*stumbling in drunk* no, listen. listen to me. listen. fandom is not a hobby, it's a culture. these problems with new fans are not bc they don't know the etiquette. itsa deeper problem. they don't know the goddamn ethos. the ethos is punk, man! and we need to get loud about it! fandom is anticapitalist antiauthority do-it-yourself authentic self-expression and creativity and we must we must WE MUST enforce this. gatekeeping shmatekeeping. the punks gatekeep too! y'know why? cuz otherwise they get literal nazis. fuc k thattt














