elfpie@beehaw.org to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 9 days agoThe burning of the Library of Alexandria for fandomstaylorlorenz.substack.comexternal-linkmessage-square39fedilinkarrow-up159arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up159arrow-down1external-linkThe burning of the Library of Alexandria for fandomstaylorlorenz.substack.comelfpie@beehaw.org to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 9 days agomessage-square39fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareHandles@leminal.spacelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·9 days agoLet’s take that etymology one step further: “fan” comes from “fanatic”, so a stan is a stalker fanatic. Which somehow has become a positive term in some circles.
Let’s take that etymology one step further: “fan” comes from “fanatic”, so a stan is a stalker fanatic. Which somehow has become a positive term in some circles.