'Fandom has toxified the world': Watchmen author Alan Moore

www.theguardian.com ‘Fandom has toxified the world’: Watchmen author Alan Moore on superheroes, Comicsgate and Trump

Enthusiasm can be a productive force for good, but our culture has rapidly become a fan-based landscape that the rest of us are merely living in

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NoYank. Remove All American Media And Culture From Your Life @lemmy.ml Porcupine @lemmy.ml 2w ago

Alan Moore "ventured my opinion that the adult multitudes queueing for superhero movies were potentially an indicator of emotional arrest, which could have worrying political and social implications"

www.theguardian.com /books/2024/oct/26/fandom-has-toxified-the-world-watchmen-author-alan-moore-on-superheroes-comicsgate-and-trump

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‘Fandom has toxified the world’: Watchmen author Alan Moore on superheroes, Comicsgate and Trump

www.theguardian.com /books/2024/oct/26/fandom-has-toxified-the-world-watchmen-author-alan-moore-on-superheroes-comicsgate-and-trump

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‘Fandom has toxified the world’: Watchmen author Alan Moore on superheroes, Comicsgate and Trump

www.theguardian.com /books/2024/oct/26/fandom-has-toxified-the-world-watchmen-author-alan-moore-on-superheroes-comicsgate-and-trump

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I’m not sure the head line does the article justice - it’s rather more nuanced than that
- That statement is pretty much Alan Moore in a nutshell.
Yeah, it's the fans who are the problem, not the multi trillion dollar "celebrity" industry that is pushing all this shit (including his) on to us for profit.. 🙄
- Did you… read the article? He literally complains about the hyper commercialization and the difference in how a “fandom” of 15 year olds were all just mutually enjoy something versus how a fandom of 40 year old dudes were infinitely less pleasant.