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Any fan base if you go deep enough.
Just go to one of those subs for a small Netflix show you’ve binged in a day.
This will probably get buried, but back in 2012-2015 I was in the Creepypasta Fandom. The people in that Fandom were psychotic, it was crazy
Are those like the people who think that Slenderman is real? There seems to be a lot of undiagnosed mental disorder in that fan base
There was an entire murder case about 2 teens that killed their friend to “please” Slenderman
The friend survived, stabbed 19 times and dragged herself to a bike trail. Where she was rescued. I hope life treats her well and she can move past that horrible shit.
based on various podcasts and other things ive seen online, she seems to be doing very well!
The fanbase of Rupauls Drag Race is pretty notorious for sending death threats to the hard working talented people they’re supposed to be a fan of.
As a huge RPDR fan, this has always disgusted me. And it's usually over stupid shit like "x beat y in a lip sync so now x is getting death threats from y's fans"
The fandom also has a big problem with "elitism". Like, if you don't have an encyclopedic knowledge of everything to do with drag race and all its related content or outside the show drama, then you apparently aren't a true fan.
I went to a Star Trek in Drag show and almost got into an altercation because I wasn't a Drag fan, just a Star Trek fan. He tried to have me kicked out because Drag Fans "deserved my ticket more". It wasn't a sold out show...
Agreed, I also would go further to say the show itself has a problem with elitism. They like to claim that you don’t have to be rich to do drag but Ru lost his shit at a contest who wore a dress from H&M
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Yep! I am doing a rewatch and I actively avoid the fandom because it fucked me up mentally when i was younger. (I am old enough to vividly remember the superwholock tumblr phase) And the things some of the fans (mostly the girls/women) say to and about the actors significant others make me sick.
Serial killer fans
This. I have an interest in true crime, and serial killers fascinate me because I'm very interested in their motives and what happened that made them the way they are. But to actively call yourself a fan of someone like Bundy or Dahmer, as though you somehow admire them and what they did, that's just gross. I can only assume most of the people saying that are kids trying to sound edgy.
It’s one thing to sit down and ask “how does your brain work, tell me, now, I’m curious” and then wanting to bone them. I don’t like people.
Me either. It’s disgusting to see people fawn over the worst of humanity, feeding into their egos. If I had a nickel for every person that said “Ted Bundy was a sexy mf” I’d have enough to hop a Greyhound and get the hell away.
Especially considering he wasn’t at all sexy. He wasn’t even particularly good looking. These people delude themselves.
Yes! Easily the worst. The amount of merchandise you can buy, coloring books for example, yes COLORING BOOKS, of the most vial people on the planet disgusts me. Even worse is when they view victims as characters and uses them in merchandise. Elizabeth Short is an example of this. People often use the likeness of the injuries to her face (which were brutal) as halloween makeup and her death photos have been "stylized" and printed onto t-shirts.
I've done long research videos into both Betty Short and the Five victims of Jack the Ripper. The way these people are treated is beyond abhorrent. For godsake Elizabeth Short died in 1947 this isn't ancient fucking history, pretty sure she still has nieces alive. I genuinely hate true crime fanboys, seeing as you said, Black Dahlia Halloween outfits or rating who was the better looking Ripper victim is, well I got no words.
kpop fans who take things a bit too far.
I had friends who'd have fights over who is "worthy" to be called the wife of one of the kpop idols, no they weren't joking.
I love kpop, among many other genres, but it involved meeting a few toxic people.
A now former friend and her sister literally would get pissed if you liked their favorite because that idol is "theirs". That's such a nasty thought process. The first person back in like 2010 to introduce me to it was so attached to one specific idol that I wasn't "allowed" to "bias" them because again, that idol was "hers". So I just said a different one was my bias and I did honestly adore the dude, his violin and dancing was next level!
Also, so many of them use "Stan" so willingly. I wonder how many know where that originated from. Eminem, iirc, was the one that really got it going while rapping about this rabid obsessed fan who eventually ended up committing murder in Eminem's name and blamed him because he never got attention from his idol. "Stan" is NOT a positive title!!
Edit- Holy shit that's a lot. As it was mentioned in replies, the song "Stan" is fictional, it's Eminem warning his fans.
Yup that sounds very similar to my experience. e.g I had a friend who would post photos of her fav idol and as a caption she'd write about how he's her husband, how much he means to her and how much she loves him. Then the comments would be split between 2 sides, one side would comment "omg you guys go so well together, it's a perfect match". the second side would start arguments "what do you mean? no I've known him first, I know X Y Z about him, he's my man etc.." same thing when I'd attend kpop events.
On the other hand, the more normal fans are the people who enjoyed the music and the effort behind them, some of them learned the dance choreography from songs and would perform them during events, others would sing and it was generally just having fun with the fan base, not necessarily obsessing over a specific idol.
What the actual f*ck. Her husband? I have secondhand embarrassment…shit is wild.
Politicians' fan base
This shouldn't even be a thing
For real, politics should have the same sterility as math.
Instead you got people killing themselves, and their families, over memes
Sonic fans are always a gamble. They can be so god damn wholesome and nice but then you got the fucking weirdos. I don’t mean the kids who make fan characters (I personally don’t know why they are hated I find it to be wholesome seeing kids make art based of their interests) Im talking about the people who rage over any criticism towards the games, comics, developers, etc.
Sonic's arms AREN'T blue! /s
-Sonic boom has entered the chat
Did someone call?
Lmao Chris
Sonichu! Lol. I was wondering how far I was going to have to scroll before I saw Chris mentioned.
YOU FREAKING FREAKS
I think it’s YOU FRIGGIN FRIKS!
WHEN WILL YOU LEARN?
THAT YOUR ACTIONS HAVE CONSEQUENCES!!!!
I'm put off by any fanbase that has a collective name. "The B-Hive" and so forth. In almost every case it feels really forced.
Football (soccer) Twitter is full of dickheads too. The further away from the team's home ground they live, the worse they get.
My favorite one of these is Chris Pine fans calling themselves Pine Nuts
Ok, you have to admit that's a pretty good name though.
Steven Universe. It almost had a kill count.
Edit: for those who are asking, an artist once drew a picture of Rose Quartz (Steve's mom) and started receiving countless death threats from the show's fans because she drew Rose slightly thinner than she actually is. It got to the point where she attempted suicide, but survived... which only resulted in the fanbase harassing her even further for not finishing the job. And when Rebecca Sugar (the show's creator) came out in her defense, they reacted by posting r34 art that she did in her younger years.
This was the first one I thought of. What is it about sweet innocent things that brings out the absolute worst in people?
I said it further up, but I'm really alarmed that people are taking it to these extremes with identifying with fictional characters. Expressing yourself through art is one thing. Getting to the point where it disconnects you from the real world is another.
One person got death threats for drawing a larger character skinnier. Like it’s art. They can do whatever they want. They aren’t claiming that it’s canon
This comment right here 💀
Especially when you voice out your opinion in anything. You like Pink/Rose? Straight to oblivion. You don't want a spin-off because everybody knows by now how modern corporate media treats a franchise universe? Literal slur calling. Do yourself a favor and avoid the SU subreddit at all costs and never look back.
Gacha life fans
Hahaha.. My daughter started watching these on youtube and I would read and act out the chat bubbles. She hates it now.
Doing the lord's work
Thank you for your service soldier
Dare I ask wth gacha life is?
Its better if you dont
Wow, I didn't know Bitmoji made an anime
God damit he’s right
It's like an oc building app, the app itself it's good and you can make good things with it, but it's fandom (8-13 yo girls) makes 2 kinds of stories
generic yaoi horrible stories
horrible stories where the family treats like trash a girl but then she becomes a princess
I feel like I'm in an alternate dimension. Now what the hell is Yaoi?
You know its too weird when the guy who fucks hot wheels is confused by it
Japanese genre of manga featuring a gay romance
You do not. Also I now realize where my old collection of hotwheels went when I was 7
as someone who was a gacha kid throughout the entirety of middleschool, I saw the worst of the worst, and this is so right
Genshin Impact. Imagine harassing and threatening youtubers,streamers and voice actors for not pronouncing a foreign name right. Gacha games already have an untasteful reputation in gaming and they double it down by doing disgusting and embarassing things like this.
didn’t they label diluc’s english voice actor as a pedophile and incest lover for saying the young versions of diluc and kaeya looked cute together in some pic? that’s how i knew to stay away from the fanbase. i just play the game and look out for leaks so i’d know who to save for.
I like the game undertale and it’s sequel, but holy shit the community….
The best thing Undertale taught me was how to enjoy a community while completely avoiding the bad side
Any Influencers on social media
Edit: Fanbase of
Video game steamers that have “better” ideas than the developers go straight to the top of this list for me
Edit: the people that froff over builds streamers make for games and mention them by names like they are friends is some of the weirdest shit I’ve seen.
-Playstation VS Xbox -iPhone vs Android
Those people
Any fan base that puts -whatever they are fans of- so high up on a pedestal that it can do no wrong and everyone who disagrees is their sworn enemy.
In other words, groups within just about every fan base that exists.
Yeah pretty much. I tend to avoid Fandom subs because they get this religious zealot feel.
I like some D&D podcasts. If you go to their subs it's like this weird worship. And if anyone says something remotely negative its hounded by these weird fanatics.
It happens to many Fandoms outside D&D. So now I avoid them. People need to take a breath and go outside.
You aren't wrong. I love Critical Role but jesus there is a large portion of the fan base that you should never interact with.
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