If there could be two interest groups who were ever so opposite in their love, it’d be these two. Or are they really that different?

During Super bowl Sunday, I quietly worked on my computer, every now and then hearing the screams and roars of a touchdown, or a field goal, or a really good commercial. Honestly, all I heard was screaming from 20-somethings about a game which likely they couldn’t play if you handed them the ball. It reminded me of seeing “Twilight” opening night, being the oldest person in the theater, and hearing the SCREAMS when specific moments happened on screen. Oh it was hilarious to me, and made the movie going experience all that more fun. But I digress…

Hearing those adults screaming that Sunday night, made me mull over in my head the similarities between the two fan groups. While they would butt heads worse than Trekkies and Star Wars fans, in that animosity there is a great amount of common traits.

1. Both groups have ‘teams’ they are loyal fans of, and will defend said ‘team’ without hesitation from any rival teams.

2. Complete disregard to the flaws in their dedication subject (football/Twilight). We won’t point out that football is rugby, but with pads, or that Twilight has a weak lead female. These extreme fans will NOT have that! It doesn’t exist! What they love is BEST!

3. Complete disregard for respect for OTHER fans. Twilight fans love to push around others as much as others push them around. Ditto to football fans, who are the butt of many non-sports fans jokes.

4. They seriously wear their love. Sure, a normal fan may have a t-shirt, but these people get SERIOUS about dressing up. Be it in bodypaint, sparkles, wigs, costumes…and I’m talking about the football fans! J/K, this applies to both really.

5. Men in really tight clothing. Just leaving it there on the table.

These are just a few examples, and yes, could be applied to any extreme fan of any sport/fandom. In all my years as a fan, however, I’d say the most vocal (and beat upon) are the Twilight fans, and the most vocal (and joked about) sports fans are the football fans. 

So there you have it , two totally opposite fans, and yet they have more in common than they’d like to admit to. Makes you think doesn’t it?