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Fan theories, or more specifically the kind of fandom that constantly tries to guess what’s going to happen when a trailer comes out, or that tries to somehow “solve” certain plot points with elaborate constructions.
I like plenty of juvenile stuff some would consider way below my "acceptable age range" but when I see anyone use words like "headcannon" in a serious context all I see in my minds eye is a 4 year old playing with toys with their imaginary friend.
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or that tries to somehow “solve” certain plot points with elaborate constructions
Usually a sign of emotional immaturity or just low empathy. The end of the film Arrival, for instance, has a very intense emotional message, but to several whole classes of geek that's either too trivial to be really important or just invisible to them, so they go off looking for "clues" in trivial details of the film and come up with complex constructions that rival Qanon for their level of delusional and demented invention. Because the idea that the film could be about love and loss doesn't compute. I really liked that film, so I'd not be polite to that kind of fan dragging that kind of shit into it.
Fan theories, or more specifically the kind of fandom that constantly tries to guess what’s going to happen when a trailer comes out, or that tries to somehow “solve” certain plot points with elaborate constructions.
It really winds me up for something that has little or no actual effect on my life.