[ SECRET POST #2489 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2489 ⌋

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

That feeling is only too familiar, OP.

It's why I'm so quiet about fannish stuff. I only do things online (read fic, hunt down art, occasionally post some stuff myself or join in with meta.)

But when people bring their fannish stuff into "real life" - idk why, but it just makes me cringe. I've been to several cons, and I found them boring and awful. I just get so much second-hand embarrassment from people who are really vocal about their fanlove, to the point where they don't seem to understand manners or boundaries.

The other day I was walking down the street, and this girl passed me. She was wearing a shirt that read "KEEP CALM AND SHIP SHERLOCK." Thanks, random stranger, the first thing I wanted to know about you was what kind of slash fic you get off to!

[(Anonymous)]

And if they were wearing an 'I love Harry Styles <3 <3 <3 <3!!!!' T-shirt, you would have had the same response? "Ugh, random stranger, like I need to know you get wet for this pop star! Ugh, feel my seething disdain!"
Really now. Sounds like you just have excessive feelings of shame about being in fandom and you're taking it out on other people.

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DA

Armchair psychology much? Also, there *is* a difference between shipping and saying "I'm a fan of X music" - which is really all the t-shirt you mentioned says.

Or are you saying people only wear "I <3" t-shirts for stuff they get off on?

[(Anonymous)]

NA: Are you saying people only ship things they get off on? I agree having it on a shirt might be taking it too far, but you can definitely find a ship interesting to read about without getting the urge to knock one off.

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DA

If someone is so invested in a ship that they feel the need to buy a shirt and wear it outside of some convention/relevant meetup, hell yeah I am going to be having 2nd hand embarassment to the same level of someone wearing a shirt advocating two celebrities get together

[(Anonymous)]

i've noticed that people who think its appropriate to wear those kinds of shirts in public are also the sort of people who think its appropriate to discuss those things with strangers. last year i was in my local jeweler buying a necklace for my mom for mothers day, and there was a socially-awkward girl in a castiel t-shirt who was talking about supernatural to the cashier. i don't even know how the conversation started, but she kept mentioning "wincest" and "destiel" and the cashier was clearly confused and uncomfortable with the conversation but didn't know how to end it.

its always so jarring to see internet-level fangirling occurring in real life. i can totally understand why everyday people look at things like fandom and fanfiction with disdain.

[(Anonymous)]

idk, I think it really depends on the person and the shirt. A slogan of that type doesn't seem too bad to me, and if the wearer has enough self-restraint to simply wear it and let other fans she might meet approach her and strike up a conversation, I'd see no real issue with that.

OTOH, a t-shirt that included explicit language or images, or a wearer who accosts everyone they meet about their ship whether they're fellow fans or not, would be pretty cringe-worthy.

[(Anonymous)]

Tbh, I don't see a problem with what the anon said. There's a difference between saying you like a popular singer, and saying you want two fictional characters to fuck. Maybe I'm oversensitive, but that's not something that should be broadcast to the world imo. That doesn't mean people can't wear those sorts of shirts. But don't be surprised when people respond to it with disdain or embarrassment. People who are over-invested in fandom need to realize that most people don't care about fandom like they do.

[(Anonymous)]

So much this. I recently saw someone at the airport who was wearing a Steve Rogers/Tony Stark t-shirt and I did a mental facepalm as I walked by them.

[(Anonymous)]

shipping =/= i think of them fucking. you were the one who leapt straight to the sex part. interesting how people don't say this much about het pairs