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[pensnest]

There's been some meta around lately about whether the highs and lows of RPF fandom are more or less extreme than the highs and lows of FPF.

It seems to me that Real People can break a fan's heart far more comprehensively than fictional ones.

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[brandywine28.livejournal.com]

Definitely. The potential for heartbreak is WAY higher in RPF fandoms. When there are writers, directors, other assorted puppetmasters running the show, blame can always be assigned to SOMEONE. Free will ruins everything.

(When I saw him on the news yesterday, I immediately thought of you and your beautiful icons. Ick. How awful.)

[pensnest]

And in a fictional fandom, you'd know that if your favourite character was a Good Guy, there'd be a exculpatory explanation and it would all turn out to be for the best, in the end. Here... even if it turns out that is was a horrible, tragic accident rather than a deliberate act, Reeva Steenkamp is still *dead*.

RPF, where the stakes are higher.