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spacelesscowboy · 6 months

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been thinking a lot about an unauthorised fan treatise (or, more specifically, about parasocial relationships, celebrity worship, invasive fans, etc etc) and bandom culture.

in the sense of trying to figure out what counts as “normal” fan behavior w/o it devolving into a parasocial relationship, or where the line is between having fun & making observations vs tinhatting & rpf (a lot of pete wentz’s songs in Infinity on High are direct quotes from LJ entries that in turn suggest being interested in mikey way vs. pete wentz & mikey way were in love with each other & had a nasty gay love summer fling & pete never got over it (REAL) (NOT CLICKBAIT!!!!!!!!!))

like, is it not weird to post an upskirt picture of gerard way and say “i want to shove my face between her legs”? personally i see those posts and laugh, bc to me those extreme expressions of sexual desire all equate to someone just. being a really big gerard fan. they’re all hyperbole to me. but that’s me interpreting them, and might not actually be the posters intention. maybe they really do want to shove their face in her crotch. i don’t know them!

when does the line between harmless fun and extremely inappropriate invasive behavior begin?

#emyrs.txt #mcr #fob #auft #<- for organization purposes #does this make sense. NWNEND #i personally don’t even think rpf is that bad?? if i’m being honest. i think it’s inappropriate when you harass the person in question about #it.#like. using dnp as an example. obviously looking at their videos u could tell that there was Something there. pointing it out or speculating #about it doesn’t seem super weird to me? it’s when ppl are insistent about it. when they start tagging the ppl and tweeting and trying to #catch them off guard like. hey have u heard about ppl shipping u two. what do u think. is it true.#or when they start. analyzing screenshots and behavior that it’s like. truly. relax it’s not that deep. and even if it was. do u think they #would want u analyzing their every move and interaction. there’s a reason this is speculation. maybe they’re not together. maybe they’re not #ready to come out. maybe they just don’t want to subject their relationship to the internet.#idk. i’ve been thinking about this a lot. since i read auft. NWNDDNMF #and also just bc i got interested in mcr again so there’s a lot of posts that have me asking myself if the wording or content of it could #weird. (<- in the sense of. would i talk to a stranger like this. or speculate about someone i saw in the grocery store)#and also am just thinking about this bc there’s so much ‘candid’ content being uploaded everywhere. and people uploading street interviews #—which i’ll admit i like to watch sometimes—#& the comments are always ppl making the most bizarre speculations and coming to weird conclusions #so this has been on my mind a lot.#BWNENDNDND #idk. ig the answer to. ‘is this normal or weird’ depends on the person that you’re talking about.#ok. i’m tired of verbalizing my thoughts. bye :)

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