For Sarah (and many others like Sarah), #harrypotter was their "nerd awakening". It was the first franchise that a lot of children latched on to in 2001 as their first "nerd property" versus comic books, video games, etc.
"I, I definitely was lucky enough to be able to grow up with it. I consider it to be my nerd awakening, frankly, it was like the first fantasy series I read and then I, I did everything from that point. I went to all of like the book premieres when that was still a thing. I went to all the midnight movie premieres when that was still a thing. Uh, I wrote, that was actually the, how I got into writing. I started writing fan fiction. Wonderful. Yeah. So that's, uh, and you know, I have, whole friendships were based off of Harry Potter for me. And so it was a huge part of growing up. And, and I do find that a lot of adults, not only was it accessible, I guess, to the children, but as the books continued, as the movies continued and adults who got into it with their, you know, with their kids or their younger siblings or something, I find that a lot of people echo the same thoughts as a team where like at first they're like, oh, it's the children's book, but then as they get older and as the movies matured and the source material matured as well, a lot of people are like, wow, there's actually something, you know, really to this fantasy series, so that's, uh, I, that's what I love about Harry Potter is that it was just so universally beloved in that way that like, yes, it was meant for children, but it kind of grew to be a lot more."
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For Sarah (and many others like Sarah), #harrypotter was their "nerd awakening". It was the first franchise that a lot of children latched on to in 2001 as their first "nerd property" versus comic books, video games, etc.