It has occurred to me that the whole popularity contest and "I wanna be a BNF!" attitudes in fandom are very likely just more manifestations of the whole Cult of Celebrity thing.
Yes, I was wondering that myself. This post by synaesthete7 goes on to explicitly compare the whole thing with, well, idolatry. Which fits.
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It has occurred to me that the whole popularity contest and "I wanna be a BNF!" attitudes in fandom are very likely just more manifestations of the whole Cult of Celebrity thing.
Yes, I was wondering that myself.
This post by