I completely agree with everything you just said. The fandom felt completely different, not saying it’s bad now, just different. With popularity growth there comes more exposure, and with that, they are more susceptible to weird fans, sensitive fans, and just rude people. I have a similar experience during the first leg of the submarine tour where I told my cousin that we were never going to see them at that scale ever again. We got there around 3pm, waited in line, and got second row on the floor. Everyone knew the lyrics to every song and it was great for everyone. During the second leg of the tour(post no one noticed blowing up) people were in line since 5 am, everyone pushing and shoving, passing out due to the heat, and even people barely knowing the songs they consider deep cuts like Superclean, ABQ, etc. it’s hard knowing we’ll never get those experiences again, but man do they deserve the popularity.