#in a sense what is called a 'virtue signal' is a shibboleth
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Given that Reylo doesn't really bring me very much joy anymore it would probably do me social good to stop mentioning it. But it is really a microcosm of everything that interests me - both from an inside fandom thing (fanon which runs counter to the canon dynamic) to an outside fandom thing (anti-Reylo as a point of signalling moral health and sensibility) to the commercial squandering of it to the General Audience response which differed so radically from prevailing online discourse.
I don't know, I think I'm feeling sensitive because I've seen so many anti-Reylo posts recently. I wonder when it will ever die down lol.
#it's annoying that 'virtue signalling' is a red flag because it is true that socially people want to signal to social groups#they want to fit into that they hold that group's beliefs and conform#anything from signalling you know that band's whole discography *properly* to knowing the right style of a particular subculture's fashion#in a sense what is called a 'virtue signal' is a shibboleth#and in this case people want other people to know that they believe the right things and behave morally as is expected#not necessarily true belief#people who know nothing about reylo are anti-reylo#because that is the correct belief to have in fandom#the anti/proshipping debate is rarely that complex#it is a shibboleth effectively#and a way to differentiate 'us' (upstanding moral fans) from 'them' (cringe embarrassing fans)
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