Oh how ridiculous it must be to some, to write an actual blogpost about a book, a movie. But they're not just books, not just movies. It is a series that spawned across generations. A series that inspired billions, a series that kept them company, a series that transported those who read it to a whole different world. Its essentially, what i grew up with.
Harry Potter.
I started reading it when i was in Primary 1, Primary 2? So when i was about 7/8 years old.
It was my favourite book then. It still is. It still transports me back to that same place; Hogwarts. That magical world of Harry Potter was something that brought comfort, as delusional as it sounds.
I watched the movies the same time i read the books. I remember seeing DanRad, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, all the actors, and although just playing the characters, they slowly just became who i imagined the characters to exactly be like. They became who i grew up with, and who i wanted to be. I wanted friends like the trio. I wanted to be part of something like the trio. Always by each other's side, protecting each other, understanding each other.
I wanted people i could go on adventures with. I wanted someone i could just sit with and that would be fine. I wanted exactly what the characters had. Going through thick and thin, overcoming their fears, overcoming obstacles, accepting differences.
How can one say that this series didn't teach me anything? It taught me to treat my friends well, to cherish them. It taught me to persevere and never give up what i want. It taught me to be bold. It taught me to accept people despite out differences and so many more.
So, how can one say so?
And now it's ending.
Reading the books, watching the movies. Going through life with these characters.
Grew up with them.
Now they're adults. The actors are too. We watched them grow while we ourselves did as well. Our bodies grew taller, our interests changed but the one thing that stayed the same was Harry Potter. They're no longer 'those kids i want to be friends with', they're now 'the people i want to be like'. No shame in saying that.
I cant get my thoughts out straight to actually write a proper post anymore.
All i know is, this series is officially ending. But the story lives on.
The books are still there, the movies will be on dvd. It will live on. I will be able to revisit any time i want. But now nothing changes and i am just visiting the past when i read it back.
I proudly say this now, that the story will never leave my heart. It will be something dear to me.
I am sure i am not the only one who will be thankful to JK Rowling for conjuring Harry Potter up, for creating these characters that have been with us through our childhood and now as we enter adulthood (or late teenagehood?).
For one thing, i am certain of, i will keep the books and the movies, and read them to my children, to my grandchildren. The series will live on. The story of Harry Potter will live on.
The story of courage, morality, love, death, the story of a boy growing up.
Forever.
I've stuck with Harry until the very end.
