Hi, everyone. Sorry I've been away, I just returned from a five day internet break. And wow did I miss a lot in the fandom world. But there is one Fandom Thought I just have to talk about:
Well, there are some bad fans acting up in the 9-1-1 fandom. From what I can piece together, it happened after four members of the cast (Kenneth Choi, Ryan Guzman, Oliver Stark and Aisha Hinds) were hanging out together over the weekend. They posted fun pictures (below) making fun of Guzman's character Edmundo "Eddie" Diaz's new mustache look for the upcoming eighth season. Well, apparently this set off some fans for the most unusual reason. Well fans of actor Lou Ferrigno, Jr. (who is a guest actor on 9-1-1) were mad because they believed the cast was supposedly somehow trolling or making fun of them and Ferrigno, Jr. I still don't understand how or why they believed that.
These fans were so mad that he wasn't at the party or gathering that one fan even went on a four hour rant (yes, four hours!) being hateful and talking about the cast which the fan posted online. They have since deleted it. Not to mention some of Ferrigno, Jr's fans have been harassing the cast. But how can you get so upset over a perceived slight and go on a hateful rant and harass the cast. And doing all this in support of their favorite actor. That's so disappointing. Especially since Angela Bassett, Peter Krause, Jennifer Love Hewitt and other cast members weren't hanging out with those four. However, I don't see fans of those actors ranting and being mad they weren't there.
Situations like this is when fans need to take a step back and realize that they have reached a point where they have lost all sense of reason. How is being angry and harassing the cast being supportive of their favorite actor? Just because they are fans of Ferrigno, Jr doesn't mean they know him. And how do they know he wasn't invited but couldn't attend due to other plans. However, even if he wasn't invited, how does the cast hanging out and taking fun pictures making fun of Eddie's mustache equate to trolling Ferrigno, Jr and his fans. I just don't understand how that even resulted in the outcome of fans being mad.
This whole thing makes me think some of these fans are new to the show or are simply Ferrigno, Jr fans only. Because the cast has always posted fun pictures and videos which has never received such a bad reaction from some fans or that they were accused of making fun of fans before. Regardless if they are new fans or Ferrigno, Jr fans only, this is such an unusual and toxic reaction. Fandom is supposed to be fun and not whatever that was that occurred over the weekend.
Photo Credit: Oliver Stark's Instagram Stories (Instagram: oliverstarkk)
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