Will we ever forget Harry Potter or is it always going to be there for us?

Sometimes I worry that I’m going to stop referencing the Harry Potter series and what that’s going to mean for me as a fan.

Harry Potter has been in our lives for so long, it would feel weird without it. But have you ever found yourself suddenly not talking about it as much? For instance, I scratched my forehead this week and rather than saying I look like Harry Potter, I stretched and went for a Kylo Ren joke.

A part of me broke inside when my friend pointed out that I was more like Harry because I hadn’t even thought about it. This series that has consumed my every waking moment for years was suddenly not the first reference I went for.

When did I become a secondary Potter fan? Am I just now someone who goes “Oh yeah, I like that” rather than someone who starts to go on tangents about my favorite characters? I hope not because this series means more to me than anything else in this world.

I grew up wanting to be encompassed by magic and part of this universe that J.K Rowling created. So the idea that I suddenly wouldn’t care anymore frightens me. Maybe it is because it has been almost two years since anything really knew came out.

Maybe I’m still trying to get pumped to go see Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: The Crimes of Grindewald and, once I do, I won’t shut up again. But I always fear that I’ll grow out of this series that made me who I am.

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Will there be a day when I don’t say that I like books because Hermione Granger let me know it was okay to love them? I hope not because without Harry Potter, I don’t know who I’d be.