hahaha yeah lol, they obssession is similar,, but twilight is not yet as big as potter... i think... but still the signs say they are very similar phenomenons... but the stories are different,,,, i am a fan of the two,,, but i agree with the author of this article,,,lol

there ARE vampires in HP. they just aren't major characters.

Potter is still better, and it's NOT just a kid's book. Almost every adult I know has read, and fallen in love with them too.
The obsessions are almost exactly the same.
Too bad Twilight Saga was sucky after Twilight.

I have to tell you that I'm a major HP fan, and I'm also reading Twilight at the request of a friend, whose daughters are obsessed with the Meyer series. From the start, I've noticed the resemblance. Talk about denial! And my friend, who thought I was a fruitcake for liking HP so much that I became a mod on a roleplay site (I'm 38, btw), finally admitted SHE'S obsessed with the story (but not the actual books). Hahaha! I think Potter's is a better story than the Cullens', by far. I can see why people like Twilight, but honestly, it's too emo for my tastes. This coming from one who has always loved vampire stories, so it's not that I don't care for that. HP, which isn't just for kids, has deep plots and character development. I've still got one more Twilight book to go. I have it IN my possession, and I don't HAVE to read it like I did HP. To each his own. Incidentally, yes, there ARE vamps in HP. There's one at Slughorn's party in the 6th book. :)

Oh my god thats ridiculous. First of all, yes there are vampires in Harry Potter. The Harry Potter series however, does not feel the need to establish the "emo / goth" card that everyone else seems to be aiming at these days. Second of all, the vampires in Twilight are pretty much fairies with fangs. It is possibly the worst vampire story I have read --- even Blackula kicks Edward Cullen out of the water. What, do they really think that vampires being in their book makes it all bad ass and adult level? Harry Potter by far was the better literary peice.

Hi,
I am a 29yr old mom and I will proudly say I read both Harry Potter and Twilight and obsess over both. I love them both and feel they are equally great!

And I'm sorry to point out that there are some vampires in the later HP books, they just aren't major charaters.

As previous commenters have pointed out, there ARE vampires in Harry Potter. But I guess Twilight fans wouldn't know that if they haven't read the HP books. I am a Harry Potter fan, and I have seen the Twilight movie. I liked it, I just like Harry Potter more. I do think Twilight fans are in denial though that the series shares similarities with HP, especially in terms of obsession. The only difference I see in the mania is the fan base. Let's face it: at the moment, HP has a much wider fan base in terms of age and demographics than Twilight does. That could change over time of course, but that just means that if and when that occurs, Twilight will have even more "obsession" similarities with HP, whether Twilighters like it or not.

Wow, I thought I was somewhat enlightened, but I was not familiar with the Twilight series. Luckily, I don't really need to be, to get the point of this funny and truthful post.

Some people will NOT get the point, even when it's pointed at their stubborn little heads!

Keep fighting the good fight Kelsey!

I'd would've said, "There are vampires in Harry Potter, too," but, like, 12 people beat me to it. I'd also say it isn't a children's book either, but it looks like about 4 people beat me to that. lol

I agree, though. The denial is amazing.

I love both of the series and I don't get why everyone tries to compare them--or why so many Twifans will deny liking Harry Potter. I can see why you get so frustrated, obsession is obsession whether it's over Harry Potter, Twilight, heck even over Hannah Montana! It's obsession!

I believe that both series are incredible and different as night and day.

well i Am a fan of Both the Twilight books and the Harry potter books, theres no denying that...
i just think that Twilight appeals to me more than harry potter b/c ive read every book...
ive also read all of the harry potter books.
but! i started reading the first HP book in 5th grade!
and now that im a senior in hs i have read twilight which appeals to my age group.
Yes true hp also grows up and th story develops.
but i Jus like twilight b/c it can sort-of relate how teenagers are! minus the vamps.
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Love ur Blog Kelsey!

i personally like both. HUGE harry potter fan here. and twilight is a close second. it's TOTALLY the same thing. crazed fans stalking fictional characters for autographs.. midnight movie and book releases. who cares if there are no vamps in harry potter... the point is.. PEOPLE are OBSESSED with fictional characters that have magical powers.

It'd really freak out those in denial when you remind them that Robert Pattinson portrayed Cedric Diggory in the HP flicks.

distinct difference though, Potter is written with several layers, a good plot line, and hidden gems throughout. Twilight, on the other hand, is not that entertaining, is exceptionally predictable (granted, I guess there was a piece of Voldemort's soul in harry after the third book...), and just downright boring.
Also, Vampires make everything worse, as they want to pretend not to be talking about sex, but are anyways. Stop using vampires as an innuendo

But there ARE vampires in Harry Potter. Granted, they are not main characters but the HP series acknowledges their existence. They even "show" one. Sanguini, anybody? Anyway, I agree with the author. The addiction is the same. Denial is hard on some of the twilighters.

The obsession is exactly the same. I have read both and yes as many people have said, there are vampires in Harry Potter. Also Harry Potter might have been originally intended for children, but lots of adults read them too. Harry Potter has way more readers, because twilight is mainly teenage girls.
The obsession is the same. I have gone to midnight releases for harry potter books, and the twilight movie. It is identical, although at some times the twilight one might not be as strong. Those who say differently are in denial, or just oblivious.

Twilight can best be described as stephenie meyers has described her own books many times "... they are my sexaul fantasies, and I just had to write them down..."

all twilight is is smut for tween girls who have never been in love... I.E. real love, which deals with emotions, not lust for a persons physical godlike faultless, or in the case of edward, the fact that he cant read bella's mind.

none of meyer's characters have any real depth or development, and given that, again, by her own admission, she only spends 3-4 months writing her books, there is no time to at least give them a symbelience of humanity.

They are all walking cliches abused by vampire writers. what is different is that this time, it is being marketed directly to 9-14 year old girls, who are at the age where they begin to understand romantic love.

What is scary is that adult woman are now starting to get obsessive for this, which makes you wonder if their marraiges are simply matters of convience or religous expectation... because anyone who understands the true side of love; the emotional connection between two people that exists at the deepest, most human levels of a person's existnce.

Yes bella, we get it, edward makes you sweatty and your heart beat faster everytime you look at his sparkle chest and perfect high cheek bones and gold eyes. yes, we get it you swoon like a cliched heroine in a western film everytime he breaths on you... but thats not love... that is being in love with a image and a breath spray.

As a fan of both worlds, I think the fascination is extremely similar. I agree with the author of the article 100%. The difference between the two is that Harry Potter is an intiation or coming-of-age hero story while Twilight is all about a mythical but true romantic love. Both are wonderful. I think what is drawing a lot of Harry Potter fans (and others) to Twilight, however, is the romantic aspect. In HP, Rowling alludes to romance for her hero but only fulfills it in a very off-page manner. Twilight fans have the benefit of seeing a romance that is unabashedly and unashamedly front and center. Stephenie Meyers doesn't apologize for it; she simply writes what many of us want to read. There's certainly nothing wrong with that.

As someone who likes both, I can see both sides of the story. I personally hate it when Twilight and Harry are compared. The stories are different, but the obsession is the same. I read twilight just as fast as I did when Deathly Hallows came out. Seriously comparing the two in anyway other than the mania they created is like comparing starwars to startrek. There is no comparison, they are different.