#celebrity problems

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Fandom Problem #5341:

Quite frankly, I prefer if celebrities kept quiet on issues they didn't understand. Having a platform doesn't mean they need to speak, especially if it's a complex issue.

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Walking the dog at night to avoid paparazzi

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Fandom Problem #5551:

This bullying actors into coming out fiasco has confirmed for me that most people have no idea what the word acting means. Who cares if a straight actor plays a gay character? All that matters is them doing a good job.

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Fandom Problem #5289:

I hate this cycle:

Step 1. Very valid and not too harsh criticism of a writer, actor, creator etc

Step 2. People taking this way too far and lashing out at the person, far disproportionate to the original offense, calling for anything from boycott to harassment to violence

Step 3. Others standing up against the backlash to defend the person

Step 4. The original criticism is never actually addressed

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Fandom Problem #5251:

Begging people to understand that queerbaiting is a marketing tactic for fiction in which the writers hint at queer identities or storylines without actually depicting them.

A real person can't be an example of queerbaiting. Every queerbaiting accusation directed at a real person always boils down to, "I assumed this person is queer because they meet some totally-not-homophobic stereotypes I believe about queer people, but they didn't confirm my suspicions by publicly announcing their identity, which means that they're actually queerbaiting!!!"

Some people are closeted. Some people simply don't feel the need to share that part of themselves with everyone. And maybe there are some people out there who really are cishet but "act queer" (whatever the fuck that means), but in that case it's your responsibility to consider why you made assumptions about their identity in the first place.

Kit Connor, a real person, wasn't queerbaiting by acting in Heartstopper without first writing "I AM BI" on his forehead in permanent marker. Taylor Swift, a real person, isn't queerbaiting by... Being straight while having songs that weirdos on the internet decided must be secretly coded gay songs?

Can we all just... Mind our own business and not force strangers to out themselves? You're not protecting the queer community, you're just making the world more dangerous for closeted people.

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Fandom Problem #5742:

The fact that KPop fans are loosing their mind on Xitter over some idol having mentioned to have watched some dark fantasy anime, making them create huge call out posts and call them and everyone else who watched it and similar anime "pedo" and similar harmful things, is baffling to me. Because they are behaving as if people watching popular anime in their free time is a huge scandal, even going so far as to making lists of all the "bad bad animanga that only nasty people watch because it has a dark theme", all "to protect children". Not to mention all the racism against Japanese people, calling the whole nation pedophilic.

Which is just so stupid and hypocritical. Because after all KPop is famous for not only how much the idols get exploited, but for having literal children debut as idols and being sexualised heavily for the enjoyment of adult men. And the fans then loose their mind over the treatment of fictional children in an animanga.

I do not care for KPop and neither do I care about the anime that started it all, but still people should maybe look at themselves first.

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Fandom Problem #5044:

Now, I’m not saying you can’t hate someone, but… if you just make up rumors about someone to make them look bad, just because you don’t like them and insult them in the process, then you’ve crossed the line.

I’m referring to people in fandoms who hate specific celebs that I won’t name, artists, writers, etc.

And that’s especially when the rumors are about serious accusations, which does a lot more damage to the people who have actually experienced racist/homophobic/sexist/traumatic encounters in their lives. It infuriates me even further when they also have zero proof whatsoever about the person they hate. But hey, there’s no such thing as “innocent until proven guilty” right?