Thankfully it's not everyone but it's a sufficiently big fanbase for L&P to decide to make Dylan the ubiquitous 'second MC' he's now become. This has gradually been to the detriment of those who don't want a second MC but now the Dylanisation process is in overdrive. It's so glaringly obvious that it's almost embarassing. There are a number of reasons I can think of as to why he has a loyal following. Age is the first aspect & I believe that many fans are fairly, or very young, which means they can identify with him, to some extent. I don't necessarily mean that they fancy their own mothers but that they are still learning, forming their characters & encountering the trials & tribulations of the teenage, or even early 20's years.
Dylan has become a sort of hero who they want to see win & if this means, "plowing Sophia's ass," then Dylan's goals are their goals. Then there's also his actual goals he scores on the pitch. Sporting heros...most of us have had them & again it's about winning.
Then there's possession as a factor. What greater proof is there that you have possessed a woman than to make her pregnant, is the reasoning & it's understandable. This, to me, would account for the otherwise inexplicable wish of some fans for Dylan to get Sophia pregnant. This fetish, I believe, applies to hormonal heterosexual young men who've perhaps never seen a naked woman in the flesh, certainly not a 38 year old &/or never made love but if they have, are unlikely to have made a woman pregnant. I have never detected any insight from preggo fans into what it actually means to be co-responsible for the creation of another living being. Rather pregnancy is just another erotic trope. Rude awakenings will occur later in life, no doubt.
Speaking of possession, there's the awkward issue of not wanting anybody else to possess your mother. Well, I'm not going to get into the Oedipus complex because it could cause offence but the idea of "keeping it in the family," (not my words), obviously resonates, as it has been advocated by Dylan fans, in one form or another. This also touches on the well known father-son rivalry & at its' simplest boils down to, 'replace the father, become the man of the house.'
Anyway that's plenty for now. I've already written enough to attract the opprobrium of dedicated Dylan fans whether they fall into any of the above categories, or not. Dylan fans tend to express disapproval by the easy expedient of awarding facepalms. Simply not wholeheartedly approving of every appearance by Dylan, or saying anything which is not in praise of Dylan can generate a facepalm, which also leads me to believe in the age bloc of most Dylan fans. There are other reasons that I believe account for Dylan's popularity but we'll maybe revisit this topic. I don't hate Dylan, it's just his constant lusting after his own mother I can't stand. I used to avoid it. Maybe I still can....some of the time.
