What is love? Could those feelings you label as love be something else? What about infatuation? Obsession? A passing fancy? Being smitten? Enthrallment? Beguilement? Lust? A crush? A squish? Platonic ...
Existing only in the digital ether, unchained from oppressive laws and conformist social norms, fandom attracts individuals from every walk of life. Here is what students and researchers say about it.