Fandoms that you're a part of that you hate
QueenQuinzel
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A "final straw" of sorts with a fellow Star Wars fan inspired me to make this thread. Thread title should be self-explanatory.
Just in case, no hating each other for being part of a given fandom/community. Respect each other. I don't expect that to be a problem from this forum, but I thought I'd enumerate it up top.
For me, I find the Star Wars fandom to be particularly insipid sometimes. Many of the fans are elitist, entitled, and rude. Rarely do I find someone who just dislikes the prequels; more often do I find someone who describes in colorful terms his or her hatred for the prequels and how offended he or she is that George Lucas made them a thing.
There's also the metal community. I don't listen to metal much anymore, but my experience with the fans during my stay was largely unpleasant.
What about you guys?
Just in case, no hating each other for being part of a given fandom/community. Respect each other. I don't expect that to be a problem from this forum, but I thought I'd enumerate it up top.
For me, I find the Star Wars fandom to be particularly insipid sometimes. Many of the fans are elitist, entitled, and rude. Rarely do I find someone who just dislikes the prequels; more often do I find someone who describes in colorful terms his or her hatred for the prequels and how offended he or she is that George Lucas made them a thing.
There's also the metal community. I don't listen to metal much anymore, but my experience with the fans during my stay was largely unpleasant.
What about you guys?
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The BG/IE in general fandom consists of good people, this is what I've discovered.
And about metal, ask our Metal lord of Foerum @Metalloman and @laptopman666
I do agree that this forum is generally very tasteful, though. Everyone's very civilized here.
I agree 100%; I looked at this thread just to make a comment like that only to found that you already made it. The souls series is my favorite series of all time but I can't stand most of the fanbase. While I'm not saying every fan of the game is like this, it seems like a lot of them think that anyone who finds a legitimate flaw in one of the games is a "five year old scrub who needs to either get good or go back to playing Cod."
I guess Cod is a series where you play as a fish and you shoot everyone.
Also the Pokemon fandom. Specifically the die-hard 1st gen players can be complete twats.
Anyways. I'd have to say the Berzerk fandom. Good gosh, you have to pass each and every single persons entrance exam for them not to flame you out of existence and even trying to broach the more volitile subjects of the manga nets you flame wars you wouldn't believe
Id nominate mass effect, some of the fans of that series are borderline disturbing in how they act, heaven for fend that you do not like there favourite characters as they do. Many anime communities can be pretty hostile online I gave up on them long ago. Music groups too tend to get pretty bad if you like anything outside of there comfort zone, which I always find particularly odd considering a lot of the time the people they are listening too are also listening too and acknowledging music from outside there sphere.
I don't think I really take an active part in any fandoms these days just doesn't seem worth while.
I've also found the Mount and Blade online community to be very unpleasant. Competitive games seem to bring the worst out in people, and people use the wall of anonimity to be disrespectful of other players, especially when they commit the heinous crime of playing as a bowman, or - even worse - going horse!! :-O Oh my god, people actually using a feature included in the game that the community has somehow decided is illegal, despite the fact that they have no authority to decide this?? Heresy, I tell you!!
Finally, although I don't like WoW, I do like roleplaying games, and I hate the way WoW terms have wormed their way into every RPG in the world because the entire RPG community has adopted them. I literally cannot play any multiplayer RPG anymore without hearing "tank", "DPS", "crowd control", etc mentioned at some point (I know these terms were around before WoW but WoW seems to have hijacked them and made them popular).
Oh, and the gaming community is obsessed with acronyms...I HATE excessive overuse of acronyms!! "I'm a L10FMT with IPA and TWF, using a LS/SS and HXB with PBS and IRR, and I cast OMG, LOL and AVP, before using BBC followed by ITV..." Aaaaargh!!! *brain explodes*
and Mass Effect... yeah not only did that fanbase literally tear itself apart with the ending, but I know what you mean right there. god forbid I express my hatred of Liara on the BSN. it can even be bad just to say I like Tali if other people don't. still, you can't get any worse than mentioning your thoughts on the ending with them, be it good or bad.
There's a popular fanfic known as Fallout Equestria that is... bad! The characters are flat, the protagonist is a lesbian to pander to the fanboy fetishes...
I've not yet tipped the iceburg as to why this fandom is obsessed at overanalyzing supposedly deeper meaning in a toy marketing show meant for grade school girls.
Yes, FiM is a fun show and it lives the dream of surpassing demographic boundries... but it loses its charm the more the people who should be... I dunno, working and bettering the economy, rather than living for some colored horses animated in Flash.
Wrong.
Apparently you have to know the science it is based on, the actors' lives outside of the films, be familiar with the filming process and technology, and most importantly, consider the original Star Trek the best (Star Trek: the Next Generation is sometimes an acceptable choice). It's like a whole lifestyle... I know there are some folks here who could probably say they've read most of the Forgotten Realms books and have researched non-literature events of the timeline of Abeir-Toril (the Baldur's Gate world), etc., but it would be like expecting *every member* of the forum to possess that knowledge.
These same people considered it unimportant that they had never seen a single episode of "Enterprise."
Anyways, for me, gamers have recently fallen into that category I suppose.
By the way, I said to only mention fandoms that you are a part of.
I'm sorry if I come across as sounding harsh, but I'm tired of the brony-bashing that takes place. I've delved into the fandom, and they are NOT that bad.
nah, just playin'
I'm a fan of a lot of things that seem to have big communities dedicated to them, but with the exception of this game I'm not really a part of those communities. This is partially because of the tendencies of hardcore fans that many have described here.
You are spot on about metal! I do love me some heavy metal (mostly classic and power metal), but I must say I am not a fan of many of the hardcore "Metal heads". They usually tend to be very angry and aggressive, which is really not my style. Also the elitist attitude toward the "One True Metal" (which I often ape by pretending to buy into to an extreme level) is kinda annoying as well. I'm not a fan of people insulting others for their taste in music. If someone wants to listen to Taylor Swift, then good for them, I hope they enjoy it. It doesn't make them bad people. If someone likes to listen to metal AND Taylor Swift (such as myself), I don't see how that makes them a "poser" or a "fake metal fan". As if being a fan of something is an accomplishment, lol.
I also used to be a HUGE Star Wars fan, but for some reason I never really interacted with a fan community in any way, shape or form. I have some friends who also liked some of the books I read as a kid (the Timothy Zahn and Michael A Stackpole ones) so occasionally we will reminisce about our childhood favorites, and it has always been pleasant. I can certainly imagine that what you are saying is true though.
Somewhat unrelated, but still along the same vein, is politics. I am a libertarian politically, and actually pretty involved in social groups (more so when I was in college). However, there are many (a very significant portion, actually) in these causes that have a very negative attitude toward people who disagree with them or who haven't thought things through the way they have. They can often be on the extreme ened, elitist (which, ironically, they tend to rail against) and unwelcoming. Not good, and very much a turn-off (not to mention counter-productive).
Oh... comic books. I love them. I have like zero friends in real life who share my love for them, so I have searched a bit online for an outlet to discuss them. However, I never really got involved and I think a large part of it was that I saw a lot of bad attitudes toward people who liked/disliked a certain creator, franchise or publisher. A lot of "I am better than you because I have good taste" (despite taste being entirely subjective). To be fair, I've never really been part of a forum or extended discussion, but from what I gathered just through the comments sections of random reviews or interviews on places like IGN or blogs I can see that the same bad tendencies of most rabid fandoms are probably present in this one as well.
I've also found the more bizzare fandoms tend to have a genuine sense of community. They know what they're into is kinda weird and because of that they're much more accepting of others.