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This. His fandom has never been inclined to share anything of that sort. Not sure why this is even an issue. Just watch the drama when the time comes and focus on him if it’s a fan of his, and on everyone else if it’s a fan of them. Simple.

Yep, ignore it.

Yeah that’s why I find it odd. Probably only an international fan phenomenon. Haven’t seen that on the Chinese side.

I’m replying to your initial comment “sometimes cropping etc” (hard to reply to a specific post) because I forgot about one important point. We can’t really worry about the fandom losing face because there are receipts and XTH have a very clear directive of being supportive of anyone UNLESS there is a loss of trust and respect, which honestly should guide every relationship in every aspect of life. Also they’re no longer easy to bully the way it was back in 2021-2023. I still consider it all to be incredibly silly until it becomes harmful, and he has been subjected to harmful attacks, so it’s only natural that the good old days of XTH tolerating everything are long gone. Best thing to do is try not to fall for any traps and focus on what really matters.

To be fair, this was to be expected. The top ones in the official fanclub were aware and so they are acting accordingly. If it makes you feel any better, Tan and XTH aren’t the first ones and they won’t be the last, so don’t worry about being seen as this or that. We’re only the most recent ones.

Agreed on everything. Specially the excessive demands. He represents the majority of the Studio, so all that noise is contributing to his stress. We don’t know how things work and the hierarchy inside of it, and frankly it’s none of our business.

That was an exception because it was exceptionally peaceful. Peaceful as in what’s professionally expected.

Well, that’s a bit odd because XTH shouldn’t even be sharing any material that has no Tan in it. XTH or any fandom isn’t supposed to be sharing materials of unrelated individuals. At least to the best of my knowledge that’s how it has always been, precisely to avoid conflicts of interest and ultimately, fan wars. The main guideline is “focus on your own”. The ones who need to be sharing other actors and actresses materials are their own fandoms.

Not sure what is going on with that cesspool that is Twitter (I refuse to call it X), but no XTH would actively sabotage any of his dramas. What would constitute sabotaging in this context?

They’re always more artistically appealing than the ones provided by the platforms :)

Oh good, I missed that one. Hard to keep up with the man Tan 😅

https://weibo.com/1798539915/5303495927268064

https://weibo.com/1798539915/5303496347222278

Beautiful. The second one could be a wallpaper 🖤

Yep, totally agree. This is what I meant when I mentioned infantilizing the audience. I’m afraid that’s the easy way out of having to deal with backlash from the HE crowd. Unfortunately it weakens the entire drama :(

Ok I’m fine with that hahah

No idea, since people seem to have discovered him through different dramas. He’s not even that famous internationally compared to other actors so I really can’t tell. For me it was LYF but totally by accident when scrolling through Vicki’s new dramas that had just been released. To this day, not a single content of his is available on Netflix here in the Americas and in Europe. We don’t even have a legal way to watch Sound of Silence. Isn’t it sad?

I might be wrong but I think the extra chapter doesn’t make it clear it’s a happy ending. Makes no sense to rip him apart in four and call it a gotcha moment.

Then please help me fight this Masterpiece Crowd off so we can get better quality dramas of every genre😆

Not for me, babe. There’s no Tan content whatsoever on Netflix outside of Asia. Not sure where you’re from but the Americas and Europe don’t have access to the same content. For sure it wasn’t LYF being broadcast on Netflix that made him famous internationally.

I’m sure he and other actors would love more international fame but the truth is that Chinese actors, unlike Korean ones, don’t really need the international fans. Sure, it’s a nice touch, but they have 1.4 billion people in their country, so even a smaller actor with a following of 5% of the population is already better off than most actors in other parts of the world. That’s why they don’t really care if some of us have no access to their content. It’s not the focus. Tan at least is thoughtful enough to post more and more frequently on Instagram and he’s starting to write posts in English and sing songs in English too but that’s not the norm. So at the end of the day, it’s a moot point. What the international fans want or don’t want isn’t really the priority for them. We can only hope the dramas with our favorite actors aren’t butchered by questionable decisions from investors trying to meddle in stuff they have no knowledge about.

So much effort in making us cry, don’t let the Tan be torn in vain 🥹

Seriously, not sure what’s so hard to understand. People are of course free to like whatever they like, but this website has a cursed tradition of wanting every single drama to subscribe to the holy trinity of: visuals + cheap fluff + happy ending. The amount of people I’ve seen commenting this is the only thing they look for in dramas otherwise they won’t even watch it would be enough to fill a stadium. It’s a valid opinion of course, just leave something different for the rest of us please.