It's exactly as stupid and crazy as any of the other wild emotional reactions the wee critters engender - which is to say, not really. Logic ain't always a factor with this stuff, which is something that surprises and dismays previously-rational me again and again.

(As for how long I've been reading your journal, off and on for years - we went to undergrad together, and you left a comment once on my now-defunct Other LJ, but I didn't hear from you again. Still, I hopped in now and then, and have finally friended you recently after realizing that you are One With Whom It Is Safe To Mix Fandom And RL.)