It wasn’t hers anymore, and I wanted to keep it,” they explained. “It made me realise that for years, I’d been moulding her world into whatever I wanted it to be. It became clear that fanfiction offered them a way to regain control over the narrative. Tristan got back to writing, and now has roughly 17 works in progress, a list of 27 ideas they haven’t started yet and several prompted stories for over the next weeks/months. The site describes itself as a “multi-ship, multi-era, multi-media Fest, created to celebrate all non-cis characters in the Harry Potter extended universe!” This was until they discovered Harry Potter transfest on Tumblr – an online forum specifically created in response to JK Rowling’s comments calling for people to create even more trans content. “For a while, I didn’t know if I could continue participating in HP fandom. While there had been inklings beforehand, as Rowling had liked problematic tweets over the past few years, this was the first time her views were so transparent.” “Reading and hearing about each round of transphobic tweets felt like being punched repeatedly in the face,” they told i. Having first read the Harry Potter books aged six, spending much of their school-years deferring sleep to absorb more of JK Rowling’s world and paying the price by falling asleep in lessons, the books were unquestionably a huge part of their lives. For this reason, the recent comments shook Tristan, who is trans genderfluid, deeply. Tristan Jensen discovered fanfiction aged 19, and has been writing it for two years. Regain power of narrative Fans await the last book by JK Rowling “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows” at a bookstore after its release (Photo: Getty)
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