1
: all the fans (as of a sport)
2
: the state or attitude of being a fan
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When Owen watches the show with his fellow obsessive Maddy (Brigette Lundy-Paine), an older classmate who guards the walls around their fandom with an impatient, fast-talking ferocity, both teens’ faces are awash in warm pink light.
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Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 2 May 2024
This is a movie about fandom before tribal us-and-them toxicity completely took over, and would have worked with any number of similarly beloved TV classics blessed with thick series bibles.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 2 May 2024
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Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 2 May 2024
This is a movie about fandom before tribal us-and-them toxicity completely took over, and would have worked with any number of similarly beloved TV classics blessed with thick series bibles.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 2 May 2024
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“Fandom.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fandom. Accessed 7 May. 2024.
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