Ok, but are you the upthread one asking how we're defining tinhatting? Because the comment that question replied to upthread specified it's not just something in fic, and people who don't read Seguin fic have noticed it. This is definitely going on outside the context of fiction, so "I can see how it would be fun to assume he meant it in fic" is a weird diversion of the conversation. Fans go out their way to interpret all his douche-bro-i-ness as special snowflake-y, so when it's the same fans doing that who are doing this... yeah, it's tinhatting.
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Ok, but are you the upthread one asking how we're defining tinhatting? Because the comment that question replied to upthread specified it's not just something in fic, and people who don't read Seguin fic have noticed it. This is definitely going on outside the context of fiction, so "I can see how it would be fun to assume he meant it in fic" is a weird diversion of the conversation. Fans go out their way to interpret all his douche-bro-i-ness as special snowflake-y, so when it's the same fans doing that who are doing this... yeah, it's tinhatting.