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!
