Potter was there for me from 4th grade all the way through my senior year of high school. No matter what the trio went through went through, I could somehow relate. They were there for me when I was at my lowest points. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows part 2 came out just a few weeks before I start college for the first time. I think of this as symbolism, as my childhood really ending because as they are starting their adult lives and heading out into the real world, so am I. Harry Potter will always mean everything, and it will never end as long as fans remain loyal to him, and that means writing fan faction, making parody videos, checking out the fansites, and much more. I'm very proud to be apart of the Harry Potter generation. I wouldn't want it any other way.