When fandom goes wrong (Comicon Division)

[Killick]

Death in San Diego when a fan was hit by a car. I hope to God when I pop off, the story isn't quite so sad.

http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2012/07/10/twilight-fan-dies-in-comic-con-traffic-accident/

The victim, 53... (FIFTY-THREE!)... ran out into traffic after waiting five days in line for a panel discussion of the final Twilight movie. Although, if I came to the sudden realization that, at 53, I'd just spent five days waiting for a one-hour chance to gush over guys 30 years my junior, I'd probably dart out into traffic myself. That's not being a fan. That's having a fetish.

 

[Armchair_QB]

 

[Uncle.Ruckus]

That's not being a fan. That's having a fetish.

Someone's been watching The West Wing.

 

[Killick]

That's not being a fan. That's having a fetish.

Someone's been watching The West Wing.

Yep. I once waited five days in line at a... uh, nevermind.