Your gate is weak and poorly kept.

My "weak gatekeep" is the aspergic conversation starter: Can you name three pieces of interesting trivia about the subject? Even mainstream trivia is fine.

LotR: Aragorn's actor broke his foot kicking that helmet. Tom Bombadil was written out of the movies. Wizards aren't humans. Done, easy.

MLP: John DeLancie voices Discord. The name Twilight Sparkle was a subtle dig at the Twilight series of books. Laughter's original role was a blond, white pegasus named Surprise.

D&D: 3.5e was the best edition. 4e is awful. 5e is playable but a chore to DM.

Any three simple trivia facts. It is surprising how much this actually stops people dead in their tracks. People wearing Iron Man shirts at a Comic Con who can't name any three simple facts about Iron Man, then accuse you of gatekeeping for... wanting to talk about the thing you're in the fandom of. Go to any true fan, ask them for three interesting things about their favorite subject, and they'll talk your ear off. Fake fan? They'll accuse you of gatekeeping and various isms.

Your gate is weak and poorly kept.

My "weak gatekeep" is the aspergic conversation starter: Can you name three pieces of interesting trivia about the subject? Even mainstream trivia is fine.

LotR: Aragorn's actor broke his foot kicking that helmet. Tom Bombadil was written out of the movies. Wizards aren't humans. Done, easy.

MLP: John DeLancie voices Discord. The name Twilight Sparkle was a subtle dig at the Twilight series of books. Laughter's original role was a blond, white pegasus named Surprise.

D&D: 3.5e was the best edition. 4e is awful. 5e is playable but a chore to DM.

Any three simple trivia facts. It is surprising how much this actually stops people dead in their tracks. People wearing Iron Man shirts at a Comic Con who can't name any three simple facts about Iron Man, then accuse you of gatekeeping for... wanting to talk about the thing you're in the fandom of.