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Harry Potter FandomThe Harry Potter fandom is an international, informal community drawn together by the Harry Potter series. Online Encyclopedias Many online encylopedias, most famously the Harry Potter Lexicon, which was given a "fan site award" by J. K. Rowling herself, have been created to document the series. These sites tend to stick very close to the canon, trying not to jump to conclusions. Fan Fiction Fan fiction is fiction written by fans. There are innumerable fan fiction stories on the internet devoted to Harry Potter, and several sites dedicated to Harry Potter fan fiction (such as Harry Potter Fanfiction.com, The Sugar Quill, Portkey.org and FictionAlley), as well as several websites which have entire sections devoted to fan fiction too (such as Mugglenet Fanfiction and USHP Fanfiction). When asked about Fan Fiction, Rowling said "I've read some of it. I find it very flattering that people love the characters that much." She generally supports fan fiction (although she has asked that sites that contain fanfic with adult content password-protect the stories so children under 18 cannot access it). Fan fiction and fan-cognition in general tend to have an interesting derivative view of themes and characters in the books. For example, some believe that the online fan crowd has much more sympathy for Draco Malfoy than the average fan. This has led to the rise of the characterization known as "Fanon Draco" or "Draco In Leather Trousers" (coined for a scene in noted fanfiction author Cassandra Claire's "Draco Trilogy"), which some fans find annoying and similar to a Mary Sue-ized canon character (also known as a Qanonreip, which comes from The Potter Sue Of The Day Report and is derived from "canon rape"). Another popular figure of the Harry Potter fan fiction is Severus Snape, with many fictions' expansions on canon of this character being widely accepted by the fan fiction community. These include fan representation such as casting him as a Vampire, and in a mocking retort to that, giving him a set of fuzzy bat slippers to wear - a joke which was started on the "All About Snivellus Snape" threads which existed on CoSForums shortly after the release of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (see also Mugglenet). Whilst the great majority of Severus Snape fan fiction includes a lot of OOC behaviour, a fair few authors also manage to write the character as true to the Harry Potter series as possible. Shipping in the Harry Potter fandom - See main article: Shipping in the Harry Potter fandom
One of the most frequently discussed subjects in the fandom are the "ship debates", a controversy that has been going on in the Harry Potter fandom for as long as its participants can remember. The main ship debate centers on whether Hermione should/could/will romantically belong with Harry or Ron (for more about the phenomenon of shipping, which is not exclusive to the Harry Potter fandom, see Shipping (fandom)). Even J.K. Rowling herself has expressed some enjoyment over the "shipper debates" on her website - while letting the shippers know that they should have had the matter figured out by now http://www.jkrowling.com/textonly/faq_view.cfm?id=39. Fan Art Sites such as ArtisticAlley host thousands of pieces of fan art, created by artists of all degrees of skill, sorted by book chapter, and by character. Also, individual sites, such as Art Dungeon and Seventeen Sickles showcase the works of talented individual artists. However, artists tend to draw for their ships and create their own personal sites. There is no way to document the thousands of sites like this. Web sites - jkrowling.com: JK Rowling's Official Site, official news and bits of info about the books and characters
- The Leaky Cauldron: Very popular Harry Potter news site with many features, reviews and interviews; J.K. Rowling called it "my favorite fan site."
- MuggleNet: Very popular Harry Potter fan site, slightly R/Hr biased with regard to the shipping sections, winner of the J.K. Rowling "Fan Site Award"
- HPANA: ...or the Harry Potter Automatic News Aggregator. Very popular Harry Potter news site and fan community, winner of the J.K. Rowling "Fan Site Award"
- Veritaserum: Harry Potter news, information, pictures, videos, and fans!
- The Harry Potter Fan Zone: Australia's Premier Harry Potter Site
- Harry Potter Fanfiction.com: Receiving over 13 million hits per month, this site was mentioned in two published books and in early 2006 will be part of a university textbook. Provides resources and support for writers young and old.
- US Harry Potter.com: A "Harry Potter mega site" presenting a unique perspective on the Harry Potter books, films, and more.
- Diagon Alley: A fandom-centric site for adults housing fiction, art, an active community and more.
- CoSForums: Very popular Harry Potter fan community, official forums of MuggleNet and therefore slightly R/Hr biased.
- The Harry Potter Lexicon: An excellent, comprehensive resource for Harry Potter information, winner of the J.K. Rowling "Fan Site Award"
- Immeritus: Immeritus: THE Sirius Black Fan Club, the first winner of the J.K. Rowling "Fan Site Award"
- Harry Potter's Page: An online forum with daily news updates, fanart, fanfic, role-playing and much more
- FictionAlley: Very large Harry Potter fan fic and fan art site, but still R/Hr biased
- The Snitch.co.uk: A popular Harry Potter fansite
- iharrypotter.net: International Harry Potter Fan Site.
- Hogwarts' Heir: "The Extreme Harry Potter Location"
- HogwartsNews: Harry Potter discussion forums
- Snuffles' Hideout: Information and News
- Diagon Lane: Harry Potter Site with lots of information
- Broomsticks And Owls: Harry Potter forum
- The Patronus: A positive Christian perspective of Harry Potter
- The Dueling Club: A Harry Potter fansite, also offering information for Harry Potter webmasters
- Checkmated: A Ron and Hermione Fanfiction Archive
- Portkey: A Harry Potter Fanfiction, Forums and Fanart site for Harry/Hermione, Ron/Luna, Lily/James and, Draco/Ginny
- Gotpotter.net: An unofficial Potter fansite with news, discussion forums and much more
- Harry Potter for Grownups: Discussions on Yahoo! groups
- The Daily Snitch: A daily livejournal-based fandom newsletter
- PhoenxSong.net: A Harry/Ginny Fanfiction Archive
Online role-playing sites - Harry Potter Fanclub: This is a German forum-based role-playing site.
- Hogwarts Extreme: Another interactive Harry Potter RPG (forum-based).
- Hogwarts Live: Currently the most interactive Harry Potter RPG, with over 2000 playable areas. (not forum-based)
- Hogwarts: In Real Time: A fabulously detailed Harry Potter RPG deliberately concurrent with real time. (forum-based)
- Hogwarts Express MUSH: One of the most active Harry Potter MU*s, 70's era, Original-Character and canon based.
Definitive Character sites
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