Back in early 2012, The Lorax was released in theaters. The Lorax was a children’s movie based on the Dr.Seuss book of the same name. It was a pretty mediocre movie in my opinion, but the movie itself wasn’t the reason a huge fandom sprung out of nowhere. No, it was because of this guy.
The Once-ler, a character from the film. A fandom came out of nowhere overnight because of this man right here. People collectively fell in love with him.
That alone isn’t the reason why the Once-ler fandom is remembered with fear, however. The fandom got….really intense really fast. The thing that makes the fandom stand out the most is the number of ask blogs produced.
THERE WERE SO FUCKING MANY. And the askblogs got weirder and weirder, and all in all it was an experience. I’m not afraid to admit that I was involved with the fandom early on. I left as soon as things got really weird.
The fandom burned out pretty quickly, but somewhere they still live on….
necromancy-savant said:
I wasn’t here for this and until this moment I never knew he was human and not some kind of faceless green monster like in the book. Knowing that he is human actually makes it sound less awful.
