"We would like to hear what you have acquired from your meeting with Normal Human Dr. Lecter because their unusual behaviour is quite frightening." The Jury asked and hoped that this gets wrapped up soon enough because their free Netflix was gonna expire today.
"Your Honour," Dr. Hannibal Lecter took a bow, containing his cheer and started.
Observations: The patient seems to suffer from a severe case of Fandom Fever. The encounter with the fandoms has disturbed the patient greatly and has fueled in them a desire to avenge them-self. But it is not so. Normal Human defended their cause like a comrade when the fandoms were portrayed in a bad light. The patient shows signs of aggression bordering on violence as they vow to bring balance to the world and 'cleanse' it, i.e, wipe the mere humans off the face of this earth.
Personal Note: The patient is a threat to the normal 'watching-TV-talking-TV-but-never-accepting-TV" world. Their behavior is almost psychopathic (I would know) and demands attention. They must not be let free as they wreak havoc in the world. We need to come up with a plan for the safety of all human jokes.
"Your Honour,
After extensive interactive sessions with the patient, I've succeeded in diagnosing him. Our patient here seems to have caught the fandom fever. My Lord, let me explain how this works.
According to our sessions, our patient was first exposed to a fandom, a few days before the symptoms began to emerge. Normal Human was, to quote him/her, 'was just surfing through the internet when I tumbled across tumblr'. This is the first step, The Discovery. You come across a fandom and decide to learn about it, to see what is so special; but it sucks you in, akin to a vortex. It looks so desirable, you want to marry every single one on your screen. The Discovery takes place in several ways: coming across it on the internet or the television or through recommendation by an acquaintance or by plain curiosity. Discovery of a fandom and getting interested in it is what spells doom.
The next stage in the descent to madness is the gradual obsession you grow regarding the characters which ultimately leads into a full blown case of addiction. You grow hungry for news regarding yourfavorite show, you begin stalking anyone and everyone involved with it, you begin shipping people, read and/or write fan fictions on your OTP. Your fandom occupies every thought of every day. Now, our patient here has shown similar symptoms. Every session was filled with talks of the fandom which just proved to me that our patient here is a fan.
Normal Human's face adorns a crazed look whenever we talk about the fandoms they are a part of. The patient shows signs of delirium and acts similar to a maniac whenever his favorite character is mentioned.
"To conclude I would say that this patient is a threat to the society. A borderline obsessive fan."
"Trust me, My Lord, I am the doctor."
Dr. Hannibal Lecter stepped down from the witness box with a smug smile and took his seat, awaiting the verdict, as the patient stood before him, frozen in disbelief. The jury, for their part were horrified by the doctor's statement and the patient's report. This was a very serious issue, this 'fandom fever' , as the doctor put it. They had to do something about it.
"Order! Order! Order!"
"On the basis of Dr. Lecter's report and his testament in this court, the jury has hereby decided that the fandom fever is indeed a serious concern and thus the patient is to be locked up for eternity, for the good of the world."
"NOOO!"
But the scream was not heard as the Normal Human was dragged to a cell where there was no wifi. An apt punishment because as Dr. Lecter knew, the lack of a thing arouses the need of it and slowly it would grow and make our Normal Human accept their obsession with the fans and ready them to take their place as a loyal acolyte to fandoms.