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Leaky Love Fest, Falling in love with each other all over again

DorisTLC View Member Profile	Feb 11 2008, 06:15 PM Post #1
Waiting for Wednesdays Posts: 8,742 Joined: 7:57am January 28, 2005 Location: Hiding from Hurricanes	Being a Harry Potter fan means many things. First, there is the love of the books, then the enjoyment of getting together with other fans and discussing and debating the high points of the books. The memories I've shard with the people in fandom have been amazing. Funfilled trips, long lengthy discussions, learning about technology all have added to the joy of the Harry Potter experience. Let's discuss what it is to love being a Harry Potter fan. How much you enjoy the experience of talking with others about the books, the long lines waiting to get Deathly Hallows, those golden moments when you shared with others the joy knowing about the boy that lived. -------------------- avatar by The Rockin Leaky Staff

Gilderoy Lockhar... Gilderoy Lockhart View Member Profile	Feb 12 2008, 01:45 AM Post #2
Most Charming Smile Award Winner Posts: 129 Joined: 11:52pm January 24, 2007 Location: signing autographs anywhere and everywhere	In those grim times when young Harry Potter helped Magical Me find the Chamber of Secrets, I arranged for a special event for the students at Hogwarts. I subsequently had to step down from the position of Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher, as I ... had other places I needed to be, but I think in these times of stress and turmoil it would be good to do it again. So without further ado, I, Gilderoy Lockhart, ... with some assistance from the Leaky Lounge ... present to you the Valentines Day Tribute to Love in ... a series of books that I feature extensively. Here are some of the stellar things they've planned for you all today: A lovely poll about my favorite day of the year A thread for crafty ideas for that special someone in your life (hint: his first name rhymes with Shmilderoy!) A thread for sharing avatars about love and Valentine's Day A thread about HP relationships in the series A thread for telling us your Valentine's Day plans, made by my dear friend Professor Hagrid A place to create fun love limericks, and you know I've won several awards from Witch Weekly myself for my enrapturing limericks of love A place to share about your love of the Harry Potter fandom and about the friends you've made here A place to discuss love as a theme in the books, and if you've ever read Break with a Banshee, you'll know that yours truly has loved and lost before. Love is a fickle friend, that's what I always say! A place to share your singing valentines with your fellow Loungers Have a wonderful time everyone! I'm sure this will be an event to remember!

leakylurker View Member Profile	Feb 16 2008, 10:36 AM Post #3
Resident Speech Therapist (It's dahy-uh-dem, Crabbe!) Posts: 1,900 Joined: 9:18pm July 11, 2005 Location: Second star to the left...	Shoo Lockhart! Who let you in here? I fell in love *with PS/SS, if not from the first page, then when Harry and Ron saved Hermione from the Troll. Growing up as a goody-two-shoes type of girl with two boys as my best friends - I knew I was going to love every minute the Trio spent together. I fell in love with the author* when she started describing things like Diagon Alley, and Hogwarts. I loved the creativity of the gadgets and the objects that Wizards used to imitate Muggle technology. I just couldn't get enough, I wanted to just close my eyes and imagine myself inside of The Three Broomsticks sipping a warm butterbeer with my friends... I fell in love *with the series* in the Shrieking Shack at the end of PoA. Wow. I fell in love *with the fandom, when after checking the news on www.the-leaky-cauldron.org one day, it had a brand new look, and the news post explained that a reader of the site sent in a whole new design, without even being on staff. I believe that was John Noe. I thought, wow there is some serious passion about Harry Potter out there! I was completely inspired. I fell in love with the Reading Groups* at the Lily and Stag Inn on the Leaky Lounge during the GoF reading. It was a wonderful sorting with amazing leaders (Moriah, the Guru of Sloth, and Gregory the Smarmy). The discussion was fantastic and every single person was kind and welcoming. I fell in love *with the greater Leaky Lounge* when I started as a RG staffer myself and got to see first for the first time- the amount of work and commitment both the members and the staff put into making Leaky a great place to gather with friends. Again, I was inspired. Thanks for the love everyone! You have all made my life richer, starting with Jo and ending with the fairly new poster in the Hidden Hall who reminded me yesterday that Ron DID practice extra for 6th year Quidditch trials, and so maybe I shouldn't have been so hard on him! This post has been edited by leakylurker: Feb 16 2008, 11:08 AM -------------------- I wish you peace and love and happiness in everything you do, I pray that everywhere you go some one will be in love with you… The Mudbloods thanks atschpe!

blue4t View Member Profile	Feb 16 2008, 11:49 AM Post #4
George and Ron's Shop Assistant Posts: 2,303 Joined: 11:00pm July 13, 2007 Location: Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes	Love, love, love. My love came gradually. I read the first book when I was 20 and I was only in like. It wasn't until just recently that I realized I had a love for Harry Potter. I decided I needed to share my love with others so I came to The Leaky Cauldron and found they had a forum called Leaky Lounge. I joined the forum and instantly fell in love. One thing I'm not in love with is all this pink. This post has been edited by blue4t: Feb 16 2008, 11:51 AM -------------------- Win-gar-dium Levi-o-sa! Ron Weasley: He Does it Anyway.

coach View Member Profile	Feb 16 2008, 12:06 PM Post #5
WhizzHard Books Copy Editor Posts: 2,152 Joined: 12:18pm July 22, 2005 Location: Reading KSK, Deadspin, TheBigLead, and the Fanhouse.	I didn't really fall in love with it all until I started posting regularly on the Lounge. Though I do rember staying up late into the night to finish CoS the first time I read it. I've made some great friends here, and though I don't post as often as I used to, this place will always hold a special place in my heart. That was the best part of the fan experience, was being around other fans and helping, for a time, to make this place by far the best HP landing strip on the planet.

Moose_Starr View Member Profile	Feb 16 2008, 12:26 PM Post #6
Leaky's Official Donut Maker and Mosquito Man Posts: 10,043 Joined: 10:51am August 25, 2005 Location: Playing kal-toh with Professor Snape	So I have to admit that I didnt fall in love with HP right at the start. I thought it was a heap of commercial hype. And then I listened to the audio book and I fell in love. As if that wasnt enough, someone snuck a camera into the Potterverse and made the SS/ PS movie. At that moment I became obsessed and the magic's never worn off, in fact I think there's a permanent sticking charm in there somewhere. When I first saw DD I thought someone had picked him right off of the page and put him in the movie because in all the book-to-movie adaptations I've seen, never has anyone looked so exactly like how I'd imagined. When I first saw Hogwarts it was as though I was in the little boat looking up with the others and saying wow in hushed tones of awe. And when I first saw the Potions Master I knew there was no hope for me, I was an official HP geek (and proud). And thankfully I found Leaky, it took me long enough but I found it a whiles before HBP was released. I didnt register at first because I was worried about spoilers. But, Leaky's been my home ever since and the people here are my family. Like Alan Rickman says in Snow Cake, it's the only place where I dont have to explain or justify myself. Because we all love HP. And we can obsess for 50 pages over the meaning of a single word. Or we can talk about bunnies or donuts or music. I love Leaky -------------------- I'm 1 of the 99.99% W.L.Y.J. When I sleep I dream, and when I dream I can rise above the walls Remember Cameron Duncan

bibs the S.P.E.W... bibs the S.P.E.W supporter View Member Profile	Feb 16 2008, 12:28 PM Post #7
Leaky's Charlie Eppes Posts: 3,861 Joined: 7:36am April 28, 2007 Location: fighting off dementors so lupin will give me chocolate	i liked the books from the start and was an fan but when my auntie gave me the ootp audio book i remember listening to it over and over again and i became obseesed -------------------- Hoplessly Inlove With Remus Lupin

MsJava View Member Profile	Feb 16 2008, 02:32 PM Post #8
Perusing the Magical Menagerie Posts: 80 Joined: 1:24am January 8, 2008 Location: Hiding behind your couch.	Moments of love for HP: -Re-reading the series from start to finish, picking up on the little things I missed before -Discovering "Pottercast" -Discovering the forum (and finally joining!) -the movies -my (minor) crush on Matt Lewis -Following Harry on this amazing journey, watching him stumble, celebrating his victories, and finally seeing how life settled for him. love, love, love -------------------- Push me and I will resist.

Geek-Love View Member Profile	Feb 16 2008, 02:40 PM Post #9
Getting Fitted for New Dress Robes Posts: 58 Joined: 4:20pm February 15, 2008 Location: Dorm Room, Trying To Prove Snapes Not Dead!	I Fell In Love With Harry Potte When I Was About 8 When My Mum Bought It For Me, She Began Reading It to Me & She Found It Incredibly Boring But I Didnt i loved them! So I Had To Finish It For My Self. Then Movies Came Out & I Read More Of The Books, Fell Midly in Love With The Phelps Twins & Then Discoverd PC & Yesterday I Found Leaky Lounge -------------------- At the start-of-term banquet, Harry had gotten the idea that Professor Snape disliked him. By the end of the first Potions lesson, he knew he'd been wrong. Snape didn't dislike Harry—he hated him.

HermioneGurlie8 View Member Profile	Feb 16 2008, 03:06 PM Post #10
Shopping the sales rack at Madam Malkins Posts: 2,527 Joined: 6:31pm April 2, 2005 Location: Exploring the Hogwarts library :)	I didn't love HP when the books first came out, I thought they would be dumb. When the first movie came out, I wanted to know what everyone was talking about, so I found my sister's (unread) books and immediatly fell in love with them. As soon as I finished the first, I went on to the second, then the third. When it came time for me to read GOF, I found that my sister had lost it, so when I found it after the week long break I had taken to find it, it was all that much better. That was the first of the books in the series that I loved by itself, instead of as a whole like the first three. I these books!