This might be interesting to those of you who aren't familiar with the crazy* people who are called Potterheads. Or to those who just want to surround themselves with more Potter related stuff, like myself! I promise, this is also enjoyable for the insufferable know-it-all Potterheads. Let's just start with the basics; defining the word "Potterhead". Well, a small trip to the Urban Dictionary provided us with the following information:
"Amazingly cool people who are obsessed with Harry Potter.
Person 1: Have you got Deathly Hallows yet?
Person 2: Hell, yeah! I was at my local book shop from 7pm until Midnight on 20th July 2007 to buy it!
Person 1: 'Course, you're such a Potterhead *gazes adoringly*"
Obsessed? I like to call it "dedicated". Alright, obsessed is pretty damn accurate.. And this one:
"An extreme version of a fan
of the Harry Potter
books.
The extremity of a particular Potterhead's behavior can range from merely obsessing about the books by reading them more than 5 times each, and the movies by watching them more than 5 times each, to a fangirl or boy who stalks the celebrities, own a livejournal to write fanfiction, draw fanart, post self-made YouTube fanvideos, pray to shrines accordingly to their section of the fandom (eg. The Good Ship, slash, Manippers...etc), listen to Wizard rock (Wrock) and/or spend hours on a discussion forum debating on theories and opinions.
The ages of Potterheads can range from 13-80, depending on the maturity of the person. Extremists are generally older, as the Harry Potter fandom revolves largely around sex between characters, money needed to BUY Harry Potter items (that parents are unlikely to comply with), and a good sense of humor and wit to protect, again, the Potterhead's section of the fandom, as sections tend to clash (eg. Shipping Wars).
A Potterhead, however, is not a 10 year old who wears Harry Potter gear, dresses up with glasses, a cape, and a drawn on scar. A Potterhead is NOT one who thinks Ron Weasley is stupid (with exception to radical H/Hrshippers). A Potterhead is not one who does not know how to read, but watches the films and worships Emma Watson. A Potterhead is not a nerd. Nerds are too busy studying to obsess about pop culture.
A Potterhead can be closely affiliated with fangirl, fan, or Obsessed Freak of Nature.
11 year old Girl: OH EM GEE! I luV HaRrY POtTeR! It Is SoOo KeWl! RoN is So StUpId! I hAvE aLl tHe MoVieS On DvD! I dOn'T uNdErStAnD wHy Harry/Hermione DoN't GeT tOgEtHeR! DeY aRe So MeAnT 2 b In da MoViEs!
Potterhead: Go fuck yourself, you friggen peice of shit. *SQUEEE*
"
Some people without knowledge of HP, fangirls, crazy shippers, fanfiction and wrock music will probably be wondering what the above was all about. But yeah, I can't explain everything at once, can I?
I think this definition is quite .. perfect. Especially the last part of it, about fake fans and true Potterheads. I remember one time, there was this boy and he was saying things like, "I'm such a Potterhead." So I, happy that I had finally found a fellow Potterhead, asked him: "And what's your favorite HP book?" He looked at me and casually said, "I never read them. They're boring."
"Boring." "Booooring." I still hear the word. Over and over again. "Boring..." Yes, it was extremely difficult for me to not use my wand and Avada Kedavra his ass off. But I managed to stay calm. We don't want the Ministry of Magic to know we're using magic in front of Muggles, do we?
A non Potterhead is now probably also wondering what a Muggle is. Well, it's someone without any magical abilities. Or how some like to define it; someone who's not into Harry Potter.
So, what the hell is a Potterhead?!
An awesome magical person who thinks about Harry Potter 24/7. And who usually owns a Twitter/Tumblr/Facebook account/page dedicated to HP, where they obsess about it all the time.
IT'S CALLED SHARING THE MAGIC, BOYS AND GIRLS!
So, there we go. My first blog.
Nox!**
*Crazy in a good way, 'o course!"
**A spell used to extinguish the light made with a Lumos spell, which creates light. Basics, guys.
