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Potterheads: Telling Their Own Story

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Title

Potterheads: Telling Their Own Story

Subject

Discover how fans of the Harry Potter series grow their imaginations and love beyond the original books creating a living movement.

Description

Fandoms are a world wide phenomenon that stretches to every corner of the Earth. Any series of books, TV shows, movies, graphic novels, anima, manga, or creative word that catches in the imaginations of fans can evolve into a fandom.

These fandoms develop as special communities where most of the interactions and art, inspired by the original work, is contained online or born digital. Each fandom generally has a specific name derived from the original work, the focus of this collection is on one of the largest fandoms in the world, Potterheads, the Harry Potter Fandom.

The Harry Potter fandom is unique because it was originally a series of books which were then created into movies. Recently, the author, JK Rowling has expanded the universe via movies and a play. As a result of the different mediums used to tell the story the range of Potterheads are quite wide, but tend to be focused in these main areas:

Book Series Fans
Movie Series Fans
Fantastic Beast & Where to Find Them Fans

Fans of the different areas have slightly differing opinions on the outcomes and enjoy discussing their theories and creating their own version of the story online. This collection is primarily focused on four born digital types of content.

Social Media Posts
Fanfiction
Fan Art
Fan Discussion Boards or Forums

Creator

Multiple

Source

Twitter
Tumblr
Deviant Art
SnitchSeeker
COSforum
Harry Potter Forum
Fanfiction.net
Wizards and What Not

Date

10.06.2017

Contributor

Shoshana Frank

Rights

JK Rowling owns all Harry Potter Characters

Any fan creations are made for their own enjoyment without the intention of selling or profiting from the work.

Format

Image/png

Language

English

Items in the Potterheads: Telling Their Own Story Collection

Art created in 2009 by a fan of Harry Potter posted again in 2017

Art created July 2015 by a fan of Harry Potter posted again in 2017; Pigmented ink liner, watercolor, and photoshop

Fan art depecting Harry Potter and Draco Malfoy as boyfriends, deviating from the offical character development from JK Rowling.

Fan post discussing the possiblity of different heights for Harry Potter and Draco Malfoy. How these heights would change the dynamic between the two characters.

Fan character interactions that never happened with in the oringial books or movies. Showcasing a fan created idea about characters in the Harry Potter Universe.