Picking up that previous thread about HP being so big that it was actually a lot of separate fandoms, this was really interesting to read! I fell early on into what was predominantly an older side of fandom, focused on Hogwarts staff m/m and f/f, with significant overlap with Snarry circles and general "here for the porn" circles. Every once in a while I'd stumble into another comm that had more concern about canon shipping or about the books as literature/representation/moral instructors of children and realized that I'd wandered too far from home.
It was embarrassingly late into my time in HP fandom (like...fifteen years?) that I even realized that Harry/Draco was a big pairing. I'd just blithely assumed that Snarry must be the slash juggernaut.
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Date: 2025-01-08 02:13 am (UTC)It was embarrassingly late into my time in HP fandom (like...fifteen years?) that I even realized that Harry/Draco was a big pairing. I'd just blithely assumed that Snarry must be the slash juggernaut.