Emma Watson Turns 35 and the Internet Loses Its Mind

Emma Watson’s newly minted year of 35 is sent This is insane! Emma Watson, the actress who played Hermione Granger in the “Harry Potter” films, is now being celebrated on this birthday of hers by fans-wait not fans-people who grew watching her on screen have dug in social media heavily to glorify and serve nostalgia, with just so much of “wait, she’s HOW old now?!”

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A simple tweet by ScreenTime comically read: “Happy 35th Birthday to Emma Watson! 🪄” That was followed by birthday wishes, utter incredulity, and some further random questioning about whether “Harry Potter” should qualify as “woke” (like, seriously, someone actually went there).

Emotional types took the lead: Kevin Kostro with the classic: “Happy birthday baby I love you baby ❤️”-daring move, Kevin. Asaish Abid went full Disney with “HAPPY BIRTHDAY, PRINCESS BELLE”–for Emma did slay that role too in “Beauty and the Beast.”

The cause for the existential crisis was for the guys. GOD OF GAMING (yes, all caps because he’s serious) said: “Wow time flys.” Seriously dude, same feeling. Darth Tanjiro followed with: “She is 35? wow, time flies so fast,” with SportsGuy hitting us with the nostalgia gut punch: “When we first saw her, she was 11.” Oof! Right in the childhood.

However, for some people, this was unbelievable. “No way that she is 35” says one while another shouts: “Broooo watching this saga day one makes you feel old af…” Oh yes, all of us are ancient now! Thanks for the reminder.

But it was not just disbelief and the panic of aging. Some replies were downright poetic. For SirTopiano, in his words, “one of the best at balancing talent with grace in every role she took on.” As for web3danaaa, she literally is “a wizard in life, business and advocacy” -truth.

Now weirdness is stepping in. Out of nowhere Grok decided this was the appropiate moment to assess whether “Harry Potter” is “woke” and listed fifteen movies released in 2000-2015 that “might be considered woke today.” Like…cool? But also, why? Somebody else stated: “Best ever cast for Harry Potter“, which is fair enough.

And then, of course, there were the usual birthday spammers: “Happy Birthday Emma,” “Happy Birthday🎂🎁,” “Happy Birthday:)”, etc.-where sometimes the simplest composition wins.

But one of the best things was those random personal ties. LightShadowOnyx stated, “11 days after my b-day,” and another chimed in, “your age mate? Fair enough.” Like… okay? Happy belated we guess?

At the end of the day, Emma Watson being 35 hit much harder than we could have pictured. This has very little to do with her but everything to do with us. We grew up with her, saw her develop from a bushy-haired know-it-all into a UN Women Goodwill Ambassador, and now here we all sit saying, “Wait, how are WE this old?!”

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So, Happy Birthday, Emma. Thanks for making us feel ancient, yet we thank you for reminding us we had a childhood. And to everyone else who is screaming into the void in despair about time moving so fast…same. Same.