I'd say that the difference is between a fan, which is pretty much harmless for the most part, who's sill willing to care about things beyond their obsesion, and a stan who will worship a show/character/actor/... to the point of absolute obsession that they won't even bother caring about the actual source material anymore.
To make a comparison. those two guys from spn 509 who role play and so on are fans. Whereas Becky who was one step away from believing that Sam and Dean were real, even before Chuck confirmed it, and who actually used magic to get Sam to love her back, is a stan.
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Date: 2014-06-23 03:21 pm (UTC)To make a comparison. those two guys from spn 509 who role play and so on are fans. Whereas Becky who was one step away from believing that Sam and Dean were real, even before Chuck confirmed it, and who actually used magic to get Sam to love her back, is a stan.