Fandom Menaceとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

Blend of fandom with the subtitle of the 1999 fim Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace, for the similar pronunciations. Delibrately chosen by its members who view themselves as a nuisance to Disney and other large Hollywood studios, whom the fans oppose.

固有名詞

the Fandom Menace

1. (fandom slang, Internet slang, informal) A subculture of mostly-conservative Star Wars fans who oppose progressivism in the franchise.
   • 2020 January 10, Lindsey Romain, “Why Reylos Are A Bright Spot In The STAR WARS Fandom”, in Nerdist‎, archived from the original on 11 January 2020:

     A recent BuzzFeed article compared the way Reylos reacted to The Rise of Skywalker to the way the Fandom Menace—a trolling, abusive, anti-Disney hate group—reacted to The Last Jedi.

   • 2022 June 30, Melanie McFarland, “Let's all stop ignoring The Fandom Menace. It's real, and it's winning”, in Salon.com‎, archived from the original on 1 July 2022:

     All of this is either directly or tangentially a decentralized web referred to as The Fandom Menace, a group of extremely online comic book and "Star Wars" zealots that coalesced around a shared dislike for Rian Johnson's Lucasfilm sequel "Star Wars Episode VIII: The Last Jedi."

参考

• Comicsgate, Gamergate