"Fanfiction. More addicting than crack, and cheaper, too."
This is the number one law of life.
There isn't (or rather, there shouldn't be) anyone that claims to be a Potterhead and has not written or read fanfiction. To us, 'tis a way of life. To unwind after reading the books and to change the little details (who says Dumbledore dies?) to fit our stories. Fanfiction is a way to relax, enjoy yourself, and get a kick out of making characters not act like themselves.
In fact, to most, fanfiction represents a writing tool and a good time. With fanfiction, reading and reviewing are at your fingertips. Just a click away, Harry Potter fanfiction is rocking the Internet, with sites simply devoted to it and sites that have so much, they have had to split it up. The fanfiction community is a place where you can discuss, constructively criticize, and review what other people have written. And you're all there for a single task: Harry Potter fanfiction, our own background stories and twistings of the canon that let us get by while the sixty-five days comes to a short end.