[ SECRET POST #2286 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2286 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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Comments

[silverr]

The only time I've ever come across this sort of thing in a (I hesitate to say "legit" but can't think of a better word) ... was a Rubenesque fandom friend of mine - call her Z - who met up IRL with a fan - call her N - who, as it happened, was severely anorexic. ~ After this meeting, the fannish friendship cooled completely from N's side: it wasn't until almost 2 years later than Z found out that it was because N just couldn't bear to be physically near her. (The body image distortion that drove N to see herself as "fat" even when she was nearly skeletal apparently applied to other people as well.) ~ N couldn't even being herself to talk to Z on-line because, as she admitted later, she couldn't get the image of Z's "grotesquely obese" body out of her head.

Sad but true.

[(Anonymous)]

I've been in the opposite situation--skinny person dumped by bigger people because they couldn't bear to look at an "anorexic" one without feeling judged.
(Actually, I'm not, never was and hopefully never will be anorexic. I confess I'm bordering on orthorexic now, but wasn't then. And I never judged them. But I do feel sad for them, if they're so insecure.)

Yeah, yeah, "thin privilege" and all. I know. Still: that sucks for everyone.

[silverr]

It makes me sad because I'd assume that what brought the people together as fandom friends is still there, but allowing that to be eclipsed by something that seems as though it ought to be superficial?

(Although, I do admit I myself don't fight fandom drift as hard if I've discovered that someone I've met in Fandom B also loves a fandom or trope that squicks me.)

[(Anonymous)]

It took me longer than it should have to realize by "rubenesque" you meant "my overweight friend" and not specifying she was a friend from a fandom with that word as the title of the book/show/whatever.

[silverr]

Ah sorry. I meant she was curvy and "plump" and zaftig. Bigger than average but certainly not "grotesque" in any way.

[diorama]

Up until I read your post, I thought it in reference to some type of art...group. Or something.

[charming_stranger]

Heh, me too. Glad I wasn't the only one! =)