I get why there’s this trend with calling everybody a “LARPer” of fandom spaces- its another way to just fling misogyny at women and people who jerks don’t particularly want to share space with. But outside of people appealing to fandom or popular media for advertising a product of some kind, I have never seen a good argument that someone is genuinely pretending to be a fan of something.
I’ve come across a bunch of people saying this about particularly the Resident Evil fandom. Oh, you mean one of the most popular video game franchises ever made? Are you kidding me? It’s not some obscure media. It’s a massive franchise. To be precious over something that big is crazy.
And here’s the thing. The fandom gatekeepers don’t actually care if you’re a “true” fan or whatever. They just want to exclude people. I have had this exact conversation over and over where some loser accuses me of not being a real fan of a video game or musician and drills me on whether I know some ridiculous lore about it. When I show receipts that I am actually higher versed in that media or topic than that guy, he just stops talking to me altogether or straight up says I learned the information just for clout. Because I’d definitely waste my time learning extensive information about something on the offchance some rando quizzes me about it on the street?
So it’s not about being a true fan, it’s just the same exclusionary fandom bullshit. We’ve seen this all before they’re just using a new word.
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