#sorry this was long and rambly and unasked for i'm just having a really really bad day

[fandoomrants]

Noo 🥺 Don't be insecure about your interests, ever!

I have a few tips and things I do to cope with such things:

1. If I want to write about a fandom, I do a separate blog only for writing so I don't fill my original blog with random stuff that some of my other followers might not be interested in.

2. If I have many thoughts and feelings about a certain fandom and I don't want them on my dashboard where people I know irl might see them, or I don't see them fitting with the original content of my blog, I also make another blog (like this one!).

3. When it comes to speaking about fandoms, irl or here, I speak about it in general, but I don't go into details about ships or thoughts about characters too much, unless I see the other person is on the same page of accepting these things or at least being interested in the fandom.

Like, I also had this before, worrying about how people might react to me being so interested in fandoms and all but I stopped. The thing is, there'll always be people supporting you but also people that find it weird. But if you're insecure about it, you might miss out the chance to meet people with similar interests! I always tell the people around me about what fandoms I'm in and sometimes, there are people who are in the same fandoms and then I find people to talk about them with! Other times, they just say they haven't heard it or don't like it, and that's it. There are also these cases like when I was rewatching Umbrella Academy recently and my mother got to see it as well and at first I was really worried what she's going to think of it because of all these strange and dumb moments and I thought she'll watch an episode and be done with it but she turned out liking it so much that I had to wait for her to come home before continuing the rewatch so she can also watch with me.

Anyway, I'm getting in a ramble a bit so, what I meant to say originally is, you shouldn't be insecure about your interests even if they're strange, because that way you might miss out finding new friends or bonding with people over something! Like, maybe not share all of your thoughts and all about a TV show immediately but testing the waters saying you like it to someone is not something to be insecure about!

Anyway, sorry for this long and unasked for answer but I really just wanted to say there's no need to feel worried about such things so much! Nobody is going to think you're dumb or even if they do, that's their opinion but it might be caused by them liking completely different things that /you/ might be finding dumb yourself! ;)

does anyone else get really insecure about their interests? like I’ve always been like. this person thinks I’m stupid because I like the umbrella academy and the umbrella academy has a lot of really dumb moments. I’m so hesitant to talk about shows I like if there are small plot elements that are kind of silly