I have real Thoughts about how my experiences as a 13-year-old coming into Star Wars fandom with TPM kinda shaped my fannish life to come, but I’ve never, ever been able to articulate them in a way I like. It really annoys me.

s’just because the True Fan ™ Narrative always seems to be, even now, “I grew up in the early 80s and I LOVED Star Wars and then the prequels came along and RUINED MY CHILDHOOD and I hate them so much I will continue to talk about them and compare their fans to child molesters even a decade later!!” and I always felt like…

…at least your childhood was over before it was ruined? What the friggin’ hell, dudes?