Honestly I hate how mainstream a lot of fan culture has become. I don't mean mainstream as in having more people in fandoms, but how prevalent it's become to force celebrities to acknowledge and engage with fan content to an almost violating extent. It leaves a lot of celebrities feeling SUPER uncomfortable, and it makes fandom spaces feel so much less safe knowing that there's a chance our content is going to be shown to the artists/actors without their consent or actual interest. Actors who are genuinely interested and want to be involved are one thing, but it's getting to the point that all celebrities are like, expected to read smut and look at NSFW fanart, and when they express that it makes them uncomfortable they're still forced to consume it. People are not going to feel safe and comfortable writing and creating knowing that they're content at any time could be thrust onto an unconsenting celebrity, which is why it's so important to correctly tag fandom content and keep it in fandom spaces. I love fan culture becoming more normalized, but the influx of new people who absolutely refuse to educate themselves on respect and privacy in fandom spaces, are going to ruin it for everybody. It used to be exciting and fun when an actor or celebrity acknowledged fan content such as fanfiction or fanart, because it meant that they were ACTIVELY looking for it, but now it feels embarrassing and uncomfortable most of the time it's brought up because it's not the actors doing, it's people entering fandom spaces, taking content, and throwing it at the actor for some kind of shock value.