Fandom
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“Fandoms”
Good morning everyone! So one thing that I am obsessed about at the moment is fan culture or commonly known as fandoms− especially the ones that are on the internet. What I like to talk about today is the idea that you can like something so much that it actually destroys your life. Let me explain.
Firstly, the person discovers and enjoys the thing then the person goes on to the internet and has fun finding more about it and people who feel the same way and then the person then becomes aware of their overwhelming perfection and becomes the main reason for being alive. Now whenever anything happens they are overcome by so many emotions that they can’t function and it’s basically destroyed their life. But what is it that turns you from a person who just likes something into an emotional wreck? It’s the internet.
So you watched something that made you feel some “feelings”, if you then go on to the internet and see tons of other people feeling the same “feelings”, it’s a feeling explosion! It’s basically like a soap opera around a group with ups and downs, fights and drama that at the end of the day is all centered around a mutual obsession over something or someone. Isn’t that beautiful?
But the separation between this level of a hardcore internet fandom and then just the casual real life fan is what amazes me. A casual fan would pretty much just enjoy the thing whilst the internet fan would be rocking back and forth in the corner because of all the feelings. Basically, fandoms are like drugs, you just that little bit to get you hooked and then a tiny bit more, here and there and BAM! Suddenly, your life is a disaster.
I think it’s great how our generation accepts so much as totally normal though like if a friend or a parent find something really strange that we probably would not even question. But then again, my innocence has been completely soiled by the internet I have seen many things that I will probably never unsee.
“Fandoms”
Good morning everyone! So one thing that I am obsessed about at the moment is fan culture or commonly known as fandoms− especially the ones that are on the internet. What I like to talk about today is the idea that you can like something so much that it actually destroys your life. Let me explain.
Firstly, the person discovers and enjoys the thing then the person goes on to the internet and has fun finding more about it and people who feel the same way and then the person then becomes aware of their overwhelming perfection and becomes the main reason for being alive. Now whenever anything happens they are overcome by so many emotions that they can’t function and it’s basically destroyed their life. But what is it that turns you from a person who just likes something into an emotional wreck? It’s the internet.
So you watched something that made you feel some “feelings”, if you then go on to the internet and see tons of other people feeling the same “feelings”, it’s a feeling explosion! It’s basically like a soap opera around a group with ups and downs, fights and drama that at the end of the day is all centered around a mutual obsession over something or someone. Isn’t that beautiful?
But the separation between this level of a hardcore internet fandom and then just the casual real life fan is what amazes me. A casual fan would pretty much just enjoy the thing whilst the internet fan would be rocking back and forth in the corner because of all the feelings. Basically, fandoms are like drugs, you just that little bit to get you hooked and then a tiny bit more, here and there and BAM! Suddenly, your life is a disaster.
I think it’s great how our generation accepts so much as totally normal though like if a friend or a parent find something really strange that we probably would not even question. But then again, my innocence has been completely soiled by the internet I have seen many things that I will probably never unsee.