What makes you a TRUE Harry Potter fan?

well of course i have a medal in the spot, i own all the hp books in many editions and i think that i know almost EVERYTHING about harry potter!! but wat makes me a real fan is the way i feel about the hp characters and the whole story...now after the 7books have published, i've fell the agony for the new book coming soon, the relief that harry made it this year, the excitement that voldemort was defeated again, the annoyance that ron acted like a total dork, the happiness that harry had his friends next to him, the feeling of completion when the headmaster explained wat was goin on in the end of the book, the depression that sirius, dumbledore and so many others died, the empty space inside me when the serie was over...
i think that these make me a TRUE harry potter fan, the feelings that got me closer to the fictional characters and let me hope with them "till the very end" as rowling said..

Y'know what I think makes people true Harry Potter fans?

Do you like Harry Potter? -> Congrats you're a true Harry Potter fan.

I think its all about feeling. When you learn about & connect to certain characters you tend to get hooked. The Potter stories were so easy to get lost in the stories.

I think that a true fan is someone who truly loves the stories and is thankful that J.K. Rowling shared them with us. I don't think that it's about how much you own of the series, how many medals you have, etc. I think it's about your love for the characters of the stories and truly whishing and wanting to make it to the end with them, even though it's fictional. It's not when you started reading them, how or why, it's what you feel whilst reading them and how you grow more love for the charatcers as the story develops. You go through the same emotions and experiences that they go through and end up feeling so in-tune with the books, that you are part of it, because if something were to happen to one of the characters, it would end up affecting you somehow- maybe not necessarily crying, but you'd feel a loss, and that's how much you've grown with the books yourself. I think that as long as you truly love the series, characters and great writing, no one can deny that you're a true fan. :)

The thing i own. i even collect harry potter stuff! dolls, books, beans, and more! i luuuuuv harry potter and i want to be in the deathly hallows movie but that is 1% happening.

I don't own anything except the books and DVDs, kind of grew out of xollections stuff (except my X-Files collection, but that's not the point :P)

So I guess what makes me a fan is the things I know, the frequency I re-read the books with, the fanfictions I read more often than I read the actual books. I don't care for medals and stuff like that, but I do love to meet people who share the same passions I do, so I should add, the amount of new people I met after I read the books :)

well i own the dvds, books, the games and collector items and also i started reading the books before the movies ever were out!!!

Being a true Harry Potter fan is only a matter of opinion. Sure, we'd all like to think that we're all true HP fans, but to other people we may not be. So...I say just love HP and all of its glory and don't let anyone tell you what you are and what you aren't. :) I just know that I love Harry Potter to death.

...And Alan Rickman, Severus Snape, Jason Isaacs and Lucius Malfoy.

i have watched all the movies!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The way I connect to the HP universe and its message.
The way I relate to my fav character - Severus.
The fanfics I write, mostly about him.
The way I relate to the House of Slytherin and the qualities of that House.
The locket I have in which I have an image of Severus and another one of the Slytherin crest.

To me you have to have read the books (and honestly I feel like you have to love them far more than the movies) - but who am I to say what makes people true fans? That's just the case for me :]

What makes me a true fan? I just love the story, and the writing, everything about the books! I have a Slytherin hat and a few replica wands, but even if I didn't have those, I'd still be a fan, because I don't believe you have to have every single McDonald's novelty plastic toy, you just have to simply love it.

You're a TRUE fan if you like and enjoy the books and movies. It's really that simple.

Not everyone can afford to Cosplay or but a ton of merchandise. Not everyone can afford to buy tickets and see the movie thrice in the theatre.

Not everyone has time to earn a medal on this spot.

I really do hate it when people set standards as to what makes a person a fan. Especially if said people base the standards on things like "you're not a fan if you don't like Harry!"

ask me any Harry Potter Question and ill answer it



plus i own a harry potter wand, harry potter Robe, Harry Potter Tie, and Harry Potter scarf, i own all 8 movies (plus extra copies if the disks get scratched), 5 Harry Potter video games, i own almost every book, and i still prefer quidditch then vampire baseball anyday

It's simple: having read the books/watched the films (preferably both) and liked them a lot. Getting emotionally attached to them. Possibly them being your favourite series, or one of your favourites.

It isn't to do with collecting merchandise or having medals here or anything of that sort.