How much fan made content of your character do you consume - fanart, fanfic, fanvids, whatever the medium - and how much would you say it plays a part in how you play that character?

I have generally played from stuff that doesn't have a lot of fan made content, so I haven't interacted with fandom in years. Now I'm playing a hugely popular character from a giant fandom, but I haven't touched the AO3 tag because frankly idk where to start.

Part of me wonders if I'm doing myself a disservice by avoiding it, like I'm going to disappoint my canonmates because I am somehow missing the mark on how others write my character.