Serious question, I heard a guy at my local shop in Akron say 'real fans only read the classics' and it got me thinking about gatekeeping.

It made me realize how often we judge someone's fandom based on what they've read instead of just being happy they're here, you know?

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dylanh9720d ago

Honestly used to be that guy who'd side-eye people for not reading the "right" books first. Tbh hearing someone say that out loud in a shop just sounds so lame now. It really hit me that getting new people into reading anything is way better than scaring them off with a list.

dakota_taylor3920d ago

Glad you grew out of that, but side-eyeing anyone in a shop was always the real lame move.