Harry Potter
Sunday, 21 August 2011
As a child, my childhood was very much different from that of my peers, while people of my age obsessed with elmo and pokemon, I rather go out and play soccer with my elder brother and neighbour, I missed out on such things. However, Harry Potter was something that i certainly did not miss. It was very much a big part of my childhood. I remember in 2007, I was only Primary 5 then, and my English was my worst subject, often getting in the 80s. But at the end of year exams, i got a 92, which exceeded my parents standards. As a reward, i was duly rewarded with the $50 dollar 7th and final book of the Harry Potter series. Conventionally, my family would wait for the prices of the book to drop to a more reasonable price, but this time, I was part of the Singapore craze as people fought to get their hands on the book.7 books and 8 movies later. The journey ends here. Harry Potter and friends have finally come to a conclusion. As the 8th and final epic thriller came to a conclusion, I could not help but feel it was a fitting end. The memory of the red and green missiles shooting out of the wands come to mind. At the end of the day. even after watching the movie in 3D, all things good have to end.
But, the harry potter fandom do not have to end all that soon. Here where fan fiction comes into play. Upon recommendation from TIME, i have started picking up harry potter fanfiction, where fans all over the world get to write their own harry potter books. It contains fanfictions about the "mauraders era", "post-hogwarts" and the "next generation" stories. Fans are given the freedom or writing anything and everything that they feel J.K. Rowling could have elaborated on. Personally, it was fun to read "next generation stories" as I looked forward to how future potters and weasley copes with school life and the game that comes along with their parents. There is in fact a whole website dedicated to harry potter fanfiction, at http://www.harrypotterfanfiction.com/
Harry Potter does not have to stop here. It is a book. It is about imagination. J.K. Rowling simply started the story. But it is your imagination that ends it.