piknha:

profeminist:

“Just realized the nb term for fanboy/fangirl: fanby”

@HannahTempler 

Or just… fan

actually, you mainly use “fan” to mean you’re a fan of something (ex : i’m a fan of dr who!)

fanboy/girl/by mostly describe a way of being a fan, more especially the typical passionate fandom-invested fan (ex : i have an entire blog where i post fan theories and fanfictions of dr who, im such a fanby!)

also, even without that distinction, i’ve found that a lot of nb people like me love to have an alternative term for all of the gendered ones (i much prefer describing myself as a wix than “someone who practice witchcraft”)

so actually the reason this term was coined was to make people more comfortable and happy, and if it does then it’s the most important thing 🙂 restraining how many words we can make up is, in my opinion, pointless, bc unneeded words will naturally disappear and the ones that matter will stick around. so only time will tell us if “fanby” was a needed one or not, and debating about it isnt going to change much about it