Seriously?!?!!? Another Marquee Toon.....

"Roopehunter;c-1619415" wrote:
I wouldnt really call them a 'FAN base' if they havent watched cw nor they dont know Embo.

Do. Not. Gatekeep.

A fan is a fan because they love the property. Period.

That love does not need to be proven, tallied, or quantified. No love is more valid, nor less valid. There is no score card or obstacle course of, "You must consume this much media to be a True Fan," nor do you have a greater stake in the property than anyone else.

There are people who just watch and like the movies. Those people are Star Wars fans.

There are people who never really did movies past the OT, but really liked the X-Wing novels. Those people are Star Wars fans.

There are people who happen to like the same cartoon that you do. Those people are Star Wars fans.

There are people whose primary engagement with Star Wars is fan fiction, or tabletop roleplaying games, and those people are Star Wars fans.

Star Wars is big. Star Wars is huge. Nobody is exposed to all of it. Nobody loses their nerd card just because they haven't experienced a specific piece of the body of work that is important to you, personally, and you have no right to call someone's love of Star Wars into question for not experiencing any one piece.

Conversely, this also means that in a game like this, there will be a cycle, and some some characters will be a part of your experience, will be important to you, while others will not. And that's fine, too. Not everything has to be for you. Accept that some characters will be important to you, and not to others, or important to others, and not to you.

That kind of gatekeeping is just one part of the poison that's turning the Star Wars community so toxic.