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fandomsecrets2013-12-15 03:37 pm
case) wrote in fandomsecrets2013-12-15 03:37 pm
[ SECRET POST #2539 ]
⌈ Secret Post #2539 ⌋
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Re: Can someone explain early Harry Potter fandom to me?
Between books 4 and 5 (Goblet and Phoenix), there was a, like, five-year hiatus. At the end of Goblet, Voldemort regained his body, and we were pretty much left on a cliffhanger. The war had not yet started, but we knew it was coming. Cedric was the only one who had dies yet, and it was sudden and shocking.
It was basically the perfect storm for fanfic. This is where fanon developed, for the most part. "Draco in Leather Pants" started then, because the characters were just turning into older teens, and Draco's worst act had been some rivalry-based bullying and showing off his father's racism (14-year-olds aren't really that developed, imo). So a bunch of girls around the same age took the almost blank slate and put "hot, rich, rival boy" to his character.
It's also worth noting that, as far as I remember, there weren't the high numbers of adult fans at the time. Adult fans today are mostly people who grew up with it, I think. And back then, we were still teenagers ourselves. Teens, as a group, tend to write about the same things: relationships, over-wrought emotions, the author's friends in cool, magical worlds, making the characters deal with teenager problems, etc. I'd say that most Mary Sues are written by teens.
Re: Can someone explain early Harry Potter fandom to me?