Fandom’s fourth wall is a term that has been thrown around a lot
lately, and everyone seems confused about what is it and how and why it gets
broken. In theatre the fourth
wall is the imaginary wall at the front of the stage. It is the window
through which the audience is allowed to glimpse the character’s lives. The
fandom fourth wall is a little bit different but follows the same principles.
It is the imaginary barrier that divides (and protects) fandom from everyone
else. The key word in both these
concepts is imaginary, because boys and girls and everything in between, the fourth wall does not exist.
