Miriam Margolyes Ethers Harry Potter Fans

I do find it weird how so many adults cling to Potter. I was a fan (at least of the first four books), the same way I'm a fan of Star Wars or LOTR or Roald Dahl books. But I'm not out here having Matilda themed birthday parties or anything.

To be fair, Reese’s are top tier candy

harry potter has more of a special place to me than all the those other nerdy franchises. honestly it’s probably the only one of those franchise from my childhood that i’ll go back and rewatch (was a big star wars fan as a kid, especially with those sick battlefront games, but haven’t watched anything they’ve pumped out past rogue one).

anyways, it’s a big dose of nostalgia whenever i watch those movies (usually binge them every few years right around christmas time). i remember picking up the second one at walmart with my brothers, then fast forward and my grade watched deathly hallows part 2 in my mandatory grade 7/8 band class (i didn’t watch the few prior movies) but i remember the ending of it putting a bit of a lump in my throat. seeing all the characters grown up and sending their kids off to hogwarts pretty much putting an end to their era. it kind of aligned with me and my brothers, them graduating high school the year prior and moving out of the house and on with their lives with their now wives. going from spending everyday with your core family to seeing them maybe 20-30 days out of the year. i got the feeling of how fast time goes by, seeing those characters grow up in almost a snap of a finger, and how that snap again will bring me to almost my mid-twenties and where in life i’ll be. i can’t quite find the right words for it, but still when i finish binge watching the movies, i get that same sort of lump in my throat.

long story short, fuck miram, i still fucks with those movies. they’re good shit. with all the shit going on in the world, those little doses of nostalgia that you felt in your childhood innocence are nice. can’t say i’ve had HP themed birthday parties or ever will, but hell yeah adult me wants to go visit hogwarts land over in universal. and although i’d never have a HP themed wedding, if one of my buddies and their girlfriends were to ever have one, i wouldn’t scoff and say get real but rather me and my gf would probably go in some hufflepuff and slitherin drip and honestly probably have a better time than at most other weddings we’ve been to thus far.

i will say anyone that makes their personality revolve around a specific ‘thing’ can get annoying over time and even quite obnoxious, so if that’s where she’s getting at, then i take half of my fuck you back although she can keep the other half as she’s made some questionable ass comments in the past

Building your identity around the Ramones is so much cooler than doing it around Harry Potter, though.

Ramones self titled debut for me

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As part of the generation that grew up with Harry Potter (and as someone who really loved it myself from like ages 6-12), I’ve been saying more or less this exact thing for years. It’s exhausting at best and legitimately concerning at worst; especially when so much of the fanbase overlaps with those who always feel the need to qualify their fandom with (deserved) criticism of Rowling’s politics and online behavior. It’s like people are trapping themselves in this weird self-created shame prison. Just discover other things!!! There’s a whole world out there!!!