This got asked in a FB group I'm a member of so I figured I might as well make an LJ post about my OTP history.
Before H/D there was H/L. I had gotten caught up with canon and was looking for more. Back then a major rumor for Book 6's title was "Harry Potter and the Pyramids of Furmat" and through heavy googling I read one fic of that title with a HP/LL pairing, that was my first taste of H/L. I was a Harry/Luna shipper for about 3 months, before then I didn't even know ficage even existed. A favorite author of mine was DrT who wrote fics that made up for wait for more canon. In one of her 'novels' there was the smallest of scenes where Harry (& co.) argue with Draco in the Great Hall just before Harry leaves Hogwarts. I think Draco only said a sentence or two before Harry tells him off and that's all there was of Draco in that series. Well, the scene stuck with me and nagged at me for weeks, placing the idea of Harry/Draco into my head. So I explored the wonderful world of H/D and never looked back. As for the first fic I read... I'm afraid I don't remember. I suspect it was "Irresistible Poison" because I think I wanted to read the most recced and popular one first. I'm the type to research a while before diving in so I knew all the fandom history before I even got involved.
That would make around the time I started reading HP fanfiction summer of 2003 and getting into H/D fall/winter of 2003. Which doesn't seem right in my head. I feel like I've been in it longer than 10 years... Maybe because I read so much that first year.
Before H/D there was H/L. I had gotten caught up with canon and was looking for more. Back then a major rumor for Book 6's title was "Harry Potter and the Pyramids of Furmat" and through heavy googling I read one fic of that title with a HP/LL pairing, that was my first taste of H/L. I was a Harry/Luna shipper for about 3 months, before then I didn't even know ficage even existed. A favorite author of mine was DrT who wrote fics that made up for wait for more canon. In one of her 'novels' there was the smallest of scenes where Harry (& co.) argue with Draco in the Great Hall just before Harry leaves Hogwarts. I think Draco only said a sentence or two before Harry tells him off and that's all there was of Draco in that series. Well, the scene stuck with me and nagged at me for weeks, placing the idea of Harry/Draco into my head. So I explored the wonderful world of H/D and never looked back. As for the first fic I read... I'm afraid I don't remember. I suspect it was "Irresistible Poison" because I think I wanted to read the most recced and popular one first. I'm the type to research a while before diving in so I knew all the fandom history before I even got involved.
That would make around the time I started reading HP fanfiction summer of 2003 and getting into H/D fall/winter of 2003. Which doesn't seem right in my head. I feel like I've been in it longer than 10 years... Maybe because I read so much that first year.
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