Letting people "just enjoy the possibility" never ends well for when leaks like these are ultimately proven to be fake.
And it never ends well when you try to make people change their mind, as you accomplish very little and just make people mad after constantly prodding them to shut up about it.
It’s fine if you calmly suggest stuff against it, of course, but if people argue otherwise and insist that they still think it’s possible, then just let them be. It’s a small minority who would actually throw a fit anyway (and a small minority who get rude towards even polite people, but yes I wish they’d have an open mind as well), if anyone actually would since the leak doesn’t even guarantee the characters it implies (though I will admit a few may very well get mad over it, however people who do that seem to soon calm down and don’t cause problems with others - well, at least most don’t, but this is far from the Grinch Leak, which was very bad in the end regarding some stuff people sent to insiders and others, while the average angry people quickly calmed down after awhile...and some team fake people gloated about it so neither side is perfect in this stuff).
I think a big part of the problems that come about this sort of stuff is the tension that builds up between two different sides - especially when you have your normal joes being assumed to be toxic and they start getting annoyed when thrown in with the minority since they kept being told “it’s not real, stop considering it” even when they’re perfectly aware of and okay with the possibility it’s fake (I understand there’s also “don’t set yourselves up for disappointment,” which is meant genuinely, but to some people it does start to come off as annoying and maybe insincere after seeing it a lot, as if they can’t handle their emotions on their own...). Of course, some people on the “it may be real” side may get really mad at people on the “I think it’s fake” side, even if they’re polite - as I mentioned in the last paragraph - and so they’re not perfect either, but neither side is superior to the other.
Ultimately, it’s just a few bad eggs on both sides (but I believe no one among these are bad people, just to be clear here; some of us just let our emotions push us over the edge from time to time, but most of us are able to stay at least decently calm and respectful, thankfully). Of course, I guess you could ask “if it’s just a few ‘bad eggs’ on both sides, why do you even bring it up?” Well, to be honest, this thread doesn’t feel very friendly about it and other stuff...but I guess you’d be right in a way; I can’t change anyone’s mind, either, but oh well.
But yes.
