Actually, since the OP is brand new, and has probably gone to the threads were there is absolutely nothing posted in them, as all of those posts have been deleted when we made the switch to the 'new' board, I can understand why the OP might think that we aren't 'serious' fans and only can blather on about silly topics. I love silly topics myself. When I see all of the threads that have no posts in them, it makes me feel like the Maytag repairman. See- I just posted something silly there!
That said, many of us have been members of this forum for a l-o-n-g time and we do take Mr. King's works very seriously. There have been many a lively discussion on here about his books and/or movies, but we don't keep it to just King topics. If the OP just wants to discuss King, then they can just stay in those particular threads. Some of us have developed friendships with each other here, even if we've never met in person, we can become friends and enjoy each others ideas and thoughts and share things from our daily lives here. Some of us have met in person and have been able to put a face to an avatar and remain friends to this day. I believe some of us have even met and gotten married.
What makes us different from other message boards is the deep amount of respect we have for Mr. King and for each other. We can have discussions here without calling each other names and flinging poo at each other. (well, most of us, you gotta watch out for that GNTLGNT guy!!
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I hope the OP will stick around long enough to see that we're a pretty good bunch of folken here.