Why has fandom become so toxic?

[gracchus]

@anon61221983

Could be… or maybe they just identify with the bad guys and think they are actually heroes…

Yep. From an earlier topic:

A new taxonomy of the "Dad Thriller" movie genre

When the Dad Thriller’s protagonist doesn’t have a professional degree and isn’t an agent of the state (i.e. “the businessman”), the probability increases that a large portion of the audience (especially the conservative white Boomer dads) ends up rooting for someone who’s actually the villain of the piece.

@gracchus

I’m talking about the southwest corner of his Dad Thriller protagonist compass. “Falling Down”, “Disclosure”, “The Game”, really most post-1980 thrillers starring Michael Douglas.