PureX
Veteran Member
Yes, but the word "fan" comes from the word "fanatic".There are people who like certain media (nowadays often films) and can quote every single line of it. So, what if the medium concerned is not just a movie but an authoritative text? And what if reciting this text by heart gives you high regard from your fellow believers? Wouldn't you strive for it even if it's not "mandatory"?
It's common and normal that when we appreciate and identify with some form of artifice (text, film, song, theater, etc.) that we want to pursue and experience it in depth. And we may also tend to speak of it with others more than they are actually interested in hearing. But most of us understand the line between our enthusiasms and the interests and needs of others. And we would never pass judgment on them for not sharing in our enthusiasm.
Unless we become "fanatics".