Modern kids are so embarrassed to be in fandom that they do everything they can to shame the people who have been here for years

as if they aren’t the exact same as the people they’re mocking in every single way
Like I’m sorry kids but when people make fun of shippers and ‘fujos’ they're making fun of you too. You aren’t exempt by leaning into it bc youre ‘not like other girls’
It’s so transparent. You just heap on a bunch of ageism so you can distance yourselves from whatever half-baked ‘criticism’ you’re doling out

But fandom is a niche interest, it’s considered geeky and ‘cringe’ no matter what, you aren’t the popular mean girls you wish you were
If anything you’re far worse than the adults who have been chilling here for decades like the majority of us have jobs or families and indulge in fandom as a hobby

You think fictional people have human rights
The only reason you guys get a bunch of validation on Twitter for your sick dunks on women having hobbies is bc misogyny is the status quo

every dudebro who is liking or RTing your shit /is applying it to you too/
‘We should bring back bullying!!’ says the kid who was probably shoved into a locker at school last year bc of the Todoroki keychain on her backpack
I’m using she/her here but this applies across the board to all genders

and I hate to say it but most of the ppl outside fandom who are mocking women and girls for their hobbies probably don’t care about your pronouns either.
Anyway the only thing fandom Puritanism has done is give y’all a ready-made excuse for hideous misogyny, ageism and [insert bigoted thing here]

As long as u dehumanize your target first by calling them a pedophile etc then they’re fair game. That’s the entire point of it
The trappings of social justice have been turned into such an effective weapon that kids wield it freely without a single thought of what the repercussions are gonna be and that’s probably the worst thing Tumblr ever did
Like why. Why are you so embarrassed. Who cares.

stan literally means ‘stalker fan’ by the way so uh yeah ok that’s so much better Person Who I’m Not Sure is Being Ironic or Not
Sorry for being bitter there’s just something deeply frustrating about the constant risk of running into yet another ‘lol fandom mom’ take floating around w 10k likes from some 20-year-old with ‘comfort characters’ and a list of kins in their bio
You’re cringey

I’m cringey

We’re all cringey

Just deal with it and stop making ppl miserable for Christ’s sake
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