This is really well-written, and I completely agree with you. I've never been in a fandom situation where I felt super uncomfortable or pressured to do something I didn't want to, but I can understand it. I've definitely felt almost like certain players are famous, or that what they say must be good or right because everyone likes them or something. ^^;

It seems silly to me that some people would even think that fandom doesn't have normal social pressures. Like you said, just because you're not face-to-face doesn't change the fact that we're all people.

...Oh, and what's a BNF? ^^;