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theophagie-remade · 2 years ago

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Not sure whether this can be considered a hot take or whatever but something that I really dislike is that there really doesn't seem to be a distinction between fanbase and fandom in many people's minds anymore, which is really grating because you'll see comments from self proclaimed fandom members like "I like [thing] but I'm not one of those crazies who care about ships lol, weirdos 🤪". Because shipping is one of the core elements of fandom, so if you really can't stand it that much maybe the problem lays within the fact that you entered a community that does not fit you

(Which isn't to say that you have to ship something, anything, to be a fandom member, but accepting the existence of shipping as a common practice should be the minimum lol)

#a fandom is part of a fanbase but a fanbase isn't a fandom. and all #prompted by: bnha dudebros on twitter. but also many funnymen here are like this too so...........#which is. a whole other can of worms because they're all ''booo all these women and queers ruin the fandom🙄'' motherfucker!!!!!!#you are in THE women and queers hobby space!!!!!!!!!!!#< which goes beyond shipping and is extended to hcs and interpretations etc etc etc #(last three tags are about the dudebros but like. i have Thoughts. on the funnymen too)#mytext #fiction talk

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