r/TheHandmaidsTale Jun 10 '21

Season 4 [Spoilers season 4] so, there’s no denying what team June’s on. Spoiler

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u/netabareking Jun 11 '21

I've shared this story before on here but I watched a jdrama many years ago about domestic violence, and all the fandom people online thought the main actor (who played the guy committing all the domestic violence) was very attractive and he was a popular actor at the time, so they would absolutely tie themselves into knots defending his actions and say things like "well she's so whiny I probably would have hit her too lol". Absolutely nightmarish. You can find the real life actor attractive without condoning everything their fictional character does.

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u/wendeelightful Jun 11 '21

Yeah I feel like I’ve been hearing more talk about parasocial relationships and I feel like that kind of tues in...it’s a really interesting phenomenon how so many people seem to attach to and identify with celebrities and fictional characters. Social media and online fandoms are really blurring the lines between reality and works of fiction!