#im just fed up of people putting celebrities up on these pedestals

[hiding-in-the-vault]

isnt this whole wilbur thing a huge warning sign against getting too attached to ccs, because we can never truly know them? why are we celebrating a few fans putting /150/ dollars + whatever the commission fee for the artist was into a birthday present for a guy who just.. doesnt know them? its not like merch or supporting a creator, its literally money in the wind. between this and merch dropping like clockwork but sapnap being the only one actually doing content (and hes clearly just doing it for the kick quota.. sorry but the streams are so lackluster), im getting really disillusioned with the dream team. theyre literally just coasted by because of a hyperdedicated fanbase they dont really seem to give a shit about. people talk about how amazing and kind they are but are they really? we dont know. why are we monetarily supporting millionaires its literally just charity but for rich people at this point, they dont provide any value in exchange. i think people should really consider why theyd rather drop ~180 dollars on a billboard for a rando instead of charity or buying something they want or need. sorry idk i just feel fed up with how much time and money and love i poured into these guys and in response were getting nothing. sapnap didnt even bother to denounce the abuser he used to interact with. i could have donated and actually helped someone instead of buying a fucking hoodie i cant even wear to school because id get bullied.

I don’t think there’s anything wrong with a little wake up call. They are just some guys that stream and make videos. You’d think the last few Situations™ would teach people to simply not put cc’s on pedestals and expect perfection from them. But you must realize that if you’re going to argue against people giving cc’s money, then you need to go all the way back to every single sub and donation they’ve gotten through twitch as well. It’s always been a luxury some choose to do because they get something out of it. They were never forced or tricked into doing it. And I don’t know how the Sapnap billboard was funded, but I donated to the George b-day billboard. Gave up $5 because I thought it was a fun community idea, and it did not impact my ability to donate or buy things I needed. It doesn’t need to be any more complicated than that. It’s not a streamer's fault that you chose to spend money on them instead of donating.

If you’re upset by the lack of content, then entertain yourself with something else. People have been saying that for ages. If you think their intention is to continue promising content and never delivering just to squeeze money out of fans, then leave. I personally don’t believe that.

Dream believes he does owe us content, but we don’t get to decide when it comes. And you don’t have to give them a dime for it.

[lily-blue-blue-lily]

im so fucking sick of the pedestal yall have put john mulaney on

[blue-shaded]

i am.. so incredibly fed up with the whole celebrity thing. i am so god damn tired of this weird culture of putting strangers on pedestals. i am so done with this fucked up phenomenon of masses of people idolizing someone and acting like they know them in real life.

of course i still like to consume content, and its not like i believe every famous person ever is complete evil. im just so sick and tired of how its somehow seen as normal and healthy to become obsessed with someone youve never met, only for it to come out suddenly that theyre a terrible person. and even worse is the people that keep supporting them regardless because what? its become acceptable to make a complete stranger a part of your identity?

god! at some point you have to realize you cant interact with a celebrity in the same way you can interact with fictional media! they are not art to be interpreted!

And this is exactly what the problem with stan culture is and I wish more people realized that instead of voluntarily staying in that toxic hivemind and echochamber they created for themselves. Stans will always say “x would never say y thing I know them they wouldn’t ever do that” No. That’s what those creators WANT you to see. Besides they’re not acting up to that character because of your entertainment values. They are acting like that because of how the general public is viewing them. Stans are a contributing factor to that because they’re loud and proud about their community, just like the minority groups that are being invalidated are. The general media will only listen to those loud and clear, the stans, because they’re the most visible ones in the community.. Sadly however, those are often also white cishet neurotypical teenagers. Impressionable teenagers. It’s very simple. The problem is that internet celebrities don’t realize they fall in the category of celebrities. It can be as innocent as Ariana Grande wearing a pair of earrings and suddenly all those types of earrings will be sold out at every jewelry store because those impressionable teens want to be like their idol. But it can also be as damaging and hurtful as someone like Jacksepticeye normalizing racism and transphobia and thus the people that look up to him will be normalizing that type of behaviour too. More people need to realize the damage stan culture can do because of a lack of exemplary representation from the creator or celebrity themselves. And because of that, the communities themselves become the representation of a celebrity instead of the other way around, like it should be. We can prevent this.