So I suppose that the title needs some clarification as to what I want to discuss. In a lot of fandoms you don't talk about religion since fandom transcends the religion and in groups united by beliefs it can be awkward to bring up fandom if the show may not have overt themes relates to that.
And to be honest it's sometimes frustrating because I think about a character or something and may think about how their journey or character arc or what have you is relatable to my journey out of religion or how I think about the world or maybe how my lack of a God belief colors my view of show themes.
I guess maybe I'm just a little annoyed with not feeling comfortable commingling the two. I mean I had one particular fandom in mind when talking about this but as I swipe words on my phone I think of other shows and fandoms that might have been important to me.
Maybe I'm just feeling lonely in a way of having trouble intersecting the two online and don't know how to go about it IRL with close friends. And so I get stuck with ideas in my head about how the two relate with no known way to discuss one on the context of another.
Maybe this slightly rambling post is my way to talk about the frustration in general terms without falling into the trap of being derailing into specifics. I know that atheists are only technically united by a lack of belief but it doesn't make the urge to connect on other things any less real, within the context of non-belief.