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That seems to be more or less people who dislike fans for liking a work they already dislike.
Let me put it another way: Bob really likes a certain show, and interacts with other fans of the show regularly, however, those other fans are so obsessive about it and are prone to flame wars and other such negative behavior with people outside the fanbase (or even each other if there's a disagreement about a certain aspect of the work) that it ruins the show for Bob because now whenever he tries to watch it, all he can think of are those crazy people that make up its fanbase.
I kinda speak from experience myself, but I know this has happened with other people out there as well (I know a guy who finds it difficult to watch certain anime because of how rabid the fangirls are over it), which makes me think this is somehow related to Broken Base.
That'd be a form of Why Fandom Can't Have Nice Things, and also Complaining About Complaining. And also Complaining About People Not Liking the Show.
Edited by Scorpion451
Hype Aversion could come into play as well. It's the main reason I won't get involved with any Dragon Ball or Naruto media.
Even though Hype Aversion isn't what I had in mind, I'm glad you brought it up, because much like yourself with Dragon Ball and Naruto, that's exactly why I couldn't stand Sponge Bob as a kid... it's like the whole school was like, "D00d! Sponge Bob is da bestest thing on TV ever!" "Sponge Bob is da gr8est!" "How can u not like Sponge Bob?!" And I honestly never understood the appeal of Sponge Bob anyway, I've always found it to be a pretty stupid, braincell-dampening show anyway.
But yeah, I think what Scorpion451 said about Why Fandom Can't Have Nice Things is pretty much along the lines of what I was talking about... just without the creator input aspect.
Edited by justanotherrandomlurker
I figured, since you mentioned Bob already liking the show in question, which isn't really the case with Hype Aversion. But sometimes fringe concepts or "almost right" ideas can spark other ideas.
(By the same token, Hype Aversion kept me away from Death Note for ages, but when I finally watched it, I loved it. So you never know. :p )
Edited by SolipSchism
Right. Just to share my own personal experience, I actually used to love Whose Line Is It Anyway? when I was younger, but once I actually got involved with the fandom itself, I found Whosers to be some of the meanest, nastiest, and downright rudest people I've ever met, and that kind of killed the show for me to the point I couldn't even watch it anymore to think that a show about improv comedy could garner attention from some of the most hateful people on the planet. On a side note, I do still enjoy the performers' other work outside of the show, but aside from that.
Nevermind, I thought this trope existed.
Edited by PPPSSC
^ Are you refering to the same thing I was talking about, or did you accidentally post in the wrong thread? Forgive me, but your reply left me a little confused.
I posted a trope title to answer your query but it was a redlink.
Well, there's a YKKTW with that name
, but by the looks of things, it's been languishing for six years. It's a valid idea, though. It's not simply It's Popular, Now It Sucks!, it's It's Popular And The Fans Are Assholes Now It Sucks.
That's it! It's Popular And The Fans Are Assholes Now It Sucks is exactly what I'm talking about! You hit the nail on the head!
Now if it only existed... (well, the Tainted By The Fanbase YKTTW is pretty much it in a nutshell).
Edited by justanotherrandomlurker
^ try restoring that. Or even better, try restarting that.
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I actually bumped it... but it's not showing up for some reason. :|
^ because it is discarded.
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Can Broken Base apply to occasions where the base is broken as a result of the base itself rather than the work? I've noticed some people who may have been a fan of a work before mention the fanbase itself is what killed the work for them (apparently really overly obsessive fans, mostly rabid fangirls, are usually to blame).