Fake Fans - Tumblr Posts
That’s so important!
When I got into the Batman fandom about three years back, the first thing I did was look up info on all the robins, cuz I heard of “Batman and Robin” before (most of my family have no idea who Robin is and my brother sorted Batman to Marvel); and I tell you, I was literally ashamed of myself for not knowing that there was more than one. I read up on Wikipedia to start off, then read through a lot of the comics.
I’ve never heard anyone call someone else a fake fan in real life - only heard of this happening through others on the internet -, but fandoms in general aren’t that much of a thing around my area. But honestly, if you’re not a complete jackass when someone tells you they just recently got into a fandom you’re already all informed in and they really like it, then you show them more content, where and how to get it, show them what you know, AND YOU DON’T bully them out of a possible future passion!!
Hey maybe people should start doing this here on Tumblr instead of calling people out for “not knowing enough about the characters” or “not reading the comics” or “blatant mischaracterization”
Plenty of people don’t have access to comic book stores and money to even buy comics or the internet to read the comics. Instead of discouraging people how about offer some knowledge that you have?
Slight Spoilers for most recent chapter
BkDks before the last chapter: IzuOchas always make about their ship, and never worry about Ochako and the fact she is going through her trauma!
BkDks with 429, where Bakugou has only one panel with Izuku and only asks one question about his quirk and not about Izuku himself:
OH MY GOD THIS IS THE BEST LOVE STORY! THIS IS PEAK! TOTAL ENDGAME SHIP RIGHT HERE!
They also laugh at the fact that Bakugou only focused on finding out about Izuku’s quirk and completely ignore Ochako, as if it comes across as a Chad move and DOESN’T paint him as a selfish, uncaring asshole.
I am not going to miss a huge chunk of this fandom.
https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-features/hbo-casey-bloys-secret-twitter-trolls-tv-critics-leaked-texts-lawsuit-the-idol-1234867722/
lol. This article confirms what I already knew about a lot of supposed fan accounts on social media sites.
You ever get the feeling that every time you upload a video or a post on your community. Your fans seem to like you and comment your video. But never liked the video after watching it? Cause that's kinda the problem I'm having with my channel rn. Mostly, I never had any fans ever since I started my channel. They say they care about you but just saying that to make you feel better. But not your creativity that you really work hard to make your channel amazing.
Take this down
He kinda reminds me of sh@wn m3nd3s in this we dont stan
Me only being 19- the part about not having been around that long hits close. There's fandoms and content that have existed before I was even a thought, so certain things I won't even *know* exist until I'm told by someone older online!
Not to mention people might have limited access to books and/or television whether it's due to country, finances, etc...
You don't have to know every single thing about a work, band, author, singer, band, artist, etc...to be a fan. It stems from how the parts you do know have made you feel things and how it moved you.
Many things in life are a spectrum, and fans can be to. I consider myself a fan of many bands and artists and the amount I've listened to them vary greatly.
Don't gatekeep fandoms!!
No fan supremacy!!
Don't turn enjoyment into a hierarchy!!
Hi Mr Gaiman!
What’s your opinion on people saying someone is only a real fan of something if they consumed all of the available media of that thing? (e.g. “you aren’t a real fan of sandman if you only watched the netflix series”)
I feel like more and more people do this to sort of gate keep otherwise amazing fandoms and personally i think it’s quite sad to see.
As I posted on a more or less dead site a couple of years ago:
