Read our Privacy noticeEven in friendlier times, being a loud-and-proud adult fan of the Harry Potter franchise – a Harry Potter Adult, in modern parlance – has never exactly been chic. A memorial for Dobby, a fictional house elf from the Harry Potter fantasy novels and films, at Freshwater West beach ( Getty )What makes the whole Dobby debacle so egregious is that, in the broader scheme of things, Harry Potter Adults have already won. We live in a world that caters for the whims of the Harry Potter Adult with unctuous thoroughness. If you want to indulge your love of Harry Potter, there are video games, film franchises, theme parks; entire brick-and-mortar shops selling Harry Potter merchandise to Harry Potter fans. Really, Harry Potter adults are no different to Disney adults, or Pokemon adults.