The weapon we have is love.

The reason I skipped letter "H" yesterday? Harry Potter. Those two words are so ingrained in my being that I just couldn't do them justice yesterday when I didn't have time. First I want to say, I love God more than Harry Potter, but I believe that God created geniuses like J.K. Rowling for a reason. Without further ado, I will start from the beginning.

When I was around 9 years old (4th grade?), My mom brought home a copy of "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" from the library. In any case, it was definitely before the movies. I liked to read as a kid, but I tried reading the first chapter of HP and I couldn't get into it. My friend had to read it for school, but I was still in denial. Then my mom read it, and she liked it so I decided to give it another chance, and my mom read the first 2 chapters out loud to my brother and me. After that, I was hooked for life.

Some time later, I discovered Mugglenet. I used to go on there and read all the editorials and check the Harry Potter news every day. I kind of regret that I didn't go to a midnight release party for Order of the Phoenix or Half-Blood Prince. But I did go with my best friends to see the Order of the Phoenix movie at midnight and we were the only people in the theater who dressed up. I was Trelawney, and it was AWESOME. And I went to 3 different places for the Deathly Hallows release, but I was disappointed by them. It seems like so many people were there to get in on this generational phenomenon, but words could not express how much this meant to me. I don't mean to belittle other's interest in the series though, because I know that it means something different to everyone, and I can't say I'm more of a fan than the next person just because I've read them all at least 3 times.

I didn't discover wizard rock until after Deathly Hallows, which is unfortunate. I still haven't been to a wrock show or an HP-con, and I want to so desperately! I think the first wrock song I heard was "99 Death Eaters" by Draco and the Malfoys, but the one that really got my heart was "End of an Era" by Oliver Boyd and the Remembralls. I started looking up wrock songs on youtube, and kept stumbling across fiveawesomegirls, and eventually that snowballed into where I am today.

I love the line in "Transparent" by the Moaning Myrtles, "Because of wizard rock, I don't feel transparent anymore" because I know that there are people who share my passion for this series, even if they are not in my real life. It's funny, my friends are not really who you'd expect. There is a group of friends at my school who started a quidditch league and they are all linguistics majors and have nerdy gatherings, but I am not friends with them. I feel different than most people who I follow online, because I am not going into a creative field. I don't make videos, I don't want to be a writer someday. I am a horrible writer, though I think I have gotten a little better at blogging lately. I just like to feel some kind of connection with these awesome people, and appreciate what they do.

Maybe this post is not everything I wanted it to be, but that's because words can not express this love, it's just something I know, and it gives me hope in the world. I hope I can find someone to share it with.