HPFT Confessions

[grumpy cat]

so i thought it would be nice if we had a place to post our HPFT confessions - be they funny or fluffy

1. i never thought i was a good writer until i got some feedback from some wonderful people at HPFT

2. i'm still insecure about my writing but somehow being on HPFT has made me push through that insecurity and keep writing and posting my stories

3. slytherins really love their after dark...topics

4. HPFT has made me realise that i'm apparently only good at harry potter themed hangman in english (i'm atrocious at hangman in croatian haha)

5. also, when house cup activities are involved, i can stay up all night...doing whatever needs doing....or get up early without complaint, as opposed to anything IRL

6. reading and reviewing fanfiction at work on a mobile phone is a totally normal thing to do

7. tearing up at really nice and supportive reviews is also a totally normal thing to do

[magemadi]

I've got a couple!

1. I didn't realize how fulfilling it can be to write stories for other people  

2. I didn't know how much I could learn by writing fan fiction

3. I almost always over-rate my stories because I'm such a nervous nelly about the warnings 

4. The fandom community as a whole is something I've just really recently started growing into, and it's honestly so supportive and welcoming

5. Crying at the beautiful banners and graphics and awards people make for you is also totally normal

[Eleventh Hour]

On 2/21/2019 at 12:55 PM, MadiMalfoy said:

3. I almost always over-rate my stories because I'm such a nervous nelly about the warnings 

Meeeee toooo!  I thought I was the only one lol. I got dinged all the time on HPFF so I think I'm still scarred from that.

My HPFT confession is that I honestly would have never found this place if the Tumblr community wasn't so negative. I was so sick of the constant nitpicking, the ship wars, the Rowling-hate, the Emma Watson hate... just the overall negative attitude that fans had toward the series they claimed to love so much. (Don't get me wrong; critique and debate is absolutely fine! The series - books and movies - is far from perfect. But it was nonstop trashing, and I was sick of it.) I was seeking a community that was overall more positive/constructive and had respectful conversations about the highs and lows of the series, and voila! Here I am!   Fandom is supposed to be fun, and this place delivers. I'm much happier here. 

Also, seeing as HP is such an enormous fandom, its hard not to feel like a small fish in a large pond everywhere else. Here, it seems like everyone has a chance to be recognized for their work, have their voices heard, and make a contribution to things, and that's wonderful!

 

 

[something wicked]

Here we go! 

1. Before  HPFT I would write constantly, for days at a time but I never considered myself a "writer" or an "author". Now I do. 

2. I can't write from the POV of cannon characters because I find them way too scary and intimidating and wouldn't know where to start. That's okay though, because from what I've been told I can manage a half decent OC 

3. The Emperor's New Groove is the most underrated Disney film and I'm not the only one who agrees 

4. Knowing someone has put their time into reading your work and is now invested in the characters and the plot is a feeling comparable to nothing else. 

5. I now count my internet friends amongst some of my best friends  It doesn't matter if they live on another continent. 

6. I didn't know America had more than one timezone... Then I joined HPFT... 

[down-in-flames]

4 hours ago, Sleepingbagonthesofa said:

6. I didn't know America had more than one timezone...

omg 

 

here are some of mine:

1. i never thought i’d be capable of making half-decent graphics until this year’s house cup finale. (trial by fire, woohoo!!!)

2. i get described as unemotional a lot because i don't tend to express feelings in public, but really nice reviews have definitely made me cry at work and/or the gym on multiple occasions.

3. waking up to 200+ unread twitter messages is like, a totally normal thing during a house cup event.

4. being called a monster almost feels like a compliment at this point. 

5. there are some celebrities i associate more with the characters that they're faceclaims for than i do with, you know, their actual identity.

[CheekyTorah-Lex]

1. Sometimes I find the fan fictions more entertaining the the actual books

2. I haven’t read all the HP books yet I’m half way through book four and took a break when FROGS happened. 

3. I’m really insecure about myself and my writing but pretend I’m not.

4. I really love writing so much, and I’m taking a writers craft course in school now just to improve my a FF here lol!

5. I definitely read more FF then I review, and I really try to remember to review but I’m so caught up in the story that I just forget

6. Am really enjoying this community of people

[Darling_take_off_the_mask]

Reviving a great thread! 
 

1. I wish I could be a fly on the wall in other Houses’ common rooms. What do they talk about in there??

2. Writing/reading FF and being part of a community like this is so addicting for me that I can spend days not getting anything else done.

3. I have an absurd fantasy that somewhere JKR is reading one of my fics and going, Yaass girl! Nailed it!

4. I have not seen/read Cursed Child and am not entirely sure I want to, because I like having the next gen as a bit of a blank slate, and also I like my headcanon coming from wonderful fanfic I read.

 

5:

On 2/27/2019 at 5:59 AM, something wicked said:

Knowing someone has put their time into reading your work and is now invested in the characters and the plot is a feeling comparable to nothing else. 

^ Seconding this! Putting your work out there amongst thousands of others can be nerve-wracking, and if even just a couple of people comment that they love what you’re doing, it is so validating and makes it all worth it. I will probably never be a famous writer, but having a couple internet buddies drop reviews on my silly little hobby makes me feel like a million bucks.

[ImaRavenclaw]

Wow. I saw this and oh man. I have been saving these up. This topic hasn't been posted in for a while but I think it totally should be! It's a place for everyone to be honest about their experiences in the way that's most comfortable to them, and only sharing as much as they want to share. 

 

1. Sometimes I feel like the odd one out here and I think I’ve always felt like that. I know I’m definitely one of the HPFT babies, as in one of the younger ones, and was 100% among the younger when I started. I still always feel so self-conscious about only being just out of high school, you know? Like people are judging my writing so much more, or laughing about my stories because I’m just a cringe who doesn’t know how much she sucks. I definitely used to hide my age before and be very vague about it because I wanted the freedom to explore things that people would normally consider more adult in my stories without being judged or like, where are her parents?? (Fyi in case anyone was wondering, I was raised as an only child because my sister is much older, so I spent all of my time reading or around adults. My parents are super supportive of everything I do and always encouraged me to be mature. I promise they’re not off god knows where haha!) I figure this is 100% an irrational fear, but it’s always been there with its nails in me, even when I win an award like Claw of the Month or someone leaves me a really nice review. I just feel as if I’m not taken seriously… Which is the most ridiculous thing since you people are all so lovely and you would vocalize it if you wanted me to go away lol because you're honest decent people. 

 

2. I literally just recently found out that Hayden (@BlackPixie) is two months older than me. And I guess just the fact they have it prominently placed on their page makes me finally able to say it.

Hi, I’m seventeen. I’m seventeen and yeah, sometimes I write smutty stories or substance abuse stories or stories with improper language and cruelty and I have the right to. If you think I don’t understand the experiences and haven’t partaken in some of these things myself, or want to fight against them, or even just don’t have knowledge that these things happen in life sometimes, then man do you need to actually read about high schoolers (and talk to some of the boys that are/were in my life haha.) - in retrospect I should also mention that I also haven’t actually experienced everything in real life, and I definitely wrote about stuff I didn’t know much about before all of my life experiences started happening… I’ll just leave you to guess what comes in where. I'm still a pretty innocent smol child in some areas of life, rest assured.  

 

3. I just put 2003 on my page. Loud and proud boi!

4. I genuinely want to hear people’s criticisms. I feel like it’s such a big thing, but I want people to read my stories, not only for recognition (cause that’s great and reviews, even small ones brighten my day like crazy), but to get better.

5. Writing on HPFF at age 12 literally taught me some things that my English teachers never bothered to (not that I didn’t learn lots from my later ones too.) It’s because of writing fan fiction that I know I have to start a new line after dialogue tags. I knew that you couldn’t have “hi,” “hi.” in the same space. But I didn’t know that this [“Hi,” James said. “Where were you?” Albus asked.”] was problematic. Someone commented on In My Skin, one of my first stories, letting me know. For a long time I also really struggled with then/than and I’ve had lots of stories with meandering plot lines and useless details that no one wants (man, probably still do.) But HPFT has helped me become a good writer. Someone who could get 90s in high school English classes.

6.You guys literally got me through middle school. I only had a small group of close friends at my school, only one of whom I hung out with outside of class and lunch, but he was always busy. So, I spent the weekends alone. (Don’t worry, high school wasn’t perfect but it was 1000% better and now I am siblings for life with 10+ weirdo Germans, a Thai girl, and some other amazing Canadian friends like @brightestwitch.)

7. It is my dream to one day have a famed fic. Y’know, the one that gets thousands, even tens of thousands of reads and lots of reviews. Something like the amazing Fred Weasley Memorial Scholarship, the fic that started it all for me. And boy have I tried (cough cough, The Great Tale of Me, Lyra Malfoy. Which, tbh, good idea in theory. In practice? Not so much. I still cringe.) But it’s okay; I’m patient and I’ll get there soon.

8. Like @magemadi I also tend to overrate stories. 

9. I freaking love all of you awesome nerds. Never be ashamed to be who you are because I look up to you all so much.

10. Wow. That was a lot of HPFT confessing.