(I've just discovered where the 'Road to Deathly Hallows' came from - subconsciously pinched it from MuggleCast. Sorry, but I like it, so its staying.)
It's one month to go today! It feels only yesterday that the date was announced and it seemed so far away. At that point I had 13 weeks of uni which I hadn't even started, plus exams, and now all I have is one exam left tomorrow, followed by stocktake, then the film and then.....the book.
My feelings are kind of all mixed up inside; a combination of excitement over the weekend, the desperation to know the answers to questions I've been wondering about for 7 years now, and sadness at the fact that so much will be over. These are, after all, the books that have affected my life so much, giving me a world to escape to, indirectly influencing my career choice, showing that some of my problems are so small as compared to what Harry has to face. Life will go on, certainly, but there won't be the same amount of theorising and discussion, and less of the minute details to discuss over and over.
But those of us that are around for this event are lucky. Lucky to be part of something that the world has never really seen before, and may not see again. Lucky that we were able to do such theorising and discussion, that the next generations will not be able to do, who will instead treat the books like we do The Chronicles of Narnia and The Lord of the Rings - read them over and over, perhaps discuss their implications on society, but never be able to have hours-long conversations on what will happen next, or if Snape is good or evil. We are so lucky in that regard.
What will happen in the future post-Book 7 to the fandom, and the books as whole, we can only guess. But one thing is for certain - the magic of the Harry Potter books will never disappear.
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