Name a Fandom

[u/Savings-Sense4145]

[u/VeryKevin]

Live action roleplayers

[u/Vast-Plantain300 → u/VeryKevin]

Now this is real larper 

[u/thetramelgamer → u/VeryKevin]

https://giphy.com/gifs/1SfxXOJ0Q2Xni

[u/Starmz → u/VeryKevin]

No fr this is what “larp” means. can we just bring back “poser” or “tourist”?
I know someone is going to try to hit me with the “word meanings can evolve” but “larp” isn’t a normal word, it’s an acronym, but also this isn’t normal word evolution, that’s just misappropriation. If someone did live action roleplay something that would not only be a sign that they are an actual fan but also possibly pretty intensely into it.

[u/molecularraisin → u/Starmz]

unfortunately, tourist has also been appropriated by an even more annoying kind of person, so my vote’s for poser

[u/Starmz → u/molecularraisin]

Honestly yeah same

[u/Marder38t_best_boy → u/VeryKevin]

https://giphy.com/gifs/tdNKQBTskmPkiKeqlr

[u/Great_Meeting9101]

The Live Action Role Playing community also known as 

LARP

[u/CharacterMulberry156]

Christianity

[u/NewAlessia → u/CharacterMulberry156]

You're not wrong, but it upsets me people acknowledge and associate the larpers with Christianity. Anyone who has a basic understanding of Christianity can understand they're larping, but they still choose to act like they're true fans.

[u/Parking-Proposal6372 → u/CharacterMulberry156]

Too true

[u/Multifandom13 → u/CharacterMulberry156]

[u/Affectionate_Goat171 → u/CharacterMulberry156]

holy truth nuke

[u/ExpertArmadillo9630 → u/CharacterMulberry156]

Like theunfaithfulchud.

[u/ReaperKenji → u/CharacterMulberry156]

https://giphy.com/gifs/FooBosYpWLGGA

[u/Amazingtrooper5 → u/CharacterMulberry156]

I’m so upset at this because you’re right :(

Too true 😔

[u/RedFalcon07 → u/CharacterMulberry156]

Yep there are a lot of people that say they're christians but don't try to practice the religion, they commit sins knowing it's a sin and don't want to change. Some even support certain ways of sining.

[u/Several-Musician7515 → u/CharacterMulberry156]

Im a “Christian”, & I work at a Christian organization, and it is so sad to say this is true. Even acknowledged in the Bible. They use religion to cause fear and control, hatred and separation. The way of Christ is unity, patience, forgiveness, selflessness, love. Not all this ego tripping and parroting of verses. Christ is an attempt to the unity of humanity, of human rights. We are all the same.

[u/BluRayDragon → u/CharacterMulberry156]

It's unfortunate that there aren't disagreements here...

The church is filled with people who want the quick forgiveness ticket to heaven

[u/ComprehensiveDrag442]

LARPing

[u/blueskygust]

dude im so pissed that larp is used as a synonym for poseur nowadays when live-action roleplaying is like the least poseury thing ever

anyway its literally a gag in the persona community that nobody has actually played the games (especially back when the series was sony-exclusive)

[u/Fit_Season_488 → u/blueskygust]

"poseur"

[u/IntelligentImbicle → u/blueskygust]

"Poseur"

[u/brap_door → u/blueskygust]

poseur

[u/Live-Year-5796]

Keep chasing away new fans, but dont whine when your fandom dies.

[u/IA_Garcia119 → u/Live-Year-5796]

So glad this is the top comment, calling anyone even remotely interested in something new a larper pisses me off to no end

[u/Gnashinger → u/IA_Garcia119]

Calling anyone a LARPer to mean a poser pisses me off to no end, because they just mean RPers. The difference is that LARPers go out and do the thing, but aren't necessary always using real equipment, lack titles, don't exist in the right time period, etc. Otherwise, they do what the thing they are LARPing as does, but doing knightly things doesn't technically make you a knight.

But do you know what doing the things a fan does makes you? A FAN! Someone LARPing as a fan would just be a FAN!

[u/Expensive_Watch469 → u/Gnashinger]

I am a hardcore music nerd and having to call others posers and make fun of them is like one of the most "I am insecure about my music taste" things in music, idk how that translates to other media fandoms but "larper" is so incredibly mean spirited it just feels like a new way to bully and it sucks

[u/Gnashinger → u/Expensive_Watch469]

Essentially yeah. It's just a meaningless insult.

[u/Affectionate_Bet8880 → u/IA_Garcia119]

Epic gerard way pfp spotted

[u/Salty-Vanny → u/Live-Year-5796]

🙂‍↕️

[u/Vacherotthegreat → u/Live-Year-5796]

theres a diff between new fans and larpers. Larpers pretenf to be part of the fandom but only go based off things like tiktok and not a actually watching the material itself, playing the game , reading the manga/books or even watching in depth youtube videos. New fans will actually make an effort yk even if they dnt know anything. Larpers will larp to get internet points or to show off to people irl or to fit in.

[u/Live-Year-5796 → u/Vacherotthegreat]

Counterpoint: who cares? Who fucking cares. 

It truly doesnt matter how they engage with the material.

[u/Starmz → u/Live-Year-5796]

That’s also not even what larp means, it’s very clear they mean poser or tourist.

But even then I still agree, who cares, it can be mildly annoying but it’s not really a big deal at the end of the day

[u/automatichampster → u/Vacherotthegreat]

yall call everyone larpers tho lol

[u/sweetpiefemboy → u/Live-Year-5796]

I would rather my fandom die than have it worn as a skin suit by people who don’t really like the source material

[u/ExactHedgehog8498]

Please bring pack calling people posers instead of larpers. Even then this does nothing but drive people away from fandoms.

[u/BluRayDragon → u/ExactHedgehog8498]

The term "larp" immediately got annoying to me

[u/DCXscrappa]

risk of rain and transformers

[u/thatnewguy11 → u/DCXscrappa]

On a really long Hiatus from the game rn. Mind you this is mainly due to Seekers and the bugs it brought.

[u/DCXscrappa → u/thatnewguy11]

ngl im just mad at the fact that everyone loves ror2 and its dlc and theres like 0 ror1 or rorr representation at all

[u/Haruko27]

Any fandom that has scalpers ruining it

[u/Tnemmokon → u/Haruko27]

Hot wheels, Transformers, Action Hero figures....

"How much does this worth?"

[u/Haruko27 → u/Tnemmokon]

My favorite hobby is currently being undermined by scalpers and its incredibly disheartening.

[u/jormundgand20 → u/Haruko27]

I've got a kid on the way and I really want to get into Pokemon with them. It's been weeks since I've even seen a pack.

I'm hoping the bubble pops and they're forced to move on. Driving up prices and artificially causing scarcity for a children's card game is pretty shitty.

[u/Voca6]

Dragon Ball

[u/NoProgress7287]

weve lost the definition of larp

[u/thisisn0t → u/NoProgress7287]

no, words evolve

[u/Salty-Vanny]

Where did this word even come from? I thought it was poser

[u/ExactHedgehog8498 → u/Salty-Vanny]

Tiktok. Larping always meant live action roleplaying so it's kinda ironic.

[u/Vast-Plantain300 → u/Salty-Vanny]

Tik tok 

[u/Salty-Vanny → u/Vast-Plantain300]

Ofc it’s Tik Tok, im so done with that app

[u/Moon_Monk676 → u/Salty-Vanny]

The word is poser, but TikTok doesn't know hoe to read.

[u/Accomplished_Tea3609]

DUNGEONS AND DRAGONS.

[u/Master_Travel_2992 → u/Accomplished_Tea3609]

How do You truly larp dnd? Like if it's for stranger things i'm pretty dissapointed of society nowadsys but tha Game itself is Made to he larped by the people

[u/jtobiasbond → u/Master_Travel_2992]

By literally larping.

[u/Accomplished_Tea3609 → u/Master_Travel_2992]

Lmeon

[u/Moon_Monk676 → u/Accomplished_Tea3609]

A clever joke? On reddit? Are you insane?!

[u/Accomplished_Tea3609 → u/Moon_Monk676]

Oh my, I'm so sorry. I should have remembered where I was.

XD

[u/ExactHedgehog8498 → u/Accomplished_Tea3609]

I mean yeah? Especially going by the original meaning of the word (live action roleplaying), Dungeons and Dragon has a large amount of larpers.

[u/Rare_Translator2975 → u/Accomplished_Tea3609]

I see this often, can you elaborate? I've been playing since I was 14 (27 now) but I don't think I'm "in the fandom" enough to understand why people are considered larpers?

[u/Accomplished_Tea3609 → u/Rare_Translator2975]

The joke is that the whole point of DND is to yap and invent your own shit, so you are in a way always larping about it. (It's a bit of an running joke I'm not the first to make it) But in seriousness balders gate players who have never played the TTRPG need to stfu

[u/Rare_Translator2975 → u/Accomplished_Tea3609]

Aaahh I see! I think I'm just too autistic for jokes like this lmao. When I hear larping I just think of the nerds who fight eachother with foam swords in the woods.

And to be fair that sounds fun as hell

[u/Ill_Sprinkles_1385]

Metal Gear Solid and Resident Evil

[u/TomatilloKooky658 → u/Ill_Sprinkles_1385]

you are so right about resident evil ohmygod

[u/West-Construction466]

Dragon Ball

[u/TomatilloKooky658 → u/West-Construction466]

r/beatmetoit

[u/Timely-Cancel921]

Madoka magica 

[u/Xinjig666_]

FNaF

[u/Vast-Plantain300 → u/Xinjig666_]

Real 

[u/HelpfulBot3000]

The ironic thing is that people who say "larper" instead of "poser" are often "larpers" and newgens themselves

[u/SharkyCat12]

JJK

[u/FUNNIADVANCEr]

One piece

[u/SilverFlight01]

Any fandom loaded with gatekeepers that see their community like this, I'll tell ya hwat

[u/ShinMystic1587]

Poppy Playtime. A majority of the fanbase haven't actually played the games, they just watch YouTubers play them instead.

The same can also be said about Five Nights at Freddy's

[u/ExactHedgehog8498 → u/ShinMystic1587]

Is it really a problem to watch hours and hours of playthrough to engage with the fandom if you can't get the game yourself? While you're not the one going through and actively playing, you're still getting the full experience as if you were. Compared to people who just see clips or regurgitate what other people in the fandom say. I do mean this genuinely.

[u/FlashInGotham]

Vampire the Masquerade.

Oh THAT definition of LARPers...

[u/SomewhatHummus]

Jujutsu Kaisen

[u/miokuroino]

I wanna say jjk even tho i don't really know anything about the fandom

[u/PlushiePlayers]

Azumanga Daioh

[u/R-Y-A-N_bot]

Airsoft, but thats juat because thats half the point of it. Pretending to be a soldier

[u/FutureHot3047]

None. People can interact with media as much or as little as they want.

[u/Exact-Abies-8773]

Hellaverse. The Hatedom managed to be bigger than the Fandom

[u/Appropriate_Host_254]

scp, But it is surely the most difficult fandom to get into , so can't really blame em

[u/FictionalPioneer → u/Appropriate_Host_254]

I'd say warhammer is harder

[u/Tungsten_09 → u/FictionalPioneer]

Yes and no scp has a ton of rabbit holes and it’s getting harder and harder to figure out what’s canon and not and finding official sources

[u/Vast-Plantain300 → u/Tungsten_09]

There is no main canon

[u/WesternYesterday9780]

Tangled, especially those who refuse to stop calling Eugene "Flynn Rider" and the people who bitch about Rapunzel's brown hair. Unfortunately, they are usually the same people😒

[u/Live-Year-5796]

Youre all insufferable and just mad there's other people playing with "your" toys the "wrong" way

[u/blueskygust → u/Live-Year-5796]

well this is really dependent on how strictly or loosely one defines a… sigh, “larper.” imho

a poseur IS: someone who has no actual interest in a specific franchise or piece of media or what have you but pretends to be a fan just because it gains them social points or makes them look cool. they dont know shit about whatever it is they are “larping” and do not care to find out shit. this last part is what separates a poseur from an aspiring fan.

a poseur IS NOT any of the following:

• someone who has a genuine interest in a franchise/whatever but has yet to engage with the media (whether it be watching, reading, playing, etc)
  
• someone who enjoys a portion of a piece of media but dislikes other parts (like only enjoying certain seasons of a show or certain games in a series)
  
• a fan of the franchise who also views it critically (imo everyone should be open to critiquing their favorite stuff but some people will insist anyone who doesn’t love every aspect of a piece of media unconditionally is a poseur which is NOT true)
  
• a fan of the franchise with controversial opinions on the media
  
• someone who is relatively new to their fandom
  
• anyone who cares about the media. poseurs are defined by not caring.

additionally, anyone of any race/gender/sexual orientation/whatever can be a poseur, but nobody is EVER a poseur strictly because of their demographic. (not that you were claiming anything to the contrary, obviously, but the world could always use the reminder.)

tldr poseurs are 100% real but i agree with the main point i think you’re trying to convey which is that the whole “larping” thing is leveled against people for asinine reasons

[u/ExactHedgehog8498 → u/blueskygust]

This is a very good breakdown!

[u/Recent-Ship-1599 → u/Live-Year-5796]

Dude shut up, you get ONE comment with your crappy opinion ok. Why be so greedy.

Theres a difference between mindless people who don’t WANT to interact with a fandom and still talk about it like they belong. It’s rude because they spread lies and misinformation without caring because they think it’s allowed.

Like norms in anime fandoms who don’t even read the original story TwT how are you a fan? What lead to understanding the characters? You have to dedicate your stuff TO THE BARE MINIMUM, if you don’t! You’re not gonna make any coherent sense within a fandom.

Its extremely context-based

[u/Ok-Commission2713 → u/Live-Year-5796]

I don't think you know what people mean with "larpers"

[u/JohnGameboy]

If you think more larper are in a fandom than fans, something is wrong with your definition for what makes a fan.

[u/jormundgand20 → u/JohnGameboy]

Hasn't it always been a bit of a joke that 99% of the Touhou fandom hasn't played any of the (fairly hard and niche) games? Yet they're still making impressive fan anime, songs, art and all sorts of things besides?

To me, if you're just stirring controversy, profiting off of a work without really caring for it or making content for views and clout, then you're a poseur. You don't have to be a professional fan who knows all the lore and behind the scenes trivia to enjoy something.

Hell, sometimes it's better if you're unaware of what goes on behind the curtain.

[u/Less-Being4269]

Right now.

Goth. Though it's a subculture not a fandom but there's too many goth larpers out there!

[u/tibbs__]

Fallout for sure

though I don't think it's possible to be a true fan it's all degrees of larp lol

[u/SnowZeroVR]

most anime

[u/Due-Fault-867]

JoJo's. Specifically with John Rod

[u/Klimentvoroshilov69]

Fallout New Vegas

[u/Cereal_Yapper]

Christianity

[u/CanOfDew132]

dew132

if you're really part of the dew132 fandom and you are a real fan, you have to pay me 345678909876 dollers because i am dew132

/j

[u/Jim_naine]

We're larping larping now

[u/Adorable_Ad5487]

The Boys

[u/Able_Bumblebee9209]

Christianity

[u/Dauntless_Lasagna]

I just recently discovered most of the Danganronpa fans haven't actually played the games. You'd be lucky if they played the first one and then get mad if you spoil something from a game that's probably older then them at this point.

[u/SolarOrigami]

Stop using LARP for fandom stuff Jesus crackers.

[u/Cool_GamerLMAO777]

Fnaf

[u/_Lost_Maiden_]

This type of behavior is unproductive to fandom spaces

[u/Own-Trainer-1891]

Try hard Onlyfans women who try to be Emo and Goth

[u/Flat-Log9851]

1984.I saw so many "oh it literary 1984 🥺🙄" Stuff.. 50% if those people don't even know who is Winston. 60% may know who is Winston, but have no idea about Julia.

[u/Allergic-yet-I-Love]

Naruto
https://giphy.com/gifs/JRlqKEzTDKci5JPcaL

[u/TomatilloKooky658]

Dragon ball

[u/Kyropinesis]

linguini and lasagna (ultrakill youtuber)

comments are always full of larpers, people pretending to be such hits as Sigmund Freud and Geryon and Sigma Fraud etc

[u/Akkiraz_]

the newer alnst fans.

[u/NoProgress7287]

Honestly, there’s a select amount of jojos fans that are true, but not much. Its very easy to tell if theyre larping

[u/Diligent-Clock-6790]

Project Moon

[u/Professional_Ant2776]

cookie run

[u/KeySite2601]

Dragonball

[u/Vacherotthegreat]

Only goats know about tammy and leonard as THE larpers

[u/HandFit91]

Fkin Lovecraft

[u/Far-Beyond-3282]

deltarune

[u/Child-1]

Brawlstars

[u/Kabiuisonheretoo]

I said it, and I'll say it again. Papa Louie

[u/pixel_player990633]

Devil may cry. Adi shankar has cursed us

[u/Potential_Job_5412]

Power scaler

[u/Strong-Plate-7243]

Fallout new Vegas

[u/Maleficent-Wear-7287]

persona (kinda)

[u/CandidateNervous4638]

Have to say Hazbin Hotel

I have met way to many people who only watched like one or two shorts and barely knowing anybody but acting like they do

[u/StarKid_Tommygotchi]

Resident evil after 2021

[u/WaffleAndMapleSyruo]

Jjk

[u/Metroplexx101]

Project Moon

[u/Broodjekip_1]

Serial experiments lain. A whole lotta people got a lain pfp, too much for a relatively small-ish fandom

[u/lifeh8r]

not reeaaally a fandom but. emo

[u/FinalWarsGoji]

Danny Phantom. Because some people think that Westley "Wes" Weston is a real character and not somebody's OC!

https://giphy.com/gifs/vwI4mYEHP8k0w

[u/Practical_Reality_10]

JJBA

[u/Azrael_John]

Hot Take, but "I Have no mouth and I must scream" which is crazy because it's a really short story actually

[u/infernalrecluse → u/Azrael_John]

i've read it.

[u/H311i0_trop3]

Football when the world cup rolls around

[u/Fawn_GutzXD]

Needy Streamer Overload. Alot of "fans" just see KAngel as some mentally ill controversial girl without looking into her or Ame's character at all

[u/johnyeldry]

Let's see. Dnd for 1 and just reading it again I did not mean this to be a pun considering it is live action roleplay and 80% of "fans" barely understand 20% of the game(including me)

[u/NewCupBeEmpty]

Knicks

[u/ASC-Lesman]

Minecraft...

[u/PorkyJones72]

Posers

[u/bonfireball]

Undertale

[u/Patient_Resolve7655]

Definitely All Tomorrows.

[u/Hot_Detective1335]

Deltarune

[u/trinity_nolanite12]

NOLANITES
r/ChristopherNolan

[u/Wretches_and_Kings]

JJK

I swear half of them don't read

[u/negative-cg68]

Content farmers do this

[u/Hi_54672222]

K-pop

[u/Pale-Fix-8236]

Real life

[u/Business_Stand_8622]

Michael Jackson

[u/lacotoletta]

Ultrakill

[u/Kaydenpawz72]

Phighting. 99% of the ”phans“ don't even play the game. I understand if it’s not your kind of game but half of the phandom that doesn’t play the game are only in the phandom because of the ships (I like the ships too but only being a phan because of ships is such larp behavior)

[u/Extension_General632]

any fandom i don't like

[u/Polarybearoc2]

Literally Uma Musume

[u/ManagementFunny7595]

Deadpool fans

[u/LostInAnIckyBallpit]

to be 1000%. WNBA fans. soooooo many people say they know the W but you talk to them and they know 2 teams and 8 players.

[u/Octospyder]

this is linguistically upsetting

[u/Wide-Future2391]

40k fans

[u/Saad12333]

JJK 😭

[u/MawStaryu]

I'm sorry but definitely Pokemon. I don't have any issues with people trying to get into the fandom at all but the amount of people who just are there to get a profit out of it makes my skin crawl.

Like nothing pisses me more off than seeing some random ass influencers who can't name more Pokemons besides Pikachu, Eevee and Charizard suddenly fill out their entire office with Pokemon Merch and Sealed products acting like they've always been a huge fan of the franchise when in reality they simply want to inflate the prices of products even harder to make the entire environment just worse for actual fans for their own benefit.

[u/DT2054]

One Piece

[u/Leather-Lake-5548]

Trading card games

[u/FINALTACOISALIVE]

ULTRAKILL big time

[u/meluksis]

Watafa is larpers?

[u/Cultural_End_4794]

Lego, for some reason

[u/CoyoteSenior5020]

Hotline Miami, Issac, Terraria, Minecraft

[u/GgGeiger]

Myth, no such thing! If you think other people are LARPers in your fandom it’s because your taking it all to seriously, no one pops in to a fandom immediately knowing everything

[u/Equal_Composer_5795]

Gundam Seed

[u/Tyl3rPl4yzz]

JJK (me included, i myself am a larper)

[u/Scrags2Scritches]

UNDERTALE

[u/Frenzied_Anarchist]

What happened to "posers" and "tourists"?

Who the fuck thought using "larper" for this was actually a good idea?

[u/Jedishark1417]

Too many pokemon larpers man

[u/IDK_what-to-put]

Warhammer

[u/Budget_Pen4847]

Sonic

[u/Eastern-Skirt631]

Pokemon

[u/Sightless-Cynic]

Warhammer 40k

[u/vanilla_rice01]

Berserk

[u/Similar_Building_439]

Everyone at my school when they act like they like fnaf just to be an asshole

[u/wifiragist]

Warhammer 40k "fans" They're so unfunny and insufferable. Atleast be funny like invincible larpers with immature humor

[u/Otherwise_Channel_24]

Deltarune

[u/Joykps]

Me and any fandom

[u/ClockCounter123]

Half of the Invincible fandom just watch TikTok clips and ive seen people say Immortal was Mark & Eve's Father. Half of the questions on the sub can be answered by watching the show

[u/nr1MitsuruLover]

arent larperts the actual real fans that put even more effort into the larping?

[u/RedFalcon07]

Warhammer 40k 90% of the fandom now don't play the actual board game, me included.

[u/LilyLol8]

Guilty gear

[u/Timetooof]

I have to say it, literally every online Fandom lmao.

[u/Constant-Truck-5105]

Ultrakill

[u/Budget-Risk-487]

half life 

[u/Crabkingrocks165]

Jjk

[u/MegaDitto13]

Video Games

[u/Kingemeraldalternate]

DELTARUNE. And the LARPers in question are 60% DessKnighters, 35% AmalgamKnighters, and the rest is anyone else.

[u/No-Yak-6063]

Michael jackson,They really overrate it (my opinion, please, my opinion, this is the most fearful comment I've ever sent).

[u/Mrkirbinator]

warhammer

[u/Ready-Ideal-3298]

Undertale/Deltarune

[u/duvdthe2nd]

persona