29 Reasons Your Harry Potter Friends Are Your BEST Friends

Updated on 7/31/2016 at 1:00 PM

You know how the first thing a normal person may ask a new friend tends to be about their job, or their family, or where they're from? Yeah . . . they're asking the wrong questions. The first thing Harry Potter fans want/need to know about a person is if they are in the presence of another true fan. If not, things can get a little dicey. If so, things can get amazing, intimate, and a little weird — fast.
Harry Potter fans are not like any other fans, and no matter where you go in the world, you can find a lasting friendship with them, because unlike other people out there, Potterheads genuinely understand each other. More importantly, they understand Harry Potter. If you love Potter more than pretty much everything else, then here's why you need to find the Ron and Hermione to your Harry — if you haven't already.

Your group costumes for Halloween basically plan themselves.

The options are Siriusly endless.

You can shamelessly tag each other in every single Harry Potter thing you see.

No explanations needed.

They give the BEST gifts.

Because why would you want a present unless it was Harry Potter related?

They don't tolerate Harry Potter naysayers any more than you do.

And they won't judge for doing what needs to be done.

They fully support your dream to get a Harry Potter-inspired tattoo.

JK, they just get one with you.

They never, ever get tired of discussing plot holes and discrepancies with you.

Because we will never, ever move on from them.

They can quote the books and movies right along with you.

Read: you can have entire conversations using only quotes from the books and movies.

Their idea of the perfect vacation destination is the same as yours.

Honestly who needs a tropical beach getaway when you can drink Firewhisky in Hogsmeade at Harry Potter World?

They hijack normal (aka boring) conversations and somehow bring them back around to the important stuff.

They will still check the mail with you on Sept. 1.

Just in case.

You can text them any time, day or night, with groundbreaking revelations.

No time is a bad time for an in-depth look into an obscure reference to the fandom.

They give great relationship advice.

They understand your pain better than anyone else can.

You don't need to explain why any reference to Fred turns you into a sobbing mess of emotions.

You laugh together.

You cry together.

They'll gladly defend you when you're reading a Harry Potter book in public and someone asks, "Isn't that book for kids?"

They will Wingardium Leviosa that assh*le right up and out of there.

They're always down to spend a Friday and/or Saturday night dissecting every detail of the books over a glass (bottles) of wine.

You can always be honest with each other.

The HP verse is a safe space, even if your opinions differ sometimes.

They are there for you when you need them the most.

Always.

They completely understand/don't judge when you spend an entire weekend on the couch watching a Harry Potter marathon.

Actually, they usually just end up watching it WITH you . . .

And if you can't be together, then you just end up texting each other about it the whole time.

They know that taking it "too far" isn't even a thing.

No matter how weird.

They know the only way to truly insult you is to compare you to Umbridge.

Because real fans obviously wanted her dead way more than Voldy.