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Remember when the Harry Potter fandom was a thing? (lemmy.blahaj.zone)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/antiquememesroadshow

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

I have never read Harry Potter, but I have held a slight resentment for it ever since the first movie. I had a similar, but not quite as bad, haircut as Harry and similar, but not quite as bad, eyeglasses as Harry at the time that the movie came out.

The last time I went out for Halloween, I went dressed as a samurai. Pretty authentically, in fact, with the hakama and haori and all but with the exception of having a bokken (wooden practice sword) instead of an actual katana. This was a couple of years later, I think.

Multiple people asked me if I was Harry Potter.

I could not express my disappointment.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago

I had so many people point at me and say "look, it's Harry potter" to their kids whenever a movie was in theater.

All I had was a scar and a bad haircut. No glasses at all.

If I were older, I'd definitely go out of my way to make them feel bad for pointing out something I was self conscious over like it's some kind of costume jewelry.