What is a true fan?
 

I've wondered this for quite some time, now.. I think it's finally time I got a few other opinions. What do you guys think a true fan is? Is a true fan:

A) Someone who loves everything related to a certain subject.. i.e. Street Fighter fans who love the Street Fighter movie, simply because it is Street Fighter.

OR..

B) Someone who only loves good things related to a certain subject, and feels that bad things are disgraceful.. i.e. People who hate the Street Fighter movie because they feel it brings shame to the series.

What do you think?

A true fan is someone that doesn't have anything to prove.

:| You've got some issus that need resolving, boyo...


A fan? What is a fan? I assume its just shortened from fanatic. In that case "A"

I happen to be a fan of many things that I have a ton of things about them I don't like.

What do you mean by that?

B.

Like me... I hate the 3rd TMNT movie because it brings shame to us mutants an' turtle lovin' humans...

It's pretty obvious... the whole Japan obsession.

Sure, I like it a lot, but that doesn't make me worse than any other person on this board.

Hey, Japan rocks.

It's just a land mass.

A COOl land mass.

Yeah, Japan is cool, but Japan can suck, too...

I'm impressed. That was big of you.

I'd have to say "A". Because there could be a release of the turtles getting their ass whooped by Barney, and the A-fan could say "That sh*t ruled!!!" It would take someone who wouldn't mind sacrificing their intellect and looking like the dumbest person in the world just for their own idol(s). B-fan speaks only the truth, doesn't mean he's/she's a true fan (nor does it mean he/she ISN'T a true fan), it just means he's/she's being honest. But for someone to look completely idiotic for their idol(s), I'd have to say he/she would be the one to stick with the idol(s) 'til the end.

Rap is being introduced. There are no more ninjas. Kanji pisses me off. Japanese girls like "thugs" now. A lot of the food is garbage.

Yeah, Japan can suck.

EDIT: Oh, and anime is terrible as of late.

I went with A because I thought of how so many hate the second Turtle movie...I still like it because I just love the Turtles and the nostalgia. Oh well, I imagine if the Turtles start changing storylines every ten years and they totally become alien to me, I might start becoming more of a B...maybe I already am a little.

I picked A. But, I won't say that a "true" fan has to love everything about their fandom, they simply don't let those "bad" things influence their feelings.

It's all a matter of opinion. But I believe a true fan will enjoy and love their choosen fandom, through the good and bad, thick and thin, fair-weather fans, and critics.

Definately B. Have to be selective in what you like.

I guess B...

There is no such thing as a true fan.

b, i think.