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notafraidofredyellowandblue · 8 months

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Is it me or does it feel like our fandom is slowly healing? Positive vibes everywhere and I have seen so many funny posts in a row, sometimes I can't stop laughing. I am glad that the boys can enjoy their break but the fandom is kinda coming back to life again <3

Well...i think it's also because the Rammstein tour is over and the band are out of the limelight, that always causes less fandom sharing, and also because of it the media attention (and with that the fandom attention) to the allegations has died down a bit.

'Our fandom' has always been pretty varied imo, and that's probably that way in many fandoms. People like the band for different reasons and that's okay; i know peoplewho went to the live shows because of the great show ("the music isn't really my thing"), some people like to watch the good looking pictures, some fans think Rammstein is Till and some random musicians (like when a while ago a part of the fandom leaked that Rammstein would do a cover of a spanish song, and i turned out that was for Till's other band), some are in it for the dark lyrics, some have no idea what the lyrics are about but like that they sound cool, and some find support in Rammstein in a difficult period in their life 🌺

The Rammstein fandom has probably changed over the years, especially social media wise. Some people post a lot quality stuff and at some point loose interest, move on with their life, don't spend as much time on social media. If i see some of the older posts here on Tumblr that easily got 300-400 notes, and now, especially out of tour season, you're lucky if you get 50-100. I'm glad i wasn't here during the Mutter era fall-out, because i'm sure i would have left knowing there was all that trouble in the band. There are some great Tumblr blogs i started following when i just got to Tumblr, who haven't posted in years, some stopped before 2018 (even before the Untitled album and the staidum tour), some we lost this year; some because they don't like the band anymore, some because they don't deal well with the negativity vibe of others.

Also, sometimes i'm amazed how different X, Instagram, Facebook, Reddit, Tiktok or Tumblr are, fandom-wise... That already struck me before, but since the allegations surfaced it's imo more polarized than before. I saw some people (on other sm) join the discussions with 'I don't really follow the band, but am interested in what's happening now', some have made up their minds as soon as the allegations started and started cancelling Rammstein, some have gone the other extreme and, now that some allegations haven't been proven, consider anything that has come to light as untrue even stuff that has been plain to see for years (which has again others argue 'if it's plain to see for years, you knew that it happened and you condoned it, so you're just as bad'). Some are only now reading the lyrics and consider them 'reality'. Some condemn Schneider for sharing his IG post. Some have come up with conspiracy theories that it's all a controlled 'setup' from 'the left wing media' to bring down the band. Some right wing fans now consider Rammstein right-wing too, because left-wing people are vocal in the allegations (That last part is probably what annoys me most, that some make a political topic out of it.).

I think this allegations stuff changed the fandom, and i think it has changed the band as well. That is not necessarily a bad thing, life is change, and i think the fandom had a major reshuffle because of it. The band will build on this together, like Schneider said 'all six of us'. And so can we 🌺

Panta Rhei (Everything flows, nothing stays the same, you can't step into the same river twice)

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