There are so many things to love about this world. So much fantasy, so much science fiction, and everything else in between. Yet every time we discuss one fandom, we find ourselves somehow returning to Harry Potter. That most popular of fandoms, with a billion dollar franchise. Why? Well, partly because it was the first fandom that completely consumed us both. And in becoming part of that fandom, we became part of what has been lovingly termed The Potter Generation.
If you think of Harry Potter as something binding our generation together--and really, what else has?--that’s something really special. We all wanted to get letters to Hogwarts - who didn’t? - and may have been slightly crestfallen when we started 6th grade in a Muggle middle school. To us, it was not just a series of books. It was real. The characters were real. Everyone I knew had at least one kid who they could identify with, whether it was Neville, Hermione, Fred, George, Luna, or Harry himself.
