See this? This is DUMB.
I'm speaking in general, here, so please don't think I'm obsessing over him.
Celebrities make their own choices. They have friends. Real friends. They have people they trust and probably someone who is responsible for their health. Still, they make their own choices.
It is not a fan's responsibility to take care of a celebrity. You make think you're entitled to because you've been the ultimatezomgfan for 100+ years, but you're not. You are not the celebrity, or even his friend. Maybe you could be his friend if you got the chance, but you're not.
It is not caring or touching for a fan to demand that a celebrity take a rest, then proceed to spam them into submission. That is not concern for the celebrity; it is concern for you and for all of your dreams being crushed. And now you're going to try to say that the celebrity is responsible for keeping your dreams alive? No. It is not their responsibility at all, and it is not right to guilt them in to submission. You are not a fan at that point; you are desperate and controlling.
If you are a fan, you are humble. You do not assume you know everything about the celebrity (because you don't; you only know their music, their videos on Youtube, and their blog entries, none of which equate to knowing a person's soul. they can try their best to show it, but you will never know their little habits, how their mind works, or how they feel 24/7), and you do not assume that you are the one person in the entire world mature enough to comprehend a being as fascinating as that celebrity. You're not. You are a fan. Maybe you are mature; maybe you are intelligent. But you are not them, and they are not you.
I'm not saying you can't have a connection with them. Maybe you have met them and maybe they do like you. But, you know what? You're still a fan. No matter how desperately you want to be fascinating enough to be noticed by them (and you very well could be, but they can't meet the 6+ billion people in the world and sort through them), you are still a fan. Celebrities love fans, but it is their friends, family, and beloved staff that know them the best.
I'm not trying to put down fans; I just want them to know their place. You can be a very loving fan, and celebrities do need fans to be celebrities. The things fans will do for their favorite celebrity is touching (like crying your eyes out for 4 minutes over justin bieber), but thinking you and the possibly millions of other fans do not have the authority to tell a celebrity what to do and when to do it. Celebrities are people, no matter how godly we may think they are. They make decisions. Not you.
Good fans should be supportive, not forceful.
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