Imagine you're introduced to the concept of chess. You watch two people play and it seems really interesting and fun to you. You get someone to explain the rules. You spend probably hours watching videos and reading about strategies and how it all works. You really love this game. You join a group that gets together and plays chess every week so you can share this with other people who also love the game. You attend the event. Everyone there has decided that "chess" is when two people hit each other in the face with oversized fish until one of them falls down ... They look at you with disdain when you talk about the actual game of chess and ask if anyone wants to play it ... this is what caring about source material feels like in some fandoms.
— unknown0801, Tumblr
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