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** ''Film/StarTrekTheMotionPicture'': A crashing bore that nearly buried the Trek franchise for good, or a worthy Trek SpiritualSuccessor to ''Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey''? For better and/or worse, it's probably the ''Trek'' film that comes closest to being an episode of the Original Series in movie format. Compare ''Film/StarTrekIIITheSearchFoSpock'', which tends to get much more muted reactions from just about everybody. Maybe the only Trek movie to get this treatment (at least until the Creator/JJAbrams films) especially after the ReCut DVD version, which many felt improved the movie.

** The ''entire blog'' was the subject of numerous arguements on Tumblr as of 2013. Some see it as a funny comedy blog involving Celestia as a pervert who playfully fondles with other adult ponies while others see it as a disgusting endorsement of [[BlackComedyRape rape, sexual harassment and sexual assault]] with its humour and saucy depiction that trivializes types of sexual assault and the attitude that comes with it. And [[TakeAThirdOption there are those]], who found the blog to be average with subpar characterization and humour but with fantastic artwork.

** What counts a diet as "plant-based" is also very controversial. Are plant-based diets vegan diets by another name? Are small amounts of animal products are permitted in a plant-based diet?

** The ''entire blog'' was the subject of numerous arguements on Tumblr as of 2013. Some see it as a funny comedy blog involving Celestia as a pervert who playfully fondles with other adult ponies while others see it as a [[DudeNotFunny disgusting endorsement]] of [[BlackComedyRape rape, sexual harassment and sexual assault]] with its humour and saucy depiction that trivializes types of sexual assault and the attitude that comes with it. And [[TakeAThirdOption there are those]], who found the blog to be average with subpar characterization and humour but with fantastic artwork.

** A huge one exists over rumors that the iPhone 7 won't have the 3.5-mm audio jack. Some users are angry enough about it that they intend to [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere bail out of Apple's ecosystem]], others think that detractors are overreacting and that the problem can be easily solved with a 3.5mm-to-Lightning adapter (which itself has the rebuttal that it prevents listening to audio and charging at the same time).

** How much should the various works in the extended 'verse focus on the Pokemon side of the crossover versus the Infinity Train? The correct balance of the crossover, which characters should be focused on more, and how to approach the topic has been a topic of debate among fans and co-writers of the series since the beginning, especially as both sides tend to see the other as contributing to the problems they have with the series overall.
*** The Pokemon preferring side of the fanbase tends to see the Infinity Train half as completely incomprehensible, partially as a result of the tendency towards using train cars to have psuedo crossovers with other properties. They also tend to see the Infinity Train half as holding all of the worst of the 'verse's vices, being the center point or cause of most of the blame throwing, character assassination, and angst. The Infinity Train also tending to require Pokemon characters to be out of character, generally in te form of being unusually spiteful, apathetic, or stupid to work does not help matters. This side of the fanbase tends to want or prefer focus on the Pokemon characters exclusively, believing that stories focusing a trainless Chloe, or about everyone else while the train is in the background, are simply better and more entertaining and with less angst and wangst, and tend to see any part of the chapter set in the Infinity Train as a waste of space to skim over. More than a few of these fans have even come to hate the original ''WesternAnimation/InfinityTrain'' itself due to association with the fic, to a point that more than a few of them felt some level of bitter catharsis when the series was de-listed due to its perceived overfocus and tendency to herald unwanted and often repeated plot points.

** Another topic of the verse that splits the fanbase is the MassiveMultiplayerCrossover nature of the Infinity Train side. Is it a good way to spice things up a little, even allowing for comparisons and interactions that wouldn't be possible if it was only ''Pokemon'' and ''Infinity Train''? Or does it make the stories needlessly complicated, and reduces the Infinity Train setting to nothing more than a backdrop to allow whatever crossover the authors want to do at the moment?

* ''Fanfic/NeitherABirdNorAPlaneItsDeku'' has an in-universe example in Lex Luthor. On one hand, he was a terrifying supervillain, the epitome of CorruptCorporateExecutive, and tried to take over the world multiple times. But he seemed to pull a HeelFaceTurn later in life and became an incredibly successful U.S. president who ended World War III, slashed poverty across the globe, and made countless technological advancements. Scholars aren't sure if his turn to goodness was valid or if he should be forgiven for his previous actions.
* ''Fanfic/TheMostEvilTrainer'', a ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' SelfInsert, had a quite a conflict among readers over the fact that the main character is actively trying to find a way to ''leave'' the Pokemon world and go back to his own world, suffering quite a bit of angst over it. In most SelfInsert stories, the fact that the main character will never see their family and friends again is casually brushed aside in favor of adventure and wish fulfilment, so the story's {{Deconstruction}} of that mindset sparked enough of a FlameWar for all discussion on it to be permanently banned.
* ''Fanfic/TheConversionBureau'':
** This fanfic subgenre has basically broken the ''MLP'' fanbase into two camps, and they generally tend to loathe one another. One either loves the fic's universe and wishes to partake in its WishFulfillment, or they absolutely despise it for its disturbing messages and end up writing their own version that's either a {{deconstruction|Fic}}, {{parody}}, or {{curb|StompBattle}}-stomp WarFic (that's in favor of the humans, of course).
** ''Fanfic/TheConversionBureauTheChatoverse'' has a stark divide between readers. There are those love her stories and the universes they depict, and there are those who despise them and see them as a nightmare of bad writing, disturbingly misanthropic implications and sharing little with the show itself, [[InNameOnly save for names]].

* Among Ride/LunaParkSydney fans, there is a serious debate about whether the park should bring back the Ghost Train (which was destroyed in a fire in 1979, and 7 people were killed in said fire). People who argue in favor of reviving it claim that it was an important part of the park's fabric and that its niche is unfilled (it was hugely popular back in its day), while the other side claims doing so would be disrespectful to those who lost family/friends in the fire.