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In [[RPS]] fandoms, a fan is said to be wearing a "tinfoil hats" or engaging in "tinhattery" when they are convinced they are being sent secret signs that their boys are really IN LOVE and DOING IT, for example [http://crystalchain.livejournal.com/54986.html secret messages] being sent through the clothing the boys wear. Any information that appears to contradict their belief is rejected and said to be the work of the Network PR mavens.
These people tend to be in the rcazy crazy minority. More common are those fans who happily read the fiction of based on a relationship between stars, and appracoh it approach the fantasy in a playful way.
They may use phrases such as ''I am putting on my tin hat'', it is used to indicate that the author realizes the preposterousness of what they are saying but are happily indulging in their RPS fantasies.
See also [[J2]] and [[Real Person Fiction]]
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