
There’s a big difference between being a fan and being a super-fan. Not all fans would be able to differentiate between the two, but every super-fan understands, at a bone-deep level, the difference between themselves and those of their ilk (fellow super-fans) on the one hand and regular fans on the other.
The unforgettable theory that it’s the weak characters who do the most damage appears in a Marple novel
For example, I am a big fan of Richard Curtis’s 2013 movie About Time.

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