-- Shares Facebook Twitter Reddit Email If one Canadian indie band dominated the '00s — it was Tegan and Sara . The identical twin sisters from up north radically stepped into the indie music scene as a woman-led queer duo in a music space that was so rife with straight white indie rockers, finding a community with many young, queer people like themselves. But in Erin Lee Carr ’s Hulu whodunnit documentary, "Fanatical: The Catfishing of Tegan and Sara," their fans' closeness began creepily bordering on something else.
Simultaneously, the duo rose to fame as the birth of online fandom and fan culture began. With websites like LiveJournal, MySpace and eventually FaceBook, these spaces gave access to the Quins in a way fans didn't have before. This allowed fans to feel like they had developed an intimate relationship with Tegan and Sara, one that was outside of limited glances on stage, merch table meet-ups or briefly chatting with their favorite musicians before a show.
Related "That’s not normal. That’s weird": Chappell Roan sets her boundaries with fans and Hollywood However, Tegan and Sara's online fandom would never be the same after a fake version of Tegan or "Fegan" began reaching out to people and starting intimate friendships and relationships with fans. Since 2008, the impersonator enmeshed themselves with countless people — all under the guise of being real Tegan.
This documentary uncovers the tangled web of a catfishing conspiracy. Here are five of the most.