The way I see it is.....every fan community has the opportunity of turning in to "40+ year old soccer mom" duran duran fans that get all bug-eyed and bat-shit crazy when someone sheds a little light on the "fantasy".
It's all part-in-parcel to the passion that is fandom......it being good or bad is an entirely different conversation.
My point being that the final outcome is something we all work towards and look forward to in a community and at the end of the day, the pissing contests are obtrusive and affect no positive progress.
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