No, it does not mean a person who joined the
fandom all late or only enjoys certain songs of a band/artist. A
fake fan is someone who:
- Is only in the
fandom for the ships and hates or attacks other fans who have opposing ships and usually start shipwars
- Threatens, harrasses, or bothers the creators and/or actors of their
fandom
- Berates fanartists and fanfic writers for tiny mistakes in their artwork or writings
- Calls out other fans for being
fake in an immature or inappropriate way
- Harrasses cosplayers, either in a sexual, abusive, or "friendly" way without the consent of cosplayer
- Often says that they are dating or married to their favorite person in the fandom and will hurt or harrass
people who like the same person or the person's significant other
- Harrasses others who do not like their fandom instead of minding their own goddamn business and let others like what they like
Person 1: I just started to get into Twenty
One Pilots, their new album Trench is so good!
Person 2: Wow, you're such a
fake fan, you
haven't even listened to their old songs yet..
Person 1: Well I just started.
Person 2: SO WHAT!? You are not a real fan if you JUST started!
