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Scorpion451
(Edited uphill both ways)
2025-03-28 21:01:53
- 1a Memetic Personality Change + Fandom-Enraging Misconception
- 2a Discredited Meme, Overused Running Gag for this within a work and/or by the creator
- 1b Scrub, "Stop Having Fun" Guys, and some related tropes for the people who do this, Correction Bait if the person is doing something wrong intentionally to mock them
- 2b Yes, generally. Better as a Let's Play for exceptions. Complaining About Shows You Don't Watch and Praising Shows You Don't Watch for people who haven't played something arguing about gameplay, No True Scotsman for asserting that someone can't have played a game because they would share your opinion of it.

Mostly about audiences' reaction to memes, plus other gameplay-related stuff. I'm wondering if there are very specific tropes or subtropes for these:
A. Fans are getting tired of memes because:
Take these two
Reddit posts
for example:
Think about it like It's Popular, Now It Sucks! but for memes. It doesn't seem like it's Discredited Meme because the latter's page specifically states "In-Universe and Creator-Acknowledged Examples Only". Is there an existing YMMV or Audience Reaction for this?
B. Let's Play-related audience reactions:
For example:
Examples: