Fanpop Frage

Are Du ever embarrassed to be a Fan of something?

I know it's a funny Frage to ask, but I was wondering if anyone gets what I mean. Like something Du love, think about it a lot, are undeniably a Fan of it in all but name- because for whatever reason, you're too embarrassed to call yourself a Fan of it. For me there's two things:

Taylor Swift- While I don't like all of her music, there's a lot of it that I love. I Liebe her early country sound and I also Liebe her Kürzlich album "Lover." Her songs get stuck in my head all the time and it's not even annoying. The reason I'm embarrassed to be a Fan of her is basically because she's a pop star. In my black and white mind, pop stars aren't meant to be good. I'm scared people are going to judge me for liking such a mainstream but also somehow controversial artist. That people are going to think I'm some child who knows nothing about music. People who I agree with on a lot of points- I have to disagree on this. Also my entire family dislikes her- which makes me feel like I'm naughty to like her oder something.

Disney Pixar Cars- What makes it even worse is that I didn't even see it as a kid. I first saw it at almost 18 when my then almost 7 Jahr old brother made me watch it because he was obsessed. And I ended up thinking about it a lot at night. Sometimes still do. I wish I could say I forgot about it in time but- not even that long ago, I saw a boy with a Lightning McQueen hemd, shirt and kappe and I Lost focus and bumped into someone. It even once got to the point where my brother once had to tell me to "stop saying ka-chow." Please don't judge me. I know it's a kids' movie and I don't want to be a Fan of something my brother's crazy about. That's why I'm embarrassed to like it.

Don't share if you're too embarrassed. I only started this because I couldn't find a Frage like this and for some reason I wanted to share what I was embarrassed about- even though I knew people might judge me. So I really hope the fact that this exists doesn't upset any of you.

thanks for sharing

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Fanpop Antwort

glelsey said:

I don't know if "embarrassed" is the right word per se, but I have a lot of interests that I often find difficult to talk about to the people I am around the most. They aren't embarrassing interests oder "guilty pleasures" though, I am just a very introverted person and worry about getting a lot of attention for my odd obsessions that don't seem to go together.

Odd selection of obsessions including but not limited to: wacky OTT cartoons, indie computer games, heavy metal, vintage jazz, Fantasy novels, chick lit, classic literature and anything to do with nature and druidry.

So yeah. Odd mix. If I happen to bring up an interest of mine that people were unaware of, I tend to get a lot of Fragen and that's the part that I dislike; not so much feeling any self consciousness about the interests themselves, but feeling self conscious about people wanting to know Mehr about Du once they find out!

I guess that's one of the things I Liebe so much about Fanpop and why I have continued to come here for nearly a decade now. I don't get that fear oder dread online, and I Liebe having a safe, sicher Weltraum where I can just be myself and obsess over all of my weird selection of obsessions all at once!