Can you believe that
Harry Potter
has been around for 14 years?!
That’s longer than some of my family members have been on this earth!
And its still popular?!
Yes, extremely popular.
Potter is still very alive and kickin’.
Since its book debut in 1997, Harry Potter has become a dominant symbol in pop culture. The cultural icon began with J.K. Rowling’s series of 7 books. Later, eight movies followed. Along with video games, computer games, action figures, costumes, and even the opening of a multimillion-dollar theme park at Universal Studios Islands of Adventure in Orlando, Florida.
Is Potter a remediation?
Yes.
I was only 6 years old when the first Potter book hit the stores therefore; Potter became a dominant part of my childhood that has continued its legacy through my adult life. This may be a crazy assumption, but I would say that everyone from elementary school age to the thirty-something’s have had some type of exposure to the magical world of Harry Potter.
We are the Potter generation. Not only because Potter has been around for most of our lives, but also because we have grown up with the characters and actors. Twelve years ago, when the first film came out, I was 8 years old. Daniel Radcliffe, Harry Potter himself, was 10. Now I am 20, and he is 22. We have grownup together. We, as a generation, have watched him grow up and can identify with him and the other characters, Hermoine and Ron as well. They are special too us. Just as we, as supports, are special to them.
Harry Potter has brought many other things into our pop culture along with the story itself. For example, many new words have come to be recognized by the Potter generation such as muggle, mudblood, and dementors.
None of these terms would have even entered the English language without J.K. Rowling’s inexplicable imagination.
Harry Potter has become such an important element in this generation that there have been many things made in emulation and many things that have tried to outdo it. Can you say Twilight? I bet J.K. Rowling can’t. Stephanie Meyer’s Twilight series has also become part of pop culture. Unfortunately for her, Twilight has not blossomed like the ever-great Potter.
I don’t believe that anyone can pinpoint why Harry Potter was such a success. Maybe everyone feels like they need a magical break from reality? Maybe an unrealistic world like Hogwarts is a place that many desire to visit? Maybe, like me, many people are just fascinated by wizardry, broomsticks and spells? Whatever it may be, Potter is a success. It is a success that will continue for many more years to come. Maybe, our generation will create another Potter generation.
What is next for the Potter generation? Well now that the book and movie series has reached its end, many readers and viewers, like myself, are devastated, depressed, and maybe even mentally lost.
WHERE DID MY CHILDHOOD GO?
WHAT WILL I DO WHEN THERE IS NO MORE POTTER TO LOOK FORWARD TO?
Nobody knows.
But one thing is for sure; I won’t spend full weekends of my life dedicated to watching every movie on ABC Family from start to finish, and I wont anticipate buying movie tickets, because there are none to be had.
Fortunately, Harry Potter will not die. The legacy of the Potter empire and the Potter generation will go down in history and live on as a vital part of what its members like to call “the 90’s kid” generation, and also as a part of the generations to come.
To keep us on edge, keep us Potter lover wanting more, and to help or depression, the final movie strategically leaves us with this quote,
“Hogwarts will always be there to welcome you home.”
Now, the Potter generation never has to part or say goodbye.
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