#and even earlier w fandomizing history via het/alia

[llycaons]

I wish I had that 'kill the fandom in your head' post but I've never actually seen it. but it sounds like a succinct way to remind people that real issues impacting living people exist outside of fictional media and in most cases (if not ALL) its extremely inappropriate to talk about those issues through that lens, especially publicly, ESPECIALLY to the person who's talking about them in the first place. the exceptions might be public or mainstream perceptions of x issue as influenced by y piece of media, or issues directly relating to media consumption

its also critical to just be able to separate fiction from reality in your head so that you can discuss actual issues within their own context and with respect to the actual guiding historical and sociocultural forces that shaped them. if it's difficult to view the significance of real life issues on their own then that's something to really work on