robotface
@robotface

Types of TMBG fans (non-exhaustive list)

My Dad

  • Literally 60 years old
  • Nerd
  • Classic rock
  • MMO gamer
  • Found in great numbers at concerts
  • Also includes my mom
  • Other artists they listen to: The Who, Jethro Tull, David Bowie

The Zoomer

  • Appears in your last.fm neighbors
  • Cookie Run profile pic
  • Raised on TMBG kids albums but has rediscovered them in young adulthood
  • Parents might be My Dads or they might have had like a My Dad science teacher or something
  • DMs you on discord because you have a tmbg profile pic. The only server you're both in has 1000+ members
  • Other artists they listen to: Tally Hall, Lemon Demon, Kero Kero Bonito, Ween

The Wiki Creature

  • Complete enigma
  • Could be any other type of fan on this list
  • I don't look at the "interpretations" tab for certain songs because I feel like I'd be peering too deep into these fans' psyches
  • More vital to society than any superhero marvel or dc could come up with
  • Other artists they listen to: Mono Puff, John Linnell

The Podcaster

  • Did you know there's like a million tmbg podcasts
  • Sometimes includes one person who isn't actually obsessively into tmbg
  • Always appearing as guests on each other's shows
  • I don't listen to podcasts frequently enough to make any authoritative statements on the nature of these fans, sorry
  • Other artists they listen to: could be anybody

The Fandom Kid

  • Found in the tmbg tag on tumblr
  • Posts about John and John the same way they post about their other blorbos
  • TMBG lyricstucks
  • It's hilarious to see two guys who are as old as my dad get posted about like this
  • Nobody ever posts about Marty Beller though :(
  • Subtype of The Zoomer
  • Other artists they listen to: like The Zoomer, but they also listen to MARINA and Mitski

Please feel free to add on any that I'm missing!


hkr
@hkr

but also pegs me squarely into the parent category


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in reply to @robotface's post:

As a sometimes TMBG podcast listener, I can report that at least 2 such people really really like to talk about Violent Femmes

also, unrelatedly, I saw your page about M:TG formats, and thought you might like to see mine :D https://tipr.tk/planetrip/ (you might get some kind of security warning about this, but i promise it's just a PDF about a Magic game)

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