discussion Is it embarrassing to be a big fan of Harry Potter/Disney/MPGs/… after a certain age?

[Gladiator]

No. I don't think so. I do think it's embarrassing and hypocritical when stans of something criticize others for being stans of another. Like in that Harry Potter train station thread full of people still arguing about Katy Perry vs Gaga, Britney vs Christina, etc. saying it's time to grow up and move on. 

[Trash]

Let people enjoy the **** they like. Although the Disney stuff is a lil weird, if they're not being too extra and messy its ok, at least the parks as cool enough to justify it 

[Bubble Tea]

No more embarrassing than being grown men obsessing over pop stars.

[Rotunda]

I think there's a way to have a deep interest in something while still being a well-adjusted human, and there's a way to have a deep interest in something while being unhinged.

 

I find people who write thorough video essays on topics like Disney Parks or The Hunger Games very impressive, I find 30 year olds who are shipping characters or fixating on beefs from 20 years ago to be kinda cringe.

[Redstreak]

I'm still a big obsessive fan of cartoons and Nintendo at my big age of almost 30, people just have to learn how to be not cringe about their obsessions

[Redstreak]

1 hour ago, Rotunda said:

I think there's a way to have a deep interest in something while still being a well-adjusted human, and there's a way to have a deep interest in something while being unhinged.

 

I find people who write thorough video essays on topics like Disney Parks or The Hunger Games very impressive, I find 30 year olds who are shipping characters or fixating on beefs from 20 years ago to be kinda cringe.

Nah shipping is a lot of fun as long as you're not a weirdo about it

[Into The Void]

5 hours ago, Badgalbriel said:

Of course not. We're all fighting on a pop forum on a daily basis over which one of our celebrity faves is bigger. Let's be self conscious ffs. 

I already know my celeb faves are flops though 

[KatyPrismSpirit]

who cares. we are all on a rotating floating rock awaiting our inevitable deterioration. the least thing we can do is to have some fun talking about music and art. 

[Orsay]

They're all embarrassing if you take them too far at any age, especially well into adulthood

[Da Vinci]

Someone being an obsessed fan/nerd of fictional characters will always be harmless cause they're literally not real, it's childish at worst

while someone being an obsessed fan of a celebrity and following/mobbing them irl is parasocial, extremely weird and stalkerish

[Sugar-Rush]

Only if it overtakes aspects of your life, like financially or emotionally. If you stan something so hard that you buy every product that comes out or spend an inordinate amount of time obsessing about stats and charts to the point of worsening your mental health, then yeah that's a problem. Otherwise, like whatever you want idc.

[naval23]

no god forbid they activate their inner child and tap into their creativity 

[Rotunda]

16 hours ago, Redstreak said:

Nah shipping is a lot of fun as long as you're not a weirdo about it

You're right lemme limit my critique to people that ship real life people.

[Damien M]

People watch (and are obsessive about) sports until their 80s and 90s so no.

 

It's the same thing, they're all made up. 

[skwonderfactory]

On 9/2/2024 at 9:52 AM, Selegend said:

if it affects your daily life it's embarassing.

 

if it's a hobby thing like straight man loves football it's okay. 

u can be passionate and dedicated in a limited amount of hours, that's fine. 

 

 

This. Me and my partner have plenty of special interests and hobbies but they don't get in the way of us living our regular lives.

[P.O.P]

Being a fan? No

 

But if you are memorizing spells in gibberish from Harry Potter, studying maps of non-existing places etc., that's embarrassing at any age.

[Alldeezy]

yes stan Male artists instead 

 

idc I'm in my 30s and Im a huge Allday & Jordan stan but I don't go starting fights or stan wars with them. 

Jordan is like my celebrity crush and Allday is my idol who I go see Live when he tours. Nothing really wrong being a stan at any age. It just depends how you act. 

[Phaunzie]

No. Only losers with bad credit, bad pxssy and bad breath think it is. 

[Mitsuki]

Some people don't realize how much better It is to be a fan of someone/something when you are an adult and able to spend your own money and the amount of time you want on it. 

 

For example, If Taylor Swift came to my country when I was her fan and 15yo or 16yo I'd never be able to watch her concert, because my mother would never spend so much money over something so "trivial" as watching a concert in another state, since she doesn't see the value in it and It would requer a lot of efforts (I would have to miss days on school and she would have to miss days on work too). However, as a 27yo I could decide and do It on my own. 

 

What really makes being a fan of one of these things embarrassing would be embarrassing in any age... 

[Sad Serenade]

being fan =/= being crazy or obsessed.

Having an hobby or stanning someone it's ok until it's an unhealthy obsession.

 

 

[Chris]

On 9/2/2024 at 10:27 AM, Totami Legend said:

Yes if you have traditions like that train thing and spend your time making cringe memes like this

 

No if you're a normal fan who watches the movies and reads the books and you don't claim the witch who wrote them

I forgot about this scene in the movie.

 

 

Poor Roonill Wazlib.

[ChandlerBing]

It is.

[Khris]

On 9/2/2024 at 12:12 PM, Tropical said:

No more embarrassing than being grown men obsessing over pop stars.

this clock kinda

 

[MattieB]

 

[Robert]

Only if you make it your entire personality or can't handle any criticism of it.