You know what's upsetting? When you want to get enthusiastic about a thing but there's no one to share that enthusiasm. But you're so afraid to share the things you get excited for because you don't want to feel like your enthusiasm is a bother or annoying to people who don't share it.
I miss being able to get excited over things. But it's so hard these days. It seems that I come into fandoms just as everyone else is moving on from them.
but I love listening to friends chatter about fandoms. I always end up consuming a series after hype dies down since fandom is insane and I don't want a series ruined for me
I feel this way a lot sometimes too, but feel free to babble all you want to me if you know who I am. I might not know certain canons, but I'd love to hear what my friends are into nonetheless.
Man whoever makes you feel bad for being excited about something is a jerk and you should ignore them. Be excited! Like what you like! I may not always share fandoms or even understand some of the stuff my friends are into but I always like seeing them happy. And if someone doesn’t wanna see it, that’s literally what the mute button is for.
A friend let me gush last night for like an hour about a character in a movie they had no interest in and a character in a manga they had no interest in!
i'm with your opening premise OP. lotta big talk in here but truth is people don't give two shits about enthusiasm for stuff they're not already into and most of them do find it annoying. and it sucks.
i'm... saying that you feel the way you feel for a reason? feeling like your enthusiasm is a bother or annoying to people is because to the vast majority of people it is?
oh dear
OP: same question.