Foolishness and Fuckery

There are really three guarantees in life: death, taxes, and that when Britney Spears releases something new (be it video, song, movie, perfume, t-shirts, etc., etc. etc) people will be there with their magnifying glasses searching out every blemish, every mistake, and every omission.  But these people aren't critics.  And they're not even "haters."  No, these people are her own fans.
A valid question could be asked: namely, why would her own fans do this?  Unfortunately, the answer is not so simple.
Just recently, as in today (or maybe yesterday), someone slowed down Britney's latest video, "Hold it Against Me," to prove she wasn't the one shooting paint from her fingers (not really her fingers, but tubes attached to her fingers).  What he or she found, and decided to share with everyone, was that you could see 1/35th of Britney's (or fake Britney's) face and how she (or perhaps he) had dark eyebrows.
Apparently, in the court of public opinion that's enough to definitively prove that's not Britney.  How that's possible is a question the reader has to figure out for his or her own self.  Just remember that her fans are the same people who overtly criticize everything she does.  One of their biggest criticisms has been the Circus era (an era being the time from the announcement of an album until the release of the last single from that album).
During this supposedly atrocious era Britney fans were treated to (or subjected to, per the opinion of the overly critical) four TV performances, a TV interview, multiple print interviews, a documentary, a making of for the album, and four complete and finished music videos.  Not to mention both the album and lead single hit #1 (only the second time that's ever happened for Britney; the first being "Baby One More Time" song and album).
If that sounds like a pretty good era, well, it was (and, by the way, those four complete music videos?  First time she released that many videos during one era since 2001's Britney album).
However, if one uses a fine-tooth comb, imperfections can be found.  But why would a fan look for imperfections?
Ironically, one era fans seem to love more and more as the years pass is the "Blackout' era, which, and here's the ironic part, is filled with imperfections.  So many, in fact, one would have to brush them out of his or her face to avoid seeing them.  Where to even begin: no interviews, one horrendous "live" performance, and a general malaise from Britney.  Not to mention neither her album nor any song from that album hit #1 on Billboard's 200 or Hot 100 chart (a feat she never did previously and hasn't done since).
No one knows what the future holds for Britney, but one thing is certain: one would have to be a fool to prefer the Blackout era over the Circus era.
A fool or a Britney fan.