Thank you so much for your detailed, spoiler filled summery and opinions formed from it.
I can see being insulted when insulted. I dunno, maybe it does suck, maybe the fans just have nostalgia from their kid years? I mean I don't like Furry Fandom or shippers. That doesn't mean the people are "undesirables", it means we have different opinions and I don't happen to like a few. Obviously, we'd never get anywhere if we avoided everyone who provides services we like just because they have weird fetishes.
But critics think they can get away with saying such things because people have boosted their egos by praising what amounts to their opinion. I suppose there are respectable pundits too?
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This. "Loathing would be too mild a term" is just an opinion, but "hope to never meet these people" is clearly an insult.
It's quite possible that fan haters hate on fans b/c they blame them for having to review certain things.
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So basic rundown: