Great distinction — which for me as a non-English speaker wasn’t so obvious. But I think you are right with “fan” missing out the responsibility factor.
I have watched many of his 12 rules talks on Youtube and am astonished, that he maintains this aliveness and almost all the times I learned a little thing which was new. Now I am looking forward to the end of his book tour and to new content coming up.
Btw. I am a classical musician and, judging from my experience, I am totally blown away how someone can have such a tight schedule in different continents and still be alive and energetic. I couldn’t do that for sure!