A Star Wars fan tried to shame other fans and these were not the tweets he was looking for
Although nobody asked him to, astrophysicist Dr Ed Powell announced to Twitter what he thought made somebody a real Star Wars fan.
The move, known as gatekeeping – which involves trying to erect a metaphorical wall around things so others can’t get involved – got people’s backs up.
The inevitable mockery came flooding in.
1.
Reading my books does not make you an Adam Kay fan.
Actual Adam Kay fans have done some of the following:
* Sent me £42.5million by PayPal
* Tattooed key chapters of my books onto their torso
* Turned up at my house with a lifesize effigy of me made out of dolls heads. https://t.co/VSobzo1CST— Adam Kay (@amateuradam) January 5, 2020
2.
Seeing the John Wick movies does not make you a John Wick fan.
Actual John Wick fans have done some of the following:
* Owned and destroyed a cool car
* Lost their dog
* Gotten a $14,000,000 bounty
* Killed someone with a pencil
* Killed someone with a book
* Fallen off ledges https://t.co/Lm9CeSXXvx— Milky (@milkyriverbed02) January 3, 2020
3.
Seeing The Mummy movies does not make you a Mummy fan.
Actual Mummy fans have done some of the following:
*Visited Egypt
*Taken Egyptology courses
*Mummified a family member
*Fallen in love with wife of Pharaoh
*Brought back a long-dead cursed High Priest who eats people https://t.co/g99T2703jA— Sarah Parcak (@indyfromspace) January 4, 2020
4.
You're not a real Star Wars fan unless you've fought in a star war. https://t.co/IhbHGwTMzZ
— Jess Morrissette (@decafjedi) January 2, 2020
5.
Seeing the Jurassic Park movies does not make you a Jurassic Park fan.
Actual Jurassic Park fans have done some of the following:
*Had a conversation with Mr. DNA
*Hired a blood-sucking lawyer
*Stuck hands into one big pile of shit
*Held onto their butts
*Spared no expense https://t.co/3astsT33yr— 🦕 Katy Brooke 🦖 (@kbrookemt) January 4, 2020
6.
seeing the Untamed on netflix does not make you a MDZS fan
Actual MDZS fans have done some of the following:
* read the novel
* watched the donghua
* listened to the audio drama
* bought a copy of the book in chinese
* raised the dead
* shoved an entire sword up their ass https://t.co/y1nrRkBvNE— yiling daddy @ reading tgcf (@helahound) January 5, 2020