摘要：Through a survey with Brazilian fans of American television series (n = 1,805), we seek to shed some light on the practice of spoiling. Having in mind that fans’ spoiling practices are made up of discourses rooted in cultural capital or subcultural capital, and in the dynamics of power inside communities, we seek to understand the spectrum of toxicity behind the practice of spoiling. The results indicate that spoiling has become a source of sociability, knowledge exchange, as well as, pleasure. However, the practice is also used for vengeance and to “punish” tardy viewers. It was observed that fans take advantage of showing more knowledge among each other, culminating in conflict in the fandoms and revealing the toxic potential behind the circulation of spoilers.
