AYRT, also going to respond to the other anon who said:
"Ime there are two very distinct flavors of this. The worst is Walter White cocksuckers descending with obvious intent to ruin the discussion for anyone that likes Flynn, because they hate Flynn, they hate anyone that likes Flynn because they can't imagine other people engaging with fandom in a way that isn't cocksucking and bullying, they think Flynn is dumb/problematic/gets in the way of their favorite blorbo, Flynn reminds them of their ex or a dream they once had so any and all discussion of him must be met with extreme hostility and rage, ect. ... Now it's the dynamic I regularly see if I enter any public fandom server that isn't 18+. Woe be unto you that has not figure out which character a large public fandom server has decided is the unforgivable fave before posting there."
My experience has been with the first flavor of fans only (they appear to be a clique on the message board to support their main character fave). The character I like hasn't even done anything wrong. They are a sibling to a main character, showed up once, and was never heard from again. They're basically a nobody, yet attract the ire of vocal haters somehow, to the point of wishing said blorbo gets shot??? I had NO idea this behavior was such a common occurrence either. But, looks like the only solution is to cook more food of my fave blorbo and seek out other like-minded people, even if the anti-blorbos will forever mald about it. And... make more fandergs of my faves.
Re: OT Thread (Other fandom salt)
"Ime there are two very distinct flavors of this. The worst is Walter White cocksuckers descending with obvious intent to ruin the discussion for anyone that likes Flynn, because they hate Flynn, they hate anyone that likes Flynn because they can't imagine other people engaging with fandom in a way that isn't cocksucking and bullying, they think Flynn is dumb/problematic/gets in the way of their favorite blorbo, Flynn reminds them of their ex or a dream they once had so any and all discussion of him must be met with extreme hostility and rage, ect.
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Now it's the dynamic I regularly see if I enter any public fandom server that isn't 18+. Woe be unto you that has not figure out which character a large public fandom server has decided is the unforgivable fave before posting there."
My experience has been with the first flavor of fans only (they appear to be a clique on the message board to support their main character fave). The character I like hasn't even done anything wrong. They are a sibling to a main character, showed up once, and was never heard from again. They're basically a nobody, yet attract the ire of vocal haters somehow, to the point of wishing said blorbo gets shot???
I had NO idea this behavior was such a common occurrence either. But, looks like the only solution is to cook more food of my fave blorbo and seek out other like-minded people, even if the anti-blorbos will forever mald about it. And... make more fandergs of my faves.