Boo

Hello everyone.
          
          I'm not active on here anymore and am in the slow process of archiving my stuff but I just wanted to say, present situation being what it is:
          
          I support transgender people completely and do not agree with or ascribe in anyway to JKR's beliefs. As I know the main theme of my time on Wattpad was Harry Potter, I just wanted to clarify that. I stand with you and you belong. You do. It's heartening to see the cast's response and, for anyone understandly upset by what JKR has said, I would encourage you to listen to what they have said in return.
          
          Harry Potter might not be "my world" anymore but I could never deny the joy it brought me and the importance and sanctity of the lessons it taught me. That is why JKR's views (which aren't new news) are so heartbreaking and disappointing. I won't lie, a large part of me feels like I gave my love and identity to something I thought was about love and tolerance and magic, when it wasn't. It makes me feel dirty. And that's sad.
          
          Keep holding your wands high, potterheads, because Harry Potter lives far beyond the reach of its original creator by now. Remember to encourage inclusivity and make people feel safe.
          
          Mischief managed. Xxx

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          If you've enjoyed The Big Four go to Hogwarts - thank you, truly. Younger me put a lot of effort into it and whilst I now can't find the same enthusiasm for it, it does still mean something to me. You guys should definitely write a ROTBTD Hogwarts AU of your own, if you'd like. The fandom was largely around in 2013-15, as was I, but don't let that stop you.
          
          In the past, I would have finished by quoting Harry Potter but as that no longer fits I'll just say this:
          
          Wattpad was the first place I shared my writing with others and that is important. Whilst it no longer feels like the same place I signed up to in 2013, like I said, I'm no longer the same person either. We all change and that's okay. If Wattpad is still the place for you, that's fantastic. Keep on writing, coolios, never let the world crush your creativity.
          
          - IHeartBooks01

On a more general note, I'm going to be archiving a lot of my stuff on Wattpad and then deleting it from here. I wrote most of it in my early highschool years and it makes me cringe a tad. I'll leave the stuff up that people seem to enjoy (The Big Four and the Philosopher's Stone) but I don't see the point in trying to keep up with an identity that I've grown out of by presenting all this other unfinished stuff that I'm less than satisfied with. Unfortunately, Wattpad isn't really the place for me anymore. I've known this for some years now but it's gotten to the point where I might as well act on it.
          
          I am aware that there are some who really want me to update and finish The Big Four and the Philosopher's Stone. Believe me, I would have loved to have done just that (and the six others too) but the truth is that I haven't been motivated to write it for a long time. I've gotten into new things and changed a lot since I started it 6 years ago. 12 year old me and 18 year old me - whilst still fundamentally being the same person - are not interested in the same things. A big part of this is the basic truth that I'm not longer in love with Harry Potter as a series.
          
          I cannot apologise enough to those of you - and I'm glad there's definitely less of you than a few years ago - who like and reread The Big Four go to Hogwarts. If you want to know any of the plans I had for it then please feel free to ask me; younger me had lots of ideas which I have the benefit of knowing. Part of me would actually still like to finish this fic just so I can say I did. However, I think it would be foolish of me at this point to promise that this will happen or that I'll ever realistically get on to the other books.
          
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