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I'm beginning to understand my feeling of disconnect with much of fandom
Fandom, in my experience, is all about exaggerations and extremes. A character isn't just a bit slow, they're a fucking one braincell if they're lucky imbecile. A character isn't just a little shy, they're a fucking recluse who will explode and die if they have to talk to someone more than once every 72 years. A character isn't just fun and sociable, they're a wild and crazy freewheeling maniac who gets into orgies 24/7.
There's no balance to characters once they're in fandom hands, there's no sense of them being multi-faceted human beings like the ones that you can encounter by going outside in public and asking about the weather. That sense of balance between extremes and a sense of purpose beyond "LOL this character is sooo wacky and dysfunctional lolzzz!" is important for me.
Like, I can make exaggerated jokes with friends, but outside of that circle I don't feel invited by everyone else hollering like that.
There's no balance to characters once they're in fandom hands, there's no sense of them being multi-faceted human beings like the ones that you can encounter by going outside in public and asking about the weather. That sense of balance between extremes and a sense of purpose beyond "LOL this character is sooo wacky and dysfunctional lolzzz!" is important for me.
Like, I can make exaggerated jokes with friends, but outside of that circle I don't feel invited by everyone else hollering like that.