Harry Potter Survey

When did you first discover Harry Potter? I first heard about them when I was maybe 16 or 17, which was after they’d started getting really popular. I remember being a CIT at the riding camp I’d gone to for years and all the girls in my cabin were reading them.
Book first or movie first? I’m not really sure anymore. I think I saw the first movie, then decided to read the books because I liked it so much.
Did you instantly fall in love with any specific character? I love Snape, mostly because I always picture him as Alan Rickman, rather than strictly as he’s described in the books.

Favorite…

Professor: McGonagall… She’s tough but fair and I always liked professors whose classes I couldn’t just phone in.

Marauder: Remus. I think he was in a tough position, but he seems the most down to earth. Not conceited like Sirius and James, or fawning like Peter.

Gryffindor: Hermione Granger

Slytherin: Draco Malfoy

Hufflepuff: Cedric Diggory (Robert Pattinson was so much cuter when he was the noble hero type… you know, before he went all "sparkly")

Ravenclaw: Luna Lovegood

How long did it take you to read…

Book 1: I can’t remember now, it was so long ago. I also wasn’t as into it at this point. It was still just a really good book, not an obsession. Maybe a day or two, since I probably took breaks in between

Book 2: Again, a day or two.
Book 3: Ditto

Book 4: Ditto

Book 5: Ditto… Notice that now, despite the books getting longer, I’m taking the same or even less time to finish them.

Book 6: This is the first one I bought at midnight. I was probably finished with it before noon the next day.

Book 7: Again, bought it at midnight and finished it before noon. When I was done, I took a break for food and immediately read it a second time. Then I reread all of the books.

If you were in Harry Potter…

What house would you be in? Probably Ravenclaw

What would your pet be? A cat of course!

What would your wand be? Ash with a core of unicorn hair
Who would you date? Oliver Wood… Instant crush when I saw him in the first movie.

What would your favorite subject be? Charms I think

Other

How did you feel about You-Know-Who dying? Finally!

What are your views on the Dark Lord? Only someone truly disturbed, either through illness or upbringing, would sell his own humanity for immortality and power.

Weasleys or Malfoys? Love the Weasleys, but I think the Malfoys are more complex and interesting. They go through an awful struggle. They don’t have any real loyalty to Voldemort, but they can’t seem to find a way out, especially when Draco is "chosen" to kill Dumbledore. I think they’re like any family in a time of war… not sure whose side they’re really on and all they want is to come through it in one piece.