When real people collide with the murky world of fandom

[birdsofshore]

I know it can be a bit icky when people show actors fanart and such of the characters they play. However I think I love Mark Ruffalo a little bit after reading this:

"MARK RUFFALO KNOWS WHAT SCIENCE BROS IS, SHIPS IT"

He seemed so genuinely delighted by the whole concept, I found it strangely heart-warming. I've seen actors confronted before on talk shows or at cons, and they usually take it in good part, but then they're trying to appear likeable and funny, so it's hard to know how they actually feel about the subject. I know Tom Felton always seems amused by the things fandom comes up with, and often makes jokes about Drarry or Drapple. However I can think of other actors for whom this must have been a cringy situation.

What do you think about people having fandom thrust upon them like this? It seems sort of disrespectful, but then the interview above shows it can be a thing of joy... And, incidentally, do you ship Science Bros? I don't follow the Avengers at all, but Mark Ruffalo (is it just me who always wants to say Mark Gruffalo? :D) and RDJ are both so cute, I could be easily persuaded...

Comments

[sisi-rambles.livejournal.com]

He's so cute with his enthusiasm!

I'm fine with gen stuff being thrown at people. There's lots of really awesome art that actors get shown and I think that's pretty cool. I'm leery of any kind of shippy stuff because I don't like embarrassing people or seeing people get awkward and that hits it pretty hard. If the actor mentions it I'm kinda ok, but I'm still a bit "uh no".

Science Bros FTW! I went into the Avengers not expecting anything but more Loki/Thor goodness and came out shipping Bruce/Tony so hard it's ridiculous. RDJ and Ruffalo's interactions are so cute in the movie. I could watch them SCIENCE! for hours.

[birdsofshore]

Oh, wow, you are convincing me! I don't know what I would think about all the, erm, fighting and explosions and stuff that I expect this sort of film to have, but cute men sciencing is something I can definitely get behind.

[sisi-rambles.livejournal.com]

er I may be giving the wrong impression. It is a "big explosions and buff men (and ScarJo) hitting each other" movie. The sciencing is probably about 5 minutes of cuteness where Tony pokes Bruce in the side, blabbers at him and stares into his eyes. Which, now that I think about it, isn't much. But yeah, there's just so much in that interaction that just makes me squee so hard at them.

[birdsofshore]

LOL, you nearly had me there. Maybe I will youtube "science cuteness, poking and blabbering". It sounds great. :D

[sisi-rambles.livejournal.com]

Yeah I thought I should clear things up asap. Nothing like having an over-enthusiastic fan with serious goggles promote something and then finding out that the reality isn't quite, ya know? I've had my share of confused "I see nothing here" moments so I try not to lead people down the wrong road lol

[birdsofshore]

Heh, I'm sorry to have brought you down from your fangirlcloud. Why let little things like the reality of canon interfere with our moments of shipping euphoria, heh.