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Secrets, rants, opinions, anything you want to say about your fandom or a fandom or fandom in general, do it here! Anonymously, of course. Get it all off your chest.

Some ground rules:
1. Going anon is encouraged but not absolutely required (for those who struggle with recaptchas and stuff).
2. No autoplaying/autolooping embeds, or embeds that cover/stretch the screen.
3. No dropping personal info or IRL contact info, etc.

That's about it, though!

(Today's post is below.)

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Letter to tumblr Hannibal fandom

[(Anonymous)]

Dear Tumblr Hannibal fandom,

Your social anxiety, general anxiety, potential sociopathy, your therapist's assessment that you have "supernatural empathy" does not make you like Will Graham.

There is a deep, deep, DEEP divide between your (as Hannibal Lecter would put it) "garden variety neuro[sis]" and the stress, strain, and trauma that comes from witnessing the horrors that people inflict on each other, and understanding it.

My advice to you: stop. Grow up. Get some goddamn perspective, and have some respect. While Will Graham is a fictional character, he is not heavily fictionalized. He represents a very realistic section of modern law enforcement culture, and you equating your teenage chemical imbalances to the work that these people do every goddamn day is frustrating.

Thinking that your personality/mental disorder gives you special insight on someone who has repeatedly been subjected to psychological and physical trauma is dismaying.

This is not to say that I do not understand your need to reach out and connect to someone/something in a safe and healthy manner. This is not to say that I am trying to dismiss your personal struggles with mental health and daily living.

This is to say: stop trivializing the kinds of experiences that others go through. Respect that while you may share some similarities with a character due to your personality, they have gone through things you can't even imagine being able to identify with.

Re: Letter to tumblr Hannibal fandom

[(Anonymous)]

most teenagers don't have a sense of perspective like that, you just notice it more in fandom where that type of behavior comes to the forefront. it's like getting mad at a dog for not knowing how to untagle its leash from around a tree.

Re: Letter to tumblr Hannibal fandom

[(Anonymous)]

holy hell what dark corners of tumblr Hannibal fandom are you lurking in

all I'm seeing are 2937586781156 reblogs of the same boring screencaps and people going "GUYS. GUYS. I KNOW IT'S SOOOOOO MESSED UP AND I AM SUUUUUCH A FREAK BUT OMG I SWEAR I TOTALLY WANT TO EAT THE FOOD" as if this is not an opinion that literally everyone has upon watching this show

if I ever saw someone trying to identify with the characters on this show (beyond someone who has actually experienced violence in some fashion) I would be very very confused