The world of fandoms have seemingly gone nuts. Again.
Haters to the left. Fandom police to the right. And somewhere in the middle are the fans who are trying to just enjoy it all.
Recently E! posted an article about Robert Pattinson now living in the 90210 zip code. They mentioned him enjoying his single status with new digs as well as who he has been spending his time with. No one romantically mind you, but the mention of him hanging out with Mischa Barton (I don't get it either) send the "difference of opinions" into a tale spin.
One side couldn't understand how he could be spending his time with someone who has had past issues as complicated as Barton has and how this would reflect poorly on him. How they just want him to be working. Never mind the fact that he just wrapped on David Cronenberg's star studded "Maps to the Stars" and has three more films lined up.
The other side questioned her being mentioned at all, that it appeared a rather random mention. Even taking it so far as to suggest maybe her publicist got the name drop. After looking at her iMDb list of films coming up, if I was her publicist, that's what I would have done. Not exactly a cream of the crop list of films. But hey, she's working right.
Pattinson has recently been seen hanging out with Michelle Rodriquez as well and that doesn't seem to be sitting well with fans either. Mind you, all this "hanging out" seems to be a lot of them being seen in the same place at the same time. Neither one arriving or leaving with the other.
Those who didn't agree were called "Fandom Police". Really?
"Fandom Police". Can this phrase please be retired? Since when does having a difference of opinion involve being a police force of any kind? Isn't having differing opinions what makes the world of fandom so wonderful? Apparently not. I find it ironic that someone dictating what anyone, celebrity or otherwise, should be doing, how they should be spending their time, being told to get to work, etc. are calling others "police" or any other form of authority.
When a tabloid site, and lets face it that is exactly what E! has become, have their interns trolling twitter to talk to people who mentioned seeing certain celebrities, you know there's a good chance that there isn't going to be a lick of truth to what they are going to publish. And yet people eat it up with a knife and fork.
I don't really care if you seek out tabloid gossip and hold it as gospel. Go right ahead. However, I reserve the right to call you out for buying into the bullshit. Tabloids are in the market to make money and they are going to tell you what they want based on popular trends. They want your hits. Hits equals money.
Not that I'm telling anyone what to read or how to interpret it, but let's think about what we're reading when treading into the world of entertainment gossip.
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