Chicken :cqlgusu: (lookitmychicken@blorbo.social)'s status on Friday, 01-Mar-2024 16:18:18 JST

But since many of my closest friendships have grown out of us being fans of the same stories and/or celebrities, I see the upside.

People who have parasocial relationships with the same public figures as me often have a lot of other things in common with me. & we have a lot of shared background knowledge about the same subjects that we can obsessively discuss to pieces.

I have occasionally fallen into the trap of trusting someone too quickly because we share a fannish interest, but it's rare.