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Heard a guy at the con in Cleveland say 'real fans only read the classics' and it got me thinking about how we define being a fan.
One side says deep knowledge of the original runs is what matters, but the other says loving the characters through any medium, like the movies or games, is just as valid, so where do you all stand on that line?
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patricia_singh811mo ago
Wait, Cleveland had a con? @jamie602 is totally right.
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walker.michael18d ago
Nah, I gotta disagree - reading the source material kinda shows you actually care about the deep lore.
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jamie6021mo ago
That guy at the Cleveland con sounds like he's trying to sell a membership to a club nobody asked for. Getting told you're not a real fan because you haven't read some specific comic from 1978 is just a boring way to gatekeep. If you care about the characters and the world, that's what matters, not how you got there. I've seen people get into amazing stories through a video game who then go read everything they can find, and that's just as valid as any other path.
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