Harry Potter and the Lame, Wannabe Followers

Everyone knows that Harry Potter is mainly for people who are currently 15 years of age or older. I'm not talking in terms of appropriateness, but rather to which generation such an epic tale of a boy who has a scar and wears glasses belongs.

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GREATEST (the color change of the font implies an increasing emphasis on the word 'greatest') fan of Harry Potter to have ever lived. No, seriously. I'll duel you if you say otherwise. And I'll beat you too. 

So, anywho (I never figured out if anywho is a word), I obviously pay close attention to anything Harry Potter-related in the news or around me. And what I've increasingly noticed over the past 2 years is that Harry Potter has a growing number of fans. But the kind of fans differ from the time the first movie was released. At first, kids who liked fantasy and other geeks were the makeup of Harry Potter fans. And I can use the word geek in an unoffensive manner because I am a geek myself. In fact, I revere myself to be one of the original Harry Potter loving geeks. 

But then, the swarm of teenagers who thought it was cool to like Harry Potter because it was getting all serious and grown-up-y arrived. Cool?!! Just because you like photography and sewing and reading (which, btw, a lot of kids have started getting into for some reason. Oh, wait, it's probably because they think it's cool) does not mean you need to automatically assign yourself to the cult of Harry Potter fans because quite honestly, being artistic has nothing to do with Harry Potter.

So, this is what I think is the makeup of the Harry Potter fanbase at present: 

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The only positive side to stupid, young people who cannot quite possibly understand the importance of Harry Potter is that they help turn up a lot of revenue for the movies. Those who are smart enough to attempt to read the books turn up a lot of money for J.K.Rowling.

I still don't like you if you are a ninth-grader or in a lower grade, and if I see you walking around proclaiming your love for Harry Potter, I will fight you. Because you're too young to even get Harry Potter. Bring it on foo!