[ SECRET POST #2336 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2336 ⌋

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

hm. since a lot of this is stuff that every single gossip magazine does, and many fans do, do you think the intent is integral to the creepiness?
I've always thought that compared to fans not respecting boundaries IRL (ie. actually stalking/doxxing), rpf is pretty mild.

[(Anonymous)]

I think gossip magazines and such are really stalkery as well, and part of the problem. They've normalized this proding and crossing personal boundaries of people in the public eye, so people don't realize or don't think of how problematic it really is when they decide to RPS.

Just because someone is famous doesn't mean they need to give up all right to personal privacy. They signed up to be an actor/politician/singer/model/whatever, not to make every part of their life an open book to anyone with passing curiosity. There shouldn't be any "comes with the territory", they should be able to do what they love without cameras flashing when they're out with their kids/shopping/vacationing/showering, and finding a report on their every move beside the candybar they want to buy.

I really hate the very idea of the paparazzi in general though. It's just so invasive. I can never stop thinking how vehemently I would hate having that done to me; it bothers me how this pov rarely occurs to the people that buy those magazines, RPS fans, and just plain rabid fans.

Enjoy the work they put out and get paid for, write your fic if you have to, but do it from what they allow to be public knowledge; there's no need poke so far you know how they take their coffee, what sort of shampoo and deodorent they use, the name and location of every person they ever dated, or the precise location of every mole, birthmark or freckle they have if they don't choose to say.

[ill_omened]

I really liked the way Charlie Brooker characterized those magazines "they cater to the casual psychopath".

As he noted, if you put the same kind of content as appears in those magazine into a scrapbook you'd be arrested as a suspected serial killer.

[deenaa]

I like you, anon. +1 to everything.

[(Anonymous)]

+1 OMG, so much yes to everything in this. This celebrity culture we have now makes we wonder how much talent we're losing on. I know I don't want to be famous b/c I don't want the papparazi stalking me 24/7 and taking pictures of me through the freaking windows of my house. There really need to be laws against this behaviour. I wonder how many other people feel the same way I do; how many decide against being actors, politicans, etc. b/c of the whole prying thing into every single thing do and have done every moment of their life.

[(Anonymous)]

Not just how many potential greats are we missing out on because they're avoiding all that, how many great talents have we lost because they've caved under or been driven away by the pressure?

ayrt

[(Anonymous)]

I agree with all of this. You've described the fan culture I think of as creepy and invasive. Actually, worshipful seems like a good word too? The magazines/fans build the people up to unreal standards and it creates the desire to see them fall down.
I guess I just don't associate this behaviour with the rpf I've read at all, for whatever reason. I'm not really into it though, so maybe the majority of RPF writers are going through Harry Styles' garbage looking for what flavour of pizza pops he likes for *accuracy*. What do I know.