A fan passionately defends his preferences.
A fan is an admirer or follower of something or someone . The term comes from the English fanatic , equivalent to the concept of fanatic in our language . The fan is a person who defends his preferences with passion and tenacity.
For example: "My daughter is a fan of Justin Bieber: she has all his albums" , "I have been a fan of Deportivo Laurencio since I was born, inherited from my father and my grandfather" , "A fan of the local team entered the bar and hit to the attendees who were celebrating the victory of the visiting team .
Fan behavior
The admiration that a fan feels for his idols does not always arise spontaneously and as a result of a gradual approach to them; In many cases, especially in sports, it is "inherited" from parents and grandparents, often without room to make a conscious choice. Inherited fanaticism is usually born from the need not to disappoint elders, which is why it is common for it to be strongly linked to resentment at the impossibility of choosing one's own path.
The fan feels excessive enthusiasm for what he fanaticizes about. Unlike a fan, the fan does not recognize limits when approaching someone he admires and is capable of carrying out actions that escape logic and reason (such as selling personal belongings to have money to buy a ticket to a concert, walking many kilometers). to attend a soccer match or wait all night outside a hotel to see a singer).
It is common for fans to organize various activities around their idol. From the creation of a fanzine (a publication intended to disseminate information about the person you admire) to the organization of a fan club , everything is valid to demonstrate fanaticism.
A fan can inherit the passion for a football team from his father or grandfather.
Accompaniment to the idol
A fan enjoys his idol's successes and suffers from his failures, as if they were his own, seeking to accompany him in the closest way possible. Thanks to the tools that the Internet gives us, today it is not difficult to show all our admiration and our support for the people and companies that inspire us with their works and products. When a singer releases a new album or single, for example, his fans often send him messages of encouragement and share their opinions with him.
Nowadays it is not unusual for the birthday of a famous person to be celebrated in various parts of the world by their fans, in meetings in which they take the opportunity to pay tribute to their idol through a review of their career and the making of posters, albums of photos and videos that compile their best works, among many other possible works that demonstrate their admiration and respect.
The fan's attitudes
Music stars , football teams and Hollywood actors are some of the figures and institutions that usually garner fans. In many cases, it is common for a kind of rivalry to be generated between fans of different artists or clubs .
When a fan limits himself to respecting only the creations or works of his idols, denying any merit to the competition or to people or companies that carry out similar activities and criticizing them excessively and unfairly, it is called a fanboy or fangirl .
The video game industry is an area in which fanaticism is often taken to the extreme, and where fierce confrontations are commonplace. A fan of a development company can accept and even admire the work of others; But a fanboy never finds inner peace, and bristles at the mere suggestion that another company may surpass his favorite in some way.