Posers really bother me. In some ways, yes: everyone is a poser. But some of us are a lot more open in our poser-dom. Those are the ones that bother me.

If I'm not that into a fandom, no matter how well liked I'd be if I were, I'm not going to pretend that I know everything about it because that's just disrespectful to those that are really dedicated to it. Yeah, there are moments when I ask questions to fans but I do it out of genuine curiosity and that's not really, "poser" in my opinion, anyway. I'd personally rather have someone ask me a question about a fandom that I'm into rather than pretend to know more than me or even as much as me.

I'm going to branch off from the general and get more specific because this is my blog and this is obviously about a certain instance that triggered this post. I also don't feel like being passive aggressive in my own domain, so I'll be semi-aggressive. I shall call her Witch.

Witch is known by my peers as that one smart, beautiful girl who also happens to be uber cool since she is a fan of series' like Harry Potter and Avatar: The Last Airbender and it pisses me off to no end because she is SUCH A POSER.

I don't even say this a blind accusation either, mind you. I've made multiple references to her two "most beloved fandoms"(which conveniently happen to be the exact ones I am a part of) and she has gotten NONE OF THEM. Okay, to give credit where it's due, she got one of them after I spent another minute explaining what the reference was and why it was funny.

They weren't even vague obscure references, either. I've mentioned them to people who have only basic knowledge of the fandom and they still get it! I was just so angry that she could claim that she was a true fan and CONVINCE dumbass peers of mine that she is a true fan when she is obviously being an obnoxious poser.

For Halloween I was Avatar Kyoshi from Avatar: The Last Airbender and although she had a generic costume, after hearing people compliment my homemade Kyoshi outfit, she claimed that she was "originally going to be Korra from Avatar: The Last Airbender". And that PISSED ME OFF because:

1. Then why weren't you Korra? If you were a truly dedicated fan, you'd be Korra right now.
2. Korra is from Avatar: The LEGEND OF KORRA. HENCE HER TITULAR NAME. HOW DO YOU EVEN MESS THAT UP. KORRA HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE ORIGINAL GAANG.

She also dresses up in her probably $200 Gryffindor outfit every now and again and prances around claiming to be Hermione or something. She is neither Hermione, a Gryffindor, or a Harry Potter fan. I once made a sarcastic reference to it that went something like this:

Witch: Oh my gosh, are you serious?
Me: No, I'm Remus!

It was a play off of Sirius Black and Remus Lupin, if you didn't get that. And even my friends who just watch the movies understand that one. WITCH JUST STARED AT ME FOR AN ENTIRE MINUTE WITH A STUPID BLANK STARE ON HER FACE.

Ugh. It just makes me so angry because people believe her when she says she's a giant-awkward-dorky-nerd when she is clearly not a fanatic of anything that merits that title in any way, shape, or form. I take it so personally because I'd like to consider myself a pretty intense fanatic of some series out there and to have the same label bestowed onto me: someone who has dedicated themselves to the series, knows more than just the basics, has created an ENTIRE CLUB FOR IT, and doesn't need to flaunt it every second of every day for social validation and attention, as it is onto some random girl who wears outfits she bought off of Amazon and probably reads the backs of books and DVD boxes for her information of the fandom.

It's like when douchebag attention whores call themselves, "nerds". No, you are not a nerd. You are an insensitive, attention-hungry child who needs constant assurance of your worth. "Nerds" are the kids in school that sit alone at lunch with a book in their laps for companionship and hide their tests when they get them back with "100%" on them so no one can see and think they're arrogant. Nerds are the kids who get scoffed at and ostracized for their intelligence. Nerds are the kids that contemplate suicide when they can't seem to break social barriers.

Nerds don't always wear glasses and they don't always have buck teeth or funny looking faces or wear suspenders. And for people who have never experienced any unnecessary form of social discomfort to claim that they are on the same level as those who had to endure years and years of pain and isolation to have a label slapped across their faces and claim to be equals disgusts me as much as posers do.

Also, "nerd" does not equal "fanatic." There is a difference between what I just described and being a giant fan of something. Sure, one can be both a nerd and a fanatic. But most cases, the self proclaimed "nerds" are just fanatics that want to share this somehow popular label of "nerd".

Admittedly, I do sometimes use "nerdy" to describe myself. But I never use it to identify myself like some people do. There is a difference. There is a difference between having, "nerdy moments" and "BEING a nerd". I don't say that, "I  AM such a nerd," but I may say that something I've done could be perceived as, "nerdy."

Anyway, my point is that Witch needs to get her shit together before she'll ever be recognized as a true fanatic in my eyes. And furthermore, she will NEVER be seen as the, "nerd" she claims to be because she is well liked and not, "socially awkward" at all.

Aaand I am not even going to touch on people using the term, "socially awkward" because that would just be my "nerd" rant with some more profanity.

I am so glad that I will never have to see Witch again after high school. I truly hope she gets into her colleges on the East Coast because I would hate to run into her again in the future.

GOOD DAY.