[ SECRET POST #4684 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #4684 ⌋

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

I don't think it's about making others feel miserable, but rather more about wanting sympathy/compassion/validation for their misery, which, when given, then reinforces the behaviour of sharing said misery (because attention) rather than using fandom as the escapism they claim to be after.

Otherwise, though, completely agree.

[type_wild]

I think you hit the nail with this one. With the anon factor of fandom, where you can purge yourself of whatever it is you can't confess IRL, there's definitely an added safety in telling the internet all about the pain you can't share IRL. And as you said - online friends aren't assholes, and they'll still offer the comfort and compassion appropriate in the situation.

[(Anonymous)]

This is the interpretation I support, with the caveat that there ARE people who just want to wallow in their misery and drag everybody else into their mudhole with them.