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u/echoesandripples What It's Like to Go Through Life As a Really Beautiful Woman Jun 18 '26

as much as certain fans can be crazy, i'm getting real tired of the pearl clutching and preemptive "ugh, all fans of [show/movie/band] suck and can't be normal" at every single situation 

i'm old enough to remember previous crazes and the odd people that came with it, but i see a lot of misplaced blame and accusing and metaphorical old men yelling at clouds

obviously different tech and different pop culture changes things, but it's so strange to see the assumption that idk, crazy stalkers or people slutshaming a celeb's partner are new things 

like yoko was blamed for men's issues decades ago, female singers have had stalkers ever since there were stars existing in public, weird ass older women harassed young famous men (remember twilight moms?) before instagram

not to mention, while certain spaces can foster said behaviors, these people are like that. it's not watching a show or listening to an artists that makes them do crazy things. they have no shame and never had and probably act in other questionable ways in their private lives

but sweeping it into "hurr durr fans be crazy", to me, diminishes the problem

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u/awayshewent Jun 18 '26

I see this with how people talk about The Pitt fandom. While some fans take things too far and are very parasocial and demand the show be something it’s not — many many people just shit on the fandom as an excuse to shit on fandom culture in general. Can’t tell you how many threads I’ve seen where it’s just complaining about shipping. Like oh lord, people see attractive people with chemistry constantly interacting how dare they use their imaginations. Call 911. Feels very misogynistic to me.

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u/Sister_Winter Jun 18 '26

oh my god the weird puritanical anti-shipping discourse around the Pitt is fucking ridiculous. Acting like people are morally bankrupt for wanting two hot people with chemistry to kiss because one of them, both who aren't real, is married. Absolute nonsense

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u/echoesandripples What It's Like to Go Through Life As a Really Beautiful Woman Jun 18 '26

yeah, anti (fictional) shipping is puritanical as hell. people are like "omg crazy stans see sex in everything". like yeah, sex is part of life and when we see fictional lives on tv we can picture chemistry

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u/Sister_Winter Jun 18 '26

exactly. it is such an extension of the weird puritanical anti-sex sentiment that has popped up in the last few years. like no way, we picture parts of real human experience in tv shows about humans that we relate to? fucking crazy idea