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a person you've promoted to statue before they've earned the pedestal.
means someone or something worshipped or admired, often more for the image projected than the reality underneath.
from from greek eidolon, meaning phantom or image — literally a thing that looks real but isn't the substance itself, which is a suspiciously accurate description of most fandoms.
biblical warningthe second commandment is entirely about this
k-pop industrytrains actual humans to become the word
etymology twisteidolon also means ghost or illusion