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

[eidheann_writes]

I have heart-eyes for him now as well.

[nerakrose]

he seems like the kind of person who doesn't expect to have fans so gets excited when he finds out he does. :D ♥

i ship pretty much everything in the avengers, even science bros.

[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.

[blossomdreams.livejournal.com]

I ship them so hard so hard with no regrets! I've always loved him from the indie films he's done and now I love him more! I love how he is and this just really cemented me in the ship. ^^

[0idontknow0]

Having fandom thrust on them, a little weird and maybe frightening. If I was a celebrity and I had fandom thrown in my face I don't know how I'd react. Depending on the roles I might have known fans would read too much into things or it might have just come out of left field. I think it depends on how they get introduced to the fandom.

I watched the movie and I totally did ship Science Bros. They were adorable.

Also, I love the way Tom Felton handles the fandom questions. Especially that time someone asked him about a wedding with Daniel Radcliffe as a joke. That must have been terribly awkward having it turned into a RL situation instead of just HP.

[sapphoatsunset.livejournal.com]

I love Science Bros! Mainly because I love that it promotes science~ And then, of course, the adorable-ness of them together :D

Maybe I have a different perspective, but I'm used to my celebs knowing about all the ways fans love all over them. I come from fandoms (RPF/bandom) where the celebrities encourage the shippping :) It's marvelous.

I guess that's part of why stepping into the HP fandom was such a culture shock for me XD

Yay for Mark and Tom!!! ♥ They're both sweethearts~

edit to add: I love The Mary Sue!!

[lokifan]

I tend to find it cringey when people shove fandom stuff at actors, I feel sorry for them. But this was cute because he seemed, as you said, so genuinely delighted. Also "open-source creativity" gives me joy. I don't ship it at all, but yeah. Adorable.