About a decade ago, I attended Nibmus 2003 — one of the first Harry Potter conventions. I got attendees to sign their LJ usernames to a piece of bristle board so I could make a list to post on LJ later. I just found that piece of bristle board.
As a friend of mine pointed out, this is a piece of fandom history. MsScribe left a kiss mark. Cassandra Clare signed some old version of her username (epicyclical). Aja’s on this. And lots of other people.
I have no idea what to do with this. I’d just recycle it, but I figure that there’s got to be someone out there who wants it/knows someone who could maybe auction it off for charity? IDK. Thoughts? Ideas? Anyone actually want this?
oh my god. *covers face with hands* IT IS ALWAYS 2003. (p.s. apparently “msscribe” is a popular tumblr tag. FANDOM.)
Oh my god is right. Reading those names is like a gut punch straight in the feels. There’s so much history there, so many relationships, some still active, some lost to time. It’s fandom history and personal history, all in one image.
cripes i know a fuckload of people on this. i’m not there, though, i was brand new to hp fandom then.
hawberries
