(And a lot -- maybe the majority -- of non-Mormon Christians in the U.S. don't consider Mormons to be Christians at all, given the different scriptures, etc.)
Sorry, I have to pause to tangentially giggle a little. You believe in a dude named Jesus and that he was divine? DING! Christian! We follow the one-drop rule around here!
Okay. Sorry. Done now. *g*
2.) a lot of Twilight fans are more Edward-fans than fans of the series as a world. I'd say it's more comparable to the reactions of adolescent girls to Elvis, or to boy-bands, than to the more heterogeneous passions of Harry Potter fans.
While I agree that there's a lot of boy-band thing going on here, I suspect that's not something eldritch and weird, but merely a side-effect of who the target market is. As you said, same effect as with musicians. Just this time, it's for a character.
Also, I would believe you more about Potter fans if I did not know the utter horror of its fanfic community, sprawled across the internet like a giant pornographic beast, holding flamewars because someone dared dis their OTP. :p
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Sorry, I have to pause to tangentially giggle a little. You believe in a dude named Jesus and that he was divine? DING! Christian! We follow the one-drop rule around here!
Okay. Sorry. Done now. *g*
2.) a lot of Twilight fans are more Edward-fans than fans of the series as a world. I'd say it's more comparable to the reactions of adolescent girls to Elvis, or to boy-bands, than to the more heterogeneous passions of Harry Potter fans.
While I agree that there's a lot of boy-band thing going on here, I suspect that's not something eldritch and weird, but merely a side-effect of who the target market is. As you said, same effect as with musicians. Just this time, it's for a character.
Also, I would believe you more about Potter fans if I did not know the utter horror of its fanfic community, sprawled across the internet like a giant pornographic beast, holding flamewars because someone dared dis their OTP. :p