How has Harry Potter/Twilight effected your life? Or you, maybe?

Harry Potter
1. These were the first actual novels I ever read, so they had a big impact on the sort of things I like to read.

2. I've never been intimidated by the number of pages in a book. I always figured, if I could read a 636 page book when I was 6 years old, I could probably read a 10,000 page book if it was interesting enough.

3. Most of my favourite books are fantasy novels. As a child those were the ones that always interested me the most, because Harry Potter is what first got me reading. I'm reading Lord of the Rings right now, then I'm going to read Inkheart, then Eragon... fantasy is my favourite genre because of Harry Potter.

4. AJ (ChocAttack266) is one of my best friends, and it was pretty much started on a common interest in Harry Potter (and fanfiction... for Harry Potter)

5. It's taught me about a lot of things, such as friendship, family, love, equality, loyalty, bravery, etc.

Twilight
1. It gave me something to do on the Eurostar.

2. It made me realise that my fanfiction was full of flat characters, unrealistic romance, and thesaurus rape. I'm now rewriting my fic because of Twilight. I'm just glad I never EVER used words like "scintillating" or "chagrin." However, I did use the phrase "Guilt was mixed with her expression of melancholy and nostalgia." Which is extremely stupid, I admit it.

2.5. On the other hand, I think Twilight was what made me write like that in the first place. I don't remember using such stupid phrases before I read Twilight. *checks dates on word document* OH MY GOD! I wrote that while I was a Twilight fan. It's official, Twilight destroys brain cells.

3. I have done much more research on the topic of feminism (and when I say "research," I mean I watched some videos by MelinaPendulum on the subject).

4. I can now identify a psychologically abusive person.

5. I know what the word "masochistic" means, and I know that Stephenie Meyer obviously doesn't.

And finally, my love of Harry Potter and my hatred towards Twilight have resulted in my discovery of fanpop, and in particular, this spot, where I've met heaps of people who are now my cyber-besties. Nyawww. This has also been a bit of a suckish time in my life, and this debate is something I really enjoy, so it's given me a great place to hang out and do nothing but talk about stuff like nargles and Mary-Sues, which is a lovely change.

well hermiony in harry potter is a good student and inspired me to get better grades and twilight got me over my fear of vampires but now i dont like most sparkley things.

twilight gave me something to hate :) and thats IT

Harry Potter made me more interested in reading (especially fantasies); it encouraged me to stick close to my friends and be loyal to them; to try hard in school; and it helped me realize that when I'm in a challenging situation, I'm never the only one and I have friends and family to help me. =)

Harry Potter brought magic into my life it actually introduced me to the world of imagination and magic.Twilight it simply brought my joy and love thats how both of the series has effected me.

Harry Potter made me feel confident about who I was. I was extremely shy before I read it, but I really admired Hermione and was inspired to get good grades. I also felt a bit braver and stood up for myself more. I was able to chat with more people, because I could chat about HP.

twilight made me a girl again i was a tomboy then but now im not

harry potter always made me smile when i was down, and expanded my imagination,to a world of magic, and including the movies has made it even better, it showed me life lessons and of course the fictional events that came with it made it more entertaining :)
twilight isnt as enlightening as i read it, wasnt as believable as harry potter (no offence to twilight fans)twilight wasnt bad but didnt effect my life as harry potter did