anecdote
so i had this crush on a girl and so i realized she was on this many fandoms, so in an attempt to approach her and have more common interests i larped the whole thing, and because i wanted to make my larping superior (look more legit but still larping) i decided to just take a look at the fandom and the fandom made me really start consuming the main product so the fandom can work, and so ended up as a real fan