#toxic fanbases

[stewpid-soup]

VENT CW!! STAY SAFE!!

anyone else find it exhausting to just enjoy things?

I don’t want to support people or companies that are actively doing things that are bad (racism, homophobia, defending SA, etc etc). but it’s so mentally draining to look through all of this terrible shit and not be able to enjoy things bc of their creators or ppl associated with it

i mean, i don’t support dream. i’ve said it before and i’ll say it again. I don’t support dream or the dteam as a whole - but the dsmp was such a big comfort to me through quarantine, and even now i still love the storyline and the characters.

HP, well that’s self explanatory. JKR is just a shit person and i’m not gonna give her my money bc i enjoy the plot of HP. I just take fanon on its own for the most part. I own the books and the films already (my family loves HP and has for a long time, since before JKR was outed as a transphobe) so i don’t need to buy anything from her. HP was a huge part of my childhood and the thought of not interacting with any content related to it makes me so sad, because i still love it even now.

and as controversial as it may be, i’ve enjoyed hazbin and helluva boss for years now. it was another comfort during quarantine, and i watched it with friends and got to bond over it. i do not like vivziepop or support her, and it’s exhausting to see all this back and forth about her online bc it’s so confusing. I love these shows and it makes me so happy that I get to see hazbin come together after waiting so long, and the same goes for helluva boss. of course there can be improvements to the way vivziepop writes some characters, but i still love these shows so much. it hurts my heart to feel like i can’t enjoy the content because the creator is such a bad person.

and then the number of musicians i’ve had to stop listening to because they turned out to be shitty people. or actors i avoided watching content of because they’re bad people (especially when the list of ppl who support Israel came out- of course im not supporting anyone on there, but some of the ppl on there just rlly hurt my heart because ive enjoyed their content for so long)

i know there’s not really any way to avoid this, as people are complex and can be an asshole w/o you knowing. funding people like this isn’t something i want or care to do, so of course i actively avoid it. but I just don’t know what to do when it comes to this.

a friend told me that it’s sort’ve about picking and choosing things, because you never know what people are really like. they said that with the state of the world, it’s important to stay educated but don’t let shitty people get in the way of things you enjoy. i’m just at the point where i feel like i can’t enjoy anything because anytime i get stuck in a rabbit hole of content, i see people going back and forth about who should be cancelled and who actually isn’t a bad person. cancel culture is one of the worst things about the internet, and it just makes interacting with fandoms even more toxic than it already is.

ig this is just a rant talking about comforts i have that i feel like i can’t enjoy anymore because of cancel culture and just like..people being people? i’m just so tired of finding something i enjoy and then learning out that they are or possibly could be doing/supporting something bad and just— it makes me feel so guilty because i don’t want to indirectly/directly hurt anyone. i know what i believe in and what i do and don’t support, at least for the most part (still learning everyday atp), but it doesn’t make it any easier to part with things i hold so dearly in my heart.

does anyone else feel similarly? if so, what have you found that helps or at least is a comfortable middle ground?

idk bro, my life is so exhausting with everything i deal with in real life- so to feel like i can’t even find comfort in my silly little shows anymore is really depressing. my mental health is not doing well lmfaooo

#vent post #tw vent #cancel culture #bad people? #tw dream mention #tw jkr mention #tw vivziepop mention #content warning #cw vent #hazbin hotel #helluva boss #dsmp #harry potter #fandom discussion #toxic fanbases #idk what to tag lmao #soup speaks #soupy thoughts #soup rants

[dangan-kagura]

Games I No Longer Play Due to Bad Fanbases

So this is a short list (yet long blog) of games that I used to like but no longer play or have any interest in due to issues like bad fanbases. Let me just say that, knowing about just how toxic the Danganronpa fandom can be sometimes, I don’t want to lose my love for that series knowing that some people in the fandom can be untrustworthy or just have different opinions from my own. I’m gonna try my best and explain why I stopped playing these games that I’ll mention.

UPDATE: So a lot of stuff mentioned here isn't really about toxicity in these fandoms, it's more like expression my opinions about these games since I've always had a minority opinion about them, and the fact that no one ever understood how I felt is what caused me to lose interest in them. I hope I didn't confuse anyone.

Devil May Cry and Resident Evil

So the reason I’m mentioning two games first is because this actually regards Capcom. Out of the two games mentioned, one of them is a game that doesn’t really have a bad fanbase, and that’s Devil May Cry. Resident Evil on the other hand has some issues, things like the live-action film series, Resident Evil 6, and a bunch of spinoffs.

The only games in that series I ever did enjoy looking back on them are Resident Evil 4 & 5. However, I stopped playing them since I’ve become fed up with the series popularity and the fact that people were oblivious to things like the badness of the live-action film series. I actually stopped playing Resident Evil right around the time I learned about Resident Evil 6 when it was still being made and could tell just from the trailer that the game didn’t look that good. I’ve been told that there is a lot of hate surrounding that game, but I still don’t have a clear picture as to what it is people hate about it. I just hate it because I remember reading somewhere that Resident Evil 5 was gonna be the series finale and was perfectly fine with it and found it pointless for Capcom to make Resident Evil 6.

Devil May Cry on the other hand, was the series that got me into the beat ‘em up/hack ‘n slash genres in gaming. Despite the very few titles, I still tried to enjoy it while ignoring the toxicity from some of Capcom’s other games. But unfortunately, that toxicity became worse when I started to suspect that Capcom was selling out. It’s hard to try and look back on it, but basically in the last decade, I didn’t like any of the new games Capcom was releasing, and I was becoming fed up with some of the crossover games they were releasing. Examples include:

The crossover with Tekken and Street Fighter

Mega Man’s appearance in Super Smash Bros.

Akuma’s appearance in Tekken 7

The crossover with Ace Attorney and Professor Layton

The appearance of Street Fighter’s Ryu in Super Smash Bros. became the final straw for me as I was dissatisfied with Street Fighter 4 and thought that it was a piece of shit game. Looking back on it, I still didn’t get what the hype was about Street Fighter and thought that compared to my favorite fighting games like Tekken, KOF, and Soul Calibur, everything about Street Fighter 4, from gameplay to opening theme song, just didn’t make me think it was a game worth obsessing, and the upcoming releases for the updated versions (i.e. SSF4 and UST4) just didn’t feel right for me. Basically, since Ryu’s appearance in Smash Bros, I decided to stop playing Devil May Cry because it didn’t feel right to still enjoy it if I wasn’t going to like the other Capcom games the majority was obsessing over, and to this day, I still haven’t played Tekken 7 because I knew that the appearance of Akuma was gonna ruin it for me.

Getting back to Resident Evil, there’s a lot of hate surrounding the film series and although the series is over, it’s unfortunate that the Resident Evil movies don’t have Razzie nominees. I’m of course talking about the Golden Raspberry Awards, that award ceremony that gives awards to the worst movies of the year, pretty much the opposite of the Academy Awards. More to the point, the Resident Evil movies don’t have Razzie nominees, not even for worst sequel. The badness of that film series is somewhere in between the badness of Uwe Boll and Michael Bay movies, and at least their movies get Razzies nominees. So at the time, I found it unfair that Hollywood kept making more Resident Evil movies and the Razzies were more interested in nominating mixed-received movies for categories like worst picture.

Likewise, the popularity and toxicity for Capcom games like Street Fighter and Resident Evil was just too obnoxious for me to handle and it was enough to make me lose interest in Devil May Cry, as well as not play games that have Capcom characters as guest characters (e.g. Tekken 7, Super Smash Bros.). In fact, there’s times where I’m annoyed by the toxicity of memes related to Ace Attorney and the Capcom Vs series. Knowing that my opinion about Street Fighter is negative, these memes are just pretty stupid, because my opinion about Street Fighter 4 is bound to come back to mind.

Guilty Gear

So Guilty Gear used to be one of my favorite anime games and one of my favorite fighting games. There are two big reasons as to why I stopped playing it, one of them has to do with the popularity of some of Arc System Works’ other games, while the other does kinda have to do with the series’ fanbase.

First off, it was bothering me that there were times that Guilty Gear was being treated as underrated compared to not only Blazblue, but also compared to other kinds of popular anime games like Danganronpa. I’m gonna admit that I’m in the minority that prefers Guilty Gear over Blazblue, and it was bothering me that Blazblue was getting all the things games like Danganronpa were getting but Guilty Gear wasn’t, an obvious example is an anime adaptation. Danganronpa aside, other great anime games like Senran Kagura, Neptunia, Persona 5, and Disgaea all have anime adaptations, but Guilty Gear doesn’t and yet Blazblue got one. Let me just say that I didn’t think Blazblue was as cool looking or as interesting compared to Guilty Gear, and it was bothering me that things like Guilty Gear having a lack of an anime adaptation made me think that people saw Guilty Gear as underrated even though it came out before Blazblue.

Here’s something else that makes Guilty Gear look underrated. There’s a Round 1 arcade at a mall I like to go to that has a lineup of 2D Japanese fighting games. Out of the games they have, they have all the Blazblue games, but they don’t have the Guilty Gear Xrd games. In fact, compared to how the arcade also came with games like KOF, Street Fighter, and Persona 4 Arena, I found it unfair that they included Blazblue but they didn’t include Guilty Gear. It almost made me feel sorry for Guilty Gear.

Moreover, the popularity of Granblue Fantasy only made it worse for me. That game also made Guilty Gear look underrated and it too got an anime adaptation, and the fact that it’s an RPG/gacha game and not a fighting game only made it worse for me to hate the game. In truth, I didn’t see anything special about that game and not only thought it was uninteresting, but the title didn’t sound original enough to convince me. Literally, it felt like they put no effort into coming up with a good or original title, Granblue Fantasy fell flat for me. Of course, I stopped playing Guilty Gear years before Granblue Fantasy came out, so I was more upset about Guilty Gear being underrated compared to Blazblue, and the popularity for Granblue Fantasy was enough to actually make me feel sorry for Guilty Gear.

But another thing that got me to stop playing Guilty Gear has to do with fan favorite characters. Not Dizzy, but that cross-dressing nun Bridget. Not only is Bridget overrated, but his popularity just feels really toxic. It was like, whenever I tried searching for Guilty Gear stuff in the fandom, Bridget was a character fans would reference for the majority. It felt like there were times where Bridget fans would ruin the things that Guilty Gear is really all about, things like awesome rock music, awesome stage designs, references to classic rock music, and some of the other more interesting character designs. To me, it felt like Bridget fans were trying to get people to think that he’s what Guilty Gear is all about, and it was just so annoying because not only did I find Bridget uninteresting, but it was more like everyone was obsessing him all because of the fact that he’s a fucking cross-dresser.

You’re free to call me a hypocrite for saying that about Bridget. I will admit that I do like the Danganronpa character Chihiro Fujisaki. I’d rather not admit that I fell for his trap since I found Chihiro to be cute, especially when he blushes, but at the time I got into Danganronpa, I did my best to avoid Chihiro out of concern that he had the same kind of obnoxious fans as Bridget due to being a cross-dressing male. But unlike Bridget, I’m actually over the whole Chihiro gender debate. His reason for dressing like a girl is more emotional since bullying is involved, compared to Bridget’s reason which is more idiotic, not to mention that Chihiro isn’t as overrated compared to characters like Nagito, Ibuki, and Kokichi who have some toxic fans that are almost as toxic as Bridget fans. In fact, Bridget’s popularity is more on par with Astolfo from the Fate series and his fans are equally as annoying.

A minor thing, but it was also bothering me that when it came to seeing Guilty Gear Xrd content, everyone was playing the game in Japanese. No one ever bothered to play the game with the English dub. It bothered me because it gave me the impression that people could think the game doesn’t have an English dub or the game does have an English dub but with terrible voice actors. I will admit that at the time Xrd SIGN came out, I did play the game in Japanese out of concern that the game’s English dub didn’t include professional voice actors, like the ones in Danganronpa. At the time, what came to mind was the spinoff KOF game, KOF: Maximum Impact. That game has a really bad English dub to the point that no one would be familiar with their names. Let me just say that there is some positive reception to that game, but the game's bad English dub and the lack of an option to use the Japanese dub (especially in the PS2 version) makes it almost impossible to play (the Xbox version fixes this by including the option to use the Japanese dub). If I remember right, in IGN’s review of the game, they thought that the game’s English dub was “piss poor”. When I realized that the English dub for Guilty Gear Xrd has professional voice actors, I did try to take more notice of it, but felt left out because everyone played the game in Japanese almost as if they thought the game had a bad English dub.

So to summarize, these are the reasons why I stopped playing Guilty Gear. I thought that Bridget had toxic fans, there were times where Guilty Gear felt underrated compared to Blazblue, and no one played the Xrd games in English. There are actually times where I do miss playing this series, especially with how even more underrated Granblue Fantasy made it, making me feel almost sorry for Guilty Gear. The only thing about Guilty Gear I can’t let go of is it’s awesome music. I think out of the character themes from the Xrd games, the themes for Sol, Millia, and Poketim (I forget how to spell his name) are my favorites and still like to rock out to them. But the other issues here make it impossible for me to try and go back and play the series.

Super Smash Bros.

I have some little info from people who’ve admitted that the Smash Bros fandom is toxic, but let me tell you what got me to stop playing this series. Plain simple, I got fed up with having to see third-party characters take the spotlight. Not only the official ones, but the memes for the unofficial ones made it more annoying for me to handle. The fact that the latest Smash Bros games are focussing more on third-party and not first-party characters felt toxic for me for two reasons. One, they were characters from games I didn’t enjoy, and two, it felt like Smash Bros wasn’t what it used to be back when the series was exclusive to Nintendo only games.

At the time SSB4 came out on the 3DS and Wii U, I did in fact play the game on the 3DS but only for like a week. I stopped due to suspicion that Capcom character Mega Man suddenly became the overrated fan favorite. Let me just say that Mega Man is a Capcom series I’m not into, and out of the SSB4 newcomers when the game came out in 2014, I was more hype about Pac-Man being playable, especially knowing that Namco had some involvement with the game’s development, so I wanted to believe that Pac-Man would make a great guest character. The fact that Capcom games like Street Fighter, Resident Evil, and Ace Attorney have toxic fanbases didn’t really give me any hype or interest for Mega Man, and the announcement of Street Fighter’s Ryu as a DLC character only made me want to hate Capcom for selling ou. Worst of all, the announcement of that Cloud guy from Final Fantasy was the last thing I needed to throw my copy of SSB4 in the trash and flame the game. Not only did I not enjoy Final Fantasy 7, but it didn’t feel right for Smash Bros to include that game partly because it came out on the PlayStation, so I’m on the side that believes that Smash Bros should only be limited to characters from games that have an importance to Nintendo’s history. Final Fantasy 7 had no importance with Nintendo’s history, and frankly, I failed to see what made the game so great, and the games popularity especially in online journalism made it so annoying for me to try to ignore it. Seriously, journalists never shut up about that game and the Final Fantasy series in general. I’ve played better.

Even with the release of Super Smash Bros on the Switch, the third-party characters from that game were enough to convince me to delete my save data for the other games in the series because these characters and their fans have destroyed Super Smash Bros for me. Some of them actually are characters from games that I thought were good choices because I admit that I actually like those games better. I would’ve loved to play Super Smash Bros as characters from Castlevania, heck, I wouldn’t mind at all playing Smash Bros with Terry Bogard from KOF. But having to deal with characters from games that I don’t enjoy such as Mega Man, Street Fighter, Final Fantasy, and Dragon Quest is enough to convince me to not play the game at all. And unfortunately, I’ve never met anyone who’s admitted that they’ve done the same thing as me, that they’ve stopped playing Super Smash Bros all because they didn’t like the choice of third-party characters and their popularity in both the fandom and the memes.

Assassin’s Creed

It’s not really the Assassin’s Creed fandom that got me to stop playing this, but it’s the Assassin’s Creed series in general. I’m on the side that says the Assassin’s Creed series just isn’t the same as it was ever since AC Unity came out and yet everyone still enjoys the series. It’s like this, Assassin’s Creed games after Unity just don’t feel like they’re gonna bring back certain things from the Desmond Miles saga. There’s obviously a lot of things about Assassin’s Creed from things like story and gameplay that get me thinking that it’s not the best series to introduce to someone who loves gaming.

It’s hard to put into words really. There’s lots of things about Assassin’s Creed that don’t make it perfect, things like broken gameplay and unexplained story stuff. Yet, everyone loves the series and are just oblivious to all the big flaws. One thing that has been bothering me about this series is that to this day, Ubisoft has yet to announce a game entitled “Assassin’s Creed 5”. The fact that games since Unity don’t have numbers in the title and the lack of references to characters from the Desmond Miles saga gives me the impression that they aren’t official games but are more like spinoffs. I know that the series does have some spinoffs, it just bothers me that Ubisoft isn’t gonna make a game called “Assassin’s Creed 5”.

And don’t even get me started on the Assassin’s Creed movie. I knew just from the trailer that it was gonna be a bad movie and the fact that the film is rated PG-13, as opposed to the series being rated M, only made it worse. Just because Assassin’s Creed has things like open-world gameplay, historical figures as supporting characters, and is a game where you kill people doesn’t mean it’s the best game series. There’s lots of things about this series I feel like people often overlook such as the ancient human race and its moments of broken gameplay. I don’t think the movie mentioned anything about the ancient humans, almost as if they were unimportant.

I’m gonna admit that I actually think that Far Cry is the better series. One other thing about Assassin’s Creed that bothers me is that Ubisoft tries to sell it as if it were a stealth-action game. Compared to the stealth gameplay in Far Cry, as well as Metal Gear Solid, or even Sly Cooper, the stealth gameplay in Assassin’s Creed is sometimes unfair, especially when you’re doing a mission that requires you to not get caught or it’s game over. At least Far Cry makes things fair by letting you play the game as a regular first-person shooter, so stealth is totally optional. Not to mention, Far Cry sequels stay true by including numbers in the titles. I wouldn’t be surprised if I found out that they’re gonna make Far Cry 7, just as I wouldn't be surprised that they're not gonna make Assassin's Creed 5.

Overall, the fact that I accepted Far Cry as being better than Assassin’s Creed was the last thing I needed to say to myself that Assassin’s Creed is not the best series ever and is not as good as it used to be. Even if I played the latest installment, I’ll probably think that it’s not as good as the Ezio trilogy, which I’ve already lost interest in. It just bothers me to go online and see sites promoting the next installment in Assassin’s Creed even though I’m gonna be thinking that AC is not the best game series and the new games aren’t gonna be that good and I have no reason to play them. And did I mention that Assassin’s Creed sometimes feels like a broken mess?

In Conclusion

So to go over almost everything:

I stopped playing Devil May Cry because I was fed up with the popularity of Capcom’s other games that I didn’t like

I stopped playing Guilty Gear because people were treating it as underrated, everyone loves Bridget, and people barely played the games in English

I stopped playing Super Smash Bros because third-party characters and their memes ruined the series

I stopped playing Assassin’s Creed because the new games don’t look good to me, I prefer Far Cry, and no one else feels the same as i do

There are times where I’ll admit that I do miss playing them, but because of all of these flaws they have, there’s no point in going back to play them. As a Danganronpa fan, I honestly don’t want something similar to happen with my love for it, even after getting a better understanding just how toxic the fandom can be sometimes. Maybe I’ll blog about what got me into Danganronpa some other time.

#blog #non-danganronpa stuff #devil may cry #resident evil #guilty gear #super smash bros #assassin's creed #games i no longer play #toxic fanbases

[moved-to-piersgender]

Interrupting the thirst party to bitch for a bit. I have never seen a fandom get quite so damn defensive and bloodthirsty over any and all criticism of a product, or to treat things that are matters of opinion as objective truth that's worth starting shit over, as the Pokemon fandom.

No gens been completely made up of winners but there HAS been a notable shift in design trends. And "it's a kid's game" really isn't an excuse to half-ass gameplay and story aspects when they very much haven't in the past. I can say these things as someone that's really liked the games :/ Also, taste is subjective, just because you really liked something doesn't mean EVERYONE has to.

#Pokemon #Pokemon fandom #Toxic fanbases #In b4 'bluh bluh bluh you fucking genwunner I wish I had Sordward's penis hair too' #Bitchpost

[victims-of]

The time Neil Gaiman fans dogpiled an indigenous organization. Not much has changed

#neil gaiman #toxic fandoms #toxic fanbases #racism #writers

[craftyandy]

Wrapping My Brain Around idubbbz Apology, Discourse, and Toxic Fan Bases Crafty Thoughts

https://youtu.be/--unOSXz0i8 #idubbz #idubbbztv #commentary #drama #youtber This is me almost in real time gathering my thoughts and considering other takes on the idubbbz apology video.

Posted using PostyBirb

#Idubbbz #Content Creator #Comedy #Internet Personality #Memes #YouTube Drama #Filthy Frank #LeafyIsHere #Content Cop #Bad Unboxing #YouTube Culture #Online Entertainment #Social Media Influencer #Internet Celebrity #crafty thoughts #crafty andy #craftyandy #sketchbook story time #commentary #toxic fanbases #Toxic Fanbases #Fandom #Online Communities #Harassment #Cancel Culture #Toxicity #Mob Mentality #Toxic Behavior #Online Abuse #Toxic Fan Culture

[o-choccy-milk]

My opinion on 🛳️ships🛳️

⚠️MANGA SPOILERS AHEAD⚠️

Aherm-

I know i know,

mha ships- now this is the reason most people judge My Hero Academia, is because of its incredibly toxic fan base/Fandom-

and that’s just stupid. the fact people judge an anime before watching it BECAUSE of a few beotches outta a hundred, is stupid.

SORRY BUT IT IS-

anyway, I’ll just come out and say it, most ships are toxic,

SoRrY bUt ThEy ArE-

let’s talk about some of them-

BakuDeku, ShinKami, KiriBaku, DabiHawks, TogaChako TSU. ZAWA?!!

let’s start with BakuDeku-

an abusive relationship on clutch, I DONT CARE THAT THEYVE KNOWN EACH OTHER FOR 10 YEARS!!! Bakugo bullied Deku for 10 years and literally told him to go off himself, I know season 6 Bakugo has changed, but until I see some REAL improvement, I’m not shipping that, AND THEY HAVENT EVEN SAID THEIR GAY!!!!

ShinKami.

It’s a nice dynamic and all in all, im okay with it, but the fact that they’ve only spent a small amount of screen time together, it’s just not ethical. I’d love to see more interactions, and more Shinsou (PLEASE) then it’s a possibility :)

KiriBaku,

Same as Bakudeku, But I like them better as friends, and it’d quickly evolve into another abusive relationship AGAIN HAVENT ESTABLISHED THEIR GAY?!?

DabiHawks

Why would anyone EVER think a VILLAIN would get with a HERO?!? THEY LITERALLY HATE EACH OTHER!!! AND

⚠️*manga/anime spoilers!!!!!*⚠️

Hawks killed Twice and Dabi ACTUALLY BURNT HIS WINGS OFF

WHY U SHIPPING PEOPLE WHO TRY TO KILL EACHOTHER???

TogaChako

WHY.

JUST WHY??!!

AGAIN. HERO. VILLAIN.

They have tried to kill each other on MULTIPLE occasions

STAWP

TsuZawa

what. In. The. Ever. Loving. Christ. Do. You. Mean. When. You. Say. It’s. Okay?!? HUHHHH?!?

ITS HER TEACHER- LETS NOT METION SHES 16 AND HES 30-

I DONT WANNA HEAR CRAP ABOUT HOW

“oH aGe Is JuSt A nUmBeR-“

NO. ITS THE AMOUNT OF YEARS YOUVE BEEN ON THIS EARTH

SHUT.

JUST CAUSE SHE HELD HIS HAND DOESNT MEAN SHE LIKES HIM

UGHHSHEHEHDHDHDHDH

Now- let’s talk about-

Good ships! EraserMic

Okay! I like it! It’s cute, they’ve known each other a long time (no abuse :>) cute dynamic, and high chance of being canon <3 luv them both 10/10

ShigaDabi

Yeah I know, it’s highly controversial, especially with DabiHawks, BUT-

they have so much to relate to, similar trauma, Dabi is Shiggy’s right-hand-man and they fight together and have seriously seemed to grow on each other! I honestly love it and it has a nice chance of being canon, im also cool with them being friends too :>

DekuOchako

We already know it’s canon.

t-thats it-

I don’t love it, but eh least it’ll be canon-

ANYWAYS-

I don’t ship a lotta characters because, just by having an opinion, im almost ALWAYS shoved into that same toxic-cringe category as others and I don’t want that soooo-

I just won’t ship :>

it’s insane how many cliques im accused of pushing-

And anyone who says “Bakugo bullies Deku because he likes him” that’s not okay. I hate the idea that people bully others to get attention or because they like them, because bullying isn’t okay in general.

And that’s my HONEST opinion on the My Hero shipping fanbase.

Eh

#Opinion #mha #bnha #discussion #Yeah #toxic fanbases

[solemnpancake]

#pics and it did happen #words words words! #barbie #the batman #margot robbie #robert pattinson #my friend was telling me about his review and this was literally all I could think of #they also both deconstruct toxic masculinity! #the barbie movie #ben shapiro #they also both had his fanbase dunking on him lmaooooooooo #say hypothetically I am a Barbie girl #living in a Barbie world

[malinkymax]

@everyone who is complaining and in some places I’ve seen insulting Emily Axford for wanting to retire HER character: please stop.

The character is hers, she can do with it what she wants! From a creative standpoint it seems like Emily doesn’t feel like she had much else to say or explore with Fig. Would you rather she play Fig in a boring, uninterested way where she’s going through the motions? And ultimately ends up with people critiquing her for not “giving enough to the show” or “disappointing the fans”. You guys are gonna bully her either way? I just think it’s important to remember that Emily, like all the cast, are people who exist outside of entertaining you, and this game is supposed to be a place for players to have fun. If Emily didn’t feel like she was going to have fun playing Fig, why on earth would you want her to???

This is all to say I LOVE fig and am excited for another season of her, but if I was playing a TTRPG campaign and had to renew a character I wasn’t interested in anymore I’d change it too. Why should you expect anything different??

#this fanbase can be super toxic and has a history of bullying the players #specifically the female players #just wish we could do better #emily axford #fig faeth #fig fantasy high #fantasy high junior year #fantasy high #d20 fantasy high #d20 fhjy

[ishbdudi]

It's sad that there are YouTubers possibly afraid of criticizing hazbin because of possible harassment that might happen

I just saw harriyanna hook's video and she put THIS in the comments

There should be no reason YouTubers feel the need to say something like that

#hazbin hotel critical #hazbin hotel criticism #hazbin hotel critique #toxic fandom #toxic fanbase

[tsams-confessions]

I'm going to be 100% honest here.

I love the fandom, and I don't think it is as toxic as some people make it out to be.

Like yes there can be some bad days in the fandom, but I enjoy looking on the tab almost everyday to see the fanart these very talented people are making! Or the little conversations we have on this show that we love, or even the memes!

Like yes I'm not blind to the bullying, I've seen it happen to people, even to the larger artists! But I've noticed that a lot of those anon asks that spew negativity tend to have the same overall vocabulary, so I don't think it's a stretch to say it may just be from a very very small group of people. Not to mention I personally blocked only 3 people and after that I haven't seen any negative posts on my fyp unless it was of someone who took a screenshot of a post ,but that rarely ever happens.

Just wanted to say that in my personal opinion (from what I have seen mind you so there may be a lot going on below tumblrs surface that I don't know about) that much of the fandom is amazing! and very very talented! And that I enjoy seeing all of your fanart!

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#sun and moon show #the sun and moon show #tsams #sams #tsams confession #< block this if you dont want to see these #mod 1blood #i agree tbh. in a lot of fanbases toxicity often comes from a vocal minority

[starrysharks]

the fact that a piece of media revolving around a bunch of unrelated adults still has crazy shipping discourse is a sight to behold

#like i can understand why someone might dislike a ship because even tho theyre adults there might be a 5+ year gap #but guys b serious i dont think anyone who's shipping a 25 n 22 year old together is doing it because they like power imbalances or age gaps #(this is coming from someone who dislikes every ship apart from pomni x ragatha because yuri) #it feels like u guys are trying to make a toxic fanbase on purpose 😭 #lets all calm down a bit

[wizardsix]

astarion stans who refuse to try befriending or even romancing anyone else are the most annoying mfs. "I only romance astarion I just can't relate to the other stories" really? you can't relate to gales deep self loathing? his deep love and loyalty for those he cares about? you can't relate to wylls kind heart and desire to always do good, even if it means he's miserable? can't relate to shadowheart blindly following a god, only to learn the truth and reinvent herself? you can't relate to lae'zel or karlach who were lied to and used as weapons their whole lives, but continue to push on even when they're scared? you can't relate to the overarching theme of authority vs autonomy???

it's not difficult, it's just people refusing to appreciate and explore the game to its fullest bc their manipulative sexy vampire is all they need(something astarion actually loathes being seen as btw). but ok, you can be boring and do whatever you want, but don't lie and say the other stories are bad, because they're not. it's simply a lack of media literacy and critical thinking. because to you, if a character doesn't tell you point blank that they're aware of their situation, it's bad writing. missing the entire point that victims don't always realize the situation they're in. keep in mind astarion and karlach are the only ones who got away from their abusers, which is why they tell you clearly and confidently about what happened to them, fully aware that it was abuse. whereas the others give only their tunnel visioned perspective and speak highly of their deity(not caring about themselves, wish to appease them for something in return).

don't get me wrong (seriously, if I see one person misunderstand me I'm going to lose it) astarion is a good character, but people who only like him need to stop acting like he's the only complex and well written one. stop crying when people with brains call you out for being weird about his ascended ending. the game isn't about him. at least try and show some respect to those who worked hard on the game. make an oc and try new things, i promise the fictional vampire won't care if you don't romance him one run. have a drink with shadowheart, dance with wyll, go to a restaurant w karlach, maybe then you'll calm down.

#this isn't astarion slander this is a critical post against his annoying ass fans #if this post offends you then youre exactly who im talking about. use your brains. i want people to appreciate larians hard work #idk man i just dont understand people who play heavily choice based games and don't try different things #again dear god do not get me wrong. play how you want. its the people that literally lie about characters that irritate me #'gales full of himself/lae'zel is mean/wyll is boring' tell me your brain is full of holes w/o telling me #also. shocking. but youre allowed to dislike or be neutral on characters but at least try to see their story and give a Valid reason why #no 'gale was toxic to mystra' doesn't count bc thats a blatant lie. and him forcefully triggering romance stuff is a bug. try again #the thing is too i just know this chaos is caused by dragon age stans that migrated to baldur's gate bc the next game is gonna fucking tank #cant keep their stupidity in the da fanbase it seems #astarion ancunin #baldur's gate 3 #bg3 #baldur's gate 3 spoilers #bg3 spoilers #six speaks #also im not saying every stories writing is perfect bc not even astarions is perfect. i have criticism for all of them #but at their core they succeed in delivering the themes mentioned above

[victims-of]

#steven universe #toxic fanbases #harassment #toxic fandoms #Youtube

[batsbolts-andfangs]

Hey, if you bring in weight to try to mock or insult an alterhuman, or anyone in general, you're a genuine piece of shit, hope this helps.

#🐺︴howling #therian #alterhuman #otherkin #fictionkin #i am sick and tired of individuals being bodyshamed for just fucking existing #god forbid a plus-sized creature attempts quadrobics or the world will go up in flames!! /s #get your shit together and stop criticising others over their weight‚ or just shut the fuck up #fatphobia has no place in alterhuman or nonhuman spaces period #this applies to fictkin as well #god forbid i admit that in my past life i was fat and nowhere near the body size of the canon character im a fictkin of #doesnt help that this character is notorious for having a toxic fanbase as well

[solargeist]

imo, its not a bad thing to want big CCs to talk about issues btw, no one expects them to ~lead the cause or ~be an activist btw, no one is asking that, we just wanna know who we're supporting.?

I remember a lot of you begging ur CCs in 2020 to say gay/trans rights, thats political.

me personally, if i know someones racist or homophobic or anything else, i don't want to support them, this isn't a bad thing.

no you can't force a cc to say anything, you can't force them to have certain opinions, yes we all know this, its just something nice to know, y'know ??

its also the fact that people with a big audience and influence saying GOOD things are important to society. How many shitheads are spewing and spreading far-right rhetoric that impressible fans just absorb and repeat ? Its good to have a combat to this, how many of you get excited when you see ur favourite band wave a pride flag on stage ? come on now.

just my personal thoughts and feelings. i think theres a level nuance to this tho

#THIS ANNOYS ME SOOO BAD !! #obviously dont harass ccs and understand their audience n stuff yknow. #like i dont expect a childrens cc to say anything. #but like. you know?? its so hard wording myself omg. #someone responded to my other post literally just saying the same thing i said in that post back at me #so i hope this is more clearr? #im gay btw thats why im using gay as an example here. #also by not saying anything it can create a pretty toxic unsafe fanbase.

[themetalvirus]

ive seen multiple comics that are just sonic and shadow beating each other until they can't stand up anymore and the caption is like "romance <3" i dotn even care if youre being ironic i still think thats kinda fucked up.

#exoticbutterstxt #and stuff like that doesnt read ironic to me #like. i get the Rivals But Also Romantic appeal. i get it #the intimacy of fighting and all that #but jesus christ man this is not it #also it takes a certain amount of talent to get that tone right #rivals with kind of a gay thing going on. thats hard to get right without it just reading like toxicity. #and. most of that side of the shipping fanbase for them is just #romanticizing mutual toxicity if not abuse 😐