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    Do Today's Fans Take Things Too Far?

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    Image of BrendCh06 BrendCh06
    10/29/09

    In reply to Do Today's Fans Take Things Too Far?
    The answer is yes. Today's fans are in-sane.

    Case in point: #robertpattinsonpanties
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    10/29/09

    In reply to Do Today's Fans Take Things Too Far?
    Um, anyone who thinks this level of merchandise is new has no real knowledge of cultural history. My British aunt had Beatles pantyhose in the 1960s with John, Paul, George and Ringo all the way up her legs. In the 1930s MGM studio and Macys had a cross-promo merch deal where Macy's would sell knock-offs of movie costumes. In the 19th Century, Wilkie Collins' pop-sensation novel, The Woman in White triggered a marketing juggernaut of tie-in perfume, bonnets, stockings, operas, piano music...

    It's not new, people. The internet makes it just more visible. As long as there's been pop culture, there's been fans willing to pay for stuff associated with their favourite cultural product. No need to get sniffy about it as it doesn't make you a better person. #robertpattinsonpanties
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    10/29/09

    @slapmeonthepatio: *Tie-in perfume* for The Woman in White? My mind, it is BLOWN. #robertpattinsonpanties
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    10/30/09

    @slapmeonthepatio: I would totally be into a current line of knock-off costumes from movies from the 30s. #robertpattinsonpanties
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    Image of LuvEwan LuvEwan
    10/29/09

    In reply to Do Today's Fans Take Things Too Far?
    I want my motherfucking Obi-Wan bustier and I want it NOW. #robertpattinsonpanties
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    Image of madeofawesome madeofawesome
    10/29/09

    In reply to Do Today's Fans Take Things Too Far?
    Truefax: Last night I had a dream RPattz hugged me for a creepily long time and when he let go, my clothes were dirty. I am not making this up.

    Also, I am so fangirl for Harry Potter. I would buy HP undies just to have them. However, I have never found HP fandom to be all that creepy. At least, not in the sense that Twilight is creepy. #robertpattinsonpanties
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    10/29/09

    @madeofawesome: What parts of fandom have you been hanging out in? o.O #robertpattinsonpanties
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    10/29/09

    @LBB: Maybe I should explain. It's not mainstream creepy. You only have to go into a Hot Topic for Creepy!Edward. #robertpattinsonpanties
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    10/29/09

    In reply to Do Today's Fans Take Things Too Far?
    This kind of ridiculous nonsense has been around for a while. People get really invested in things and marketers see that need to possess something and fill it. #robertpattinsonpanties
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    Image of la.donna.pietra la.donna.pietra
    10/29/09

    In reply to Do Today's Fans Take Things Too Far?
    I am reminded of Carrie Fisher's comment about the Princess Leia bubble bath bottle whose cap was her head, which screwed off. She wasn't sure if that was Freudian or not. #robertpattinsonpanties
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    10/29/09

    In reply to Do Today's Fans Take Things Too Far?
    I absolutely HAD to go into Nordstrom yesterday to check out all of the merchandise. There's so much of it! Rack upon rack of t-shirts with quotes and logos, not to mention some clothes that are, well, just regular looking clothes. (Including one damn cute tank/tunic sort of number that I would wear had it been made for women with breasts.) I even took a picture with one of the Edward cutouts. I did not, however, purchase anything. I looked at it more like a trip to the zoo ... the bears are fuzzy and cute, but I don't want to take one home. #robertpattinsonpanties
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    10/29/09

    @dj_chick: I would buy a "Team Jacob" shirt to advertise my preference for relationships in which the partners have things in common, enjoy talking with each other, and share activities over those in which one partner stalks the other, and most of their time together is spent talking about how much they love each other. But I would probably just end up looking like someone who thinks Taylor Lautner is hot. #robertpattinsonpanties
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    10/29/09

    @dj_chick: I'm not sure which I'm more disturbed by, the amount of Twilight merchandise [I saw a New Moon poster jigsaw puzzle at Borders] or the fact that NORDSTROM is selling it. It just seems wrong that a store that sells $600 shoes and $1,200 handbags would also sell movie tie-in t-shirts. #robertpattinsonpanties
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    10/29/09

    @LBB: At least they have the stuff up in the Juniors section. And for costume jewelry, that shiz is pricey. Thirty bucks for a necklace that will turn my neck green? No thanks. #robertpattinsonpanties
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    10/29/09

    @dj_chick: THIRTY? Oh my god. #robertpattinsonpanties
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    10/29/09

    In reply to Do Today's Fans Take Things Too Far?
    I forgot to add: Get off my lawn. #robertpattinsonpanties
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    10/29/09

    In reply to Do Today's Fans Take Things Too Far?
    I heard that if you wear these underwear, you get impregnated with a rock-hard giant baby. Not worth the risk, in my opinion. #robertpattinsonpanties
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    Image of PlayNice PlayNice
    10/29/09

    In reply to Do Today's Fans Take Things Too Far?
    Maybe its not the fact that commercialism has gotten worse, but that we've grown up and now see it for what it is.

    You've gotta be just like everyone else as a kid and have the coolest, most expensive thing. When we grow up, we realize "cool" isn't that important and that having expensive stuff isn't as important when you're the one shelling out the money for it.

    Not to mention, I'm not cool with being a walking billboard for anyone. #robertpattinsonpanties
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    10/29/09

    @PlayNice: I'll buy that. When I was in elementary school in the late 80s, early 90s, there was this girl who was 4 years behind me who was a walking New Kids on the Block billboard. She was in after-school care with me and my bff, and we thought that was so weird. We decided to ask her if she would get New Kids dentures if they made them. She didn't know what dentures were, but she said she definitely would. #robertpattinsonpanties
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    10/29/09

    @Dictator for Life: Yeah, I find it sad when I walk through the mall and see a little girl in head to toe Disney princesses or some guy in head to toe Ed Hardy. They're missing out on the big advertising bucks! #robertpattinsonpanties
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    10/29/09

    @PlayNice: Or, these kids all grew up and realized that every time they wore their Transformers and My Little Pony merch, people noticed, and these kids became marketing execs. #robertpattinsonpanties
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    Image of babyruthless babyruthless
    10/29/09

    In reply to Do Today's Fans Take Things Too Far?
    You want to hear a shocking "fan" item that is simultaneously amazing and horrifying:

    Yesterday, a little (10? 11?) girl rolled up her pant leg. She had a Hannah Montana leg. I'll say it again. A Hannah. Montana. Leg. It was purple, and had blonde Miley Cyrus on it.

    It turned out to prove me right, that a girl her age would undoubtedly want some HM swag. #robertpattinsonpanties
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    10/29/09

    @babyruthless: A prosthetic leg? Eek. #robertpattinsonpanties
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    10/29/09

    @wiccanhot: Yes. I volunteer at a Ronald McDonald House, and she was showing off her bitching leg to the staff. On the one hand, it meant that she wasn't ashamed that she had a prosthetic leg. On the other hand, she had a Hannah Montana leg. #robertpattinsonpanties
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    la.donna.pietra promoted this comment babyruthless was starred babyruthless was unstarred
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    10/29/09

    @babyruthless: They are branding PROSTHETIC APPENDAGES now? Stop the world, I want to get off. Anyone want to chip in for the Private Jezebel Island fund? #robertpattinsonpanties
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    10/29/09

    @babyruthless: Part of me thinks it's absolutely awesome that a little girl can have a prosthetic leg that isn't a dingy shade of peach. The other part of me is horrified that Hannah Montana has spread into artificial limbs. #robertpattinsonpanties
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    10/29/09

    @la.donna.pietra: I like to think that some of the kids at her school say "I wish I had a Hannah Montana leg!"

    *but of course they don't do anything stupid to make that wish a reality, unless they are already in need of a prosthesis. #robertpattinsonpanties
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    10/29/09

    @thisthread: I leave you with what I consider to be my own personal COTD, left by my brother:

    so would you only be famous when you have the leg on, and a normal little 1 legged girl when it's off? #robertpattinsonpanties
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    10/29/09

    @LBB: It was probably customized, with some sort of decal or paint-job or something. I don't think that's hugely uncommon. #robertpattinsonpanties
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    Image of BlueMorpho BlueMorpho
    10/29/09

    In reply to Do Today's Fans Take Things Too Far?
    I take it that the Edward panties refuse to fit until you're married. Try and wear them before, and suffer the wrath of vampire wedgies, you trollop.
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    Image of Friday Friday
    10/29/09

    In reply to Do Today's Fans Take Things Too Far?
    I don't know if I have ever been, or will ever be a big enough fan of ANYTHING to have a celebrity's face screen-printed on the lining of my undies. #robertpattinsonpanties
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    10/29/09

    @Friday: Only Count Von Count has ever been fabulous enough to grace my underthings. #robertpattinsonpanties
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    10/29/09

    @evility: Wonder Woman was prominently displayed on mine. Linda Carter may be dismayed. #robertpattinsonpanties
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    10/29/09

    In reply to Do Today's Fans Take Things Too Far?
    I think licensed merchandise has gone way too far. Weezer is really pushing their own line of Snuggies, and that makes me sad on so many levels. Back in the day I owned Weezer everything and made a fair number of Weezer crafts. But I stopped at a latch hook project for home ec. And now thanks to these panties, I feel pretty normal. #robertpattinsonpanties
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    Image of lilyHaze lilyHaze
    10/29/09

    In reply to Do Today's Fans Take Things Too Far?
    Nordstrom also sell full-size cutouts of Edward and Jacob. I think it is hilarious.

    I recall absolute joy at the NKOTB t-shirt my parents got me for my birthday. But I've never been a fan of clothing with big brands/slogans on it.

    As an adult, I own lots of "The Office" merchandise. I have the original Dwight bobblehead. I have a t-shirt (too big, it's my nightshirt). Entirely too many things from the Target $1 sale. #robertpattinsonpanties
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