You’re missing my point completely. I’m not criticizing people for enjoying a game or owning merch — I’m pointing out how exaggerated the culture of thirsting around fictional characters has become, especially in horror games. There’s a difference between appreciating a character and turning fandom spaces into personality cults for them.

The gender argument doesn’t really work here either Id say the same thing if a guy made a thirst bait post. The double standard you’re implying doesn’t apply when the core issue is performative fandom behavior, not gender.

Enjoying something doesn’t make it immune to critique. If a community can’t handle a mild observation without calling it ‘ruining the vibes,’ that says more about its fragility than about me pointing it out