Degrees of secondhand fandom:
I don’t watch/read/listen to it, but I follow the summaries on the wiki
I rarely pursue information about it, but I have enough incidental contact with the core fandom that I’ve picked it up via osmosis
I strive to avoid it, but I’ve been indoctrinated against my will by the fucking memes
I can cite the canon chapter and verse, but I have no recollection of how or why I acquired this knowledge, and that concerns me
Amusingly, the first big boom in mainstream popularity for the YouTube video essay format happened circa 2018, so this post actually very slightly pre-dates the Video Essay Era.

















