I made a post asking specifically for DC fans their opinions. The people who responded aren’t actual fans—they’re just people who think they are fans but have never picked up a comic in their life. My question is: why do non-fans try so hard to engage with real fans?? You aren’t a real fan of DC, Marvel, or anything superhero-related, so you don’t deserve to be in the fandom space.
Counter question: Why do some fans gatekeep their passion and insult those who they deem aren’t “real fans” when it only creates a negative connotation with the fandom and convinces people with slight interest in the subject to avoid becoming a “real fan”?