>>4716952Well if you ask me the real definition can be used to any niche or hobby out there, the ironic fan mayor trait is the insecurity and lack in confidence on how him and other people seems to enjoy things, pay attention on the "seems" part, the ironic fan in his insecurity it's totally bound by social perceptions, instead of liking things by the value that he gives to the object of his liking, it depends of how it's treated by the mainstream mayority, for example, He likes anime but he is afraid of he being identified as a weeb, and in the social standards, look down uppon, so what he does, it's taking a cynical approach, and joining the perspective of an outsider looking down on people that have the confidence to express how genuine is the interest and love for anime, this, lets them enjoy whatever interest they host at the moment without fearing being associated with the "real fans" but you can tell for how they act that they en y the passion that real fans exale, while at the same time constantly comply with any change or trend that may affect they interest on fear of being pushed out from their own groups of ironic and cynical peers.
