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Line 19: − The term ''tinhats'' is used by both the [[OTP]] [[shippers]] and their detractors. Tinhat examples include those who think that [[Adam Lambert]] and [[Kris Allen]] of [[American Idol]] are secretly in love, or that a romance exists between actors [[Daniel Radcliffe]] and [[Emma Watson]] of the [[Harry Potter]] movie series. Recently a very large tinhat following has sprung up around [[Chris Colfer]] and [[Darren Criss]] of [[Glee]]. + − + − Fans sometimes use the tinhat terminology ironically or self-deprecatingly; when they are [[squee|squeeing]] especially loudly over some piece of celebrity gossip, they may type ''*dons tinhat*'' or ''*polishes tinhat*''. They seldom mean that they really believe that their preferred OTP is a couple in real life.+ + + + + + + + + + +
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==General Use in Fandom==
==General Use in Fandom==
After Domlijah, the term ''tinhats'' was adopted by fans in many fandoms to describe similar conspiracy theorists and believers. The term is more likely to be used by nonbelievers than the fans in question. Fans sometimes use the tinhat terminology ironically or self-deprecatingly; when they are [[squee|squeeing]] especially loudly over some piece of celebrity gossip, they may type ''*dons tinhat*'' or ''*polishes tinhat*''. They seldom mean that they really believe that their preferred [[OTP]] is a couple in real life.
Most authors of [[RPF| Real People Fiction]] and [[slash]] [[fanfiction]] explicitly disclaim any implication that they think the people in question are in any way a couple.
Most [[Real People Fiction|RPF]] shippers of unconfirmed (or denied) celebrity [[pairings]] do not believe that the ship is real; many RPF [[fanfic|stories]] contain an explicit [[disclaimer]] in the [[header]] emphasizing that the story is fiction and denying any implication that the writer thinks the people in question are actually a couple.
===Other Subjects of Tinhatting===
[[Slash]] [[ships]] with a contingent of fans who believe that the celebrities are secretly in love/in a relationship have included:
*singers [[Adam Lambert]] and [[Kris Allen]] of [[American Idol]] ([[Kradam]])
*actors [[Chris Colfer]] and [[Darren Criss]] of [[Glee]] ([[CrissColfer]])
*actors [[Jared Padalecki]] and [[Jensen Ackles] of [[Supernatural]] (J2)
*singers [[Harry Styles]] and [[Louis Tomlinson]] of [[One Direction]] ([[Larry Stylinson]])
[[Het]] ships who received the same treatment:
*actors [[Daniel Radcliffe]] and [[Emma Watson]] of the [[Harry Potter]] movie series
==Further Reading==
==Further Reading==