Some people might think this is coming out of the blue. But I need to explain something.
You can admire someone’s creative work. Maybe books, or music, or comics, or art, whatever you like. You can admire someones talent.
But admiring a person’s talent, should not blind you to their faults. Especially when their faults could be very serious.
Admiring someone’s work, does not mean you should shield your eyes from awful things that someone might do. You should not believe that, because someone is talented, that this automatically assumes they are a ‘good person’. The two are completely unrelated.
A person is a good person, if they do their best to treat others with care and respect. Talent, or lackthereof, is not what permits what a ‘good person’ is.
Talent does not make someone a good person.
Fans, or followers, don’t make someone a good person.
Being ‘famous’ or popular, does not someone a good person.
What makes someone a good person, is how they treat others.
I need to point this out. Sometimes you need to look critically, at someone you admire. Do they seem to have an unusual amount of drama around them? Do they constantly blame everyone else as the ‘problem’ or that the world ‘hates them’? Are they always the ‘victim’? Do they seem desperate for attention, and keep saying or doing things that come out of the blue, just for people to feel ‘sorry’ for them? Do they lash out at the slightest criticisms? Do they seem to flip/flop very quickly?
This mentality is potentially very dangerous. You can be a fan of this person all you want, and watch their drama unfold, but say one wrong word…
And now you become the target, of this person’s anger. Or your friend, becomes the target of this person’s anger. This hurts people. This can be devastating. This can be disastrous.
This is extremely manipulative, can be very abusive, and very dangerous. And it is important that you recognize these behaviors, and SEPARATE a person’s talent from their behaviors.
Don’t let your admiration for someone, blind you from very, VERY serious faults in their character.
For your own sake.
Good post OP.
I like this post a lot.



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