Once a Potterhead, Always a Potterhead

I never thought a melancholic feeling would hit me after watching the last Harry Potter installment, the Part 2 of the Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. When I saw all avid fans of this series on TV, on the very first day it was showing here in the Philippines, I thought if they have gotten insane or what. But after watching the film, a deep sense of understanding filled me, for it was like an old friend departing at a late stage of your life.

I first encountered the first Harry Potter book when I was in Grade 6, during our visit to my bestfriend's house (which is Aura, of course). She kept on letting me read some words that were found on the book and corrects me everytime I commit a error in pronunciation (the most unforgettable word she let me read was the name, HERMIONE). She was more of a avid fan than me at that time, until we reach high school. I only grew interest in the series when I have watched the first film of the series (Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone). I got officially hooked with it when I have read the series until the 6th book.

At first, I thought the books were a waste of time to be read. It had, for me, a very shallow plot and very fictitious aura in it. What hooked me to be a fan of the series is the inexplicable effect on the reader after you have read it. It got a magic touch on it that drives your imagination to its limits (and beyond, i guess). J.K. Rowling's style of narrating it seems shallow, but how she manages to drive the story makes you crave for more.

I never have thought that this series would have a huge impact on me that I almost was into tears at the end of the Deathly Hallows Part 2 movie. I reminisced the days that I was begging my bestfriend to let me read it, spending study time to finish it, to a point of skipping meals for you don't want to abruptly end the motion picture conjured in your head while reading it, and the days I look forward to seeing the movie, only to be dumbfounded a bit for it was not like in the book. It was a part of my growing up years, having read the books and watched the movies while I was in high school and college.

If I was to look at the Mirror of Erised, I would see myself reading the 8th book of the series, but since its just up to the 7th, we just have to accept it for "all things, good or bad, come to an end".

I am a POTTERHEAD, and I WILL ALWAYS BE.