Just a little rant...

LOL...is there really such a thing?

There seems to be a strange trend in popular culture fandom these days. And the only way I can really describe it, is being a fan-ist. A word that I just made up referring to one set of fans judging another set for being fans of something the former fans find to be crap.

Wow, did that make any sense?

Anyways, I am a person who loves a lot of things. You won't find me one camp. If you need proof of that, just look at my music, I have country, classic rock, pop, soundtracks from just about every movie AND TV show. The pop is anything from Ke$ha to Katy Perry, and the rock from Journey to Metallica, soundtracks from Twilight to Lord of the Rings.

So as you can see, I have a broad spectrum of loves, which means I mingle with people who love the things I love.

Which leads to me to my point. I have been a devout fan of Harry Potter from the beginning, grew up with  him. Literally. So I was there when Harry Potter was making the rounds of all the religious groups calling it "devil worshiping paraphernalia." Did that keep me from the reading the books? No. Did it bother me at all? No. But I do know people who were affected, and who stopped reading them because of these people.

Fast forward about ten years later, and now the Twilight books have become huge. And yes, I am a fan of those too. They reminded me of why reading is fun. Until I read the first book, I hadn't read anything for pleasure in years. Ever since I entered high school. And when I opened up Twilight, and remembered that reading is something I do enjoy very much, I formed a pretty personal connection with those books. Now, are they great art? No. Are they even what can be called literature? No. But are they a fun way to escape at the end of the day? Hell yes. I still turn to them for a bit of escapism. And will probably for a long time.

So, to my real point. I have been noticing a lot of HP fans really degrading Twilight fans. And that makes no sense to me. First of all, why do you care that someone is a fan of something? It hurts you in no way. And why, since HP fans went through the same thing a long time ago, would you put someone through that? I hated it. And for this reason, because most of the haters have never read the books themselves.

How do you get to form a valid opinion, and then JUDGE someone based on something that you have no prior knowledge of?
It really shocks me, and angers me. It was in high school where I finally decided to stop caring what other people think. So you can assume I'm some air-headed  twit who believes vampires sparkle all you want. But it won't stop me from loving something innocent, and fun.
And to those HP fans who know nothing about the books, shame on you. You should know how that feels.

Wow, sorry. I just had some flashbacks as I was typing this. Stirred up some lost feelings. LOL.

All in all these HP fans are probably too young to have been there when the books topped the "Banned Books List." So they don't really know what they're doing.  But still. Let people love what they love. And for goodness sakes just go back to your circles and debate which House is better. And I will happily sit in the center being a huge fan of both series.