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People bash on Undertale's fandom, and yet it seems to be those who *hate* Undertale who are invariably terrible. (See GOG reviews for it.)
— Kane Magus (@KaneMagus) March 1, 2016
One of the so-called "reviews" on GOG for Undertale simply says "Remove it. Remove this crap." Seriously?
— Kane Magus (@KaneMagus) March 1, 2016
The only negative reviews about it are ones that specifically mention "the fandom." One even brings up ponies, apropos of nothing at all.
— Kane Magus (@KaneMagus) March 1, 2016
There's a thin line between "Critical Backlash" and "It's Popular, Thus It Sucks." One's legit. One's being contrary just to be contrary.
— Kane Magus (@KaneMagus) March 1, 2016
I meant, of course, "Hype Backlash" there, not "Critical Backlash." https://t.co/DIsIfjWWfT https://t.co/4n1xMTte4V
— Kane Magus (@KaneMagus) March 1, 2016
As for me, I thought Undertale was pretty good. Not the second coming of Jesus Christ or anything like that, but pretty good.
— Kane Magus (@KaneMagus) March 1, 2016
But just because "the fandom" for a thing may (or may not) be genuinely "terrible," it doesn't automatically make the thing itself terrible.
— Kane Magus (@KaneMagus) March 1, 2016
And have they ever stopped to think that maybe "the fandom" is "terrible" (in their eyes) because they showed up to shit all over the thing?
— Kane Magus (@KaneMagus) March 1, 2016
If one shows up out of nowhere and starts talking shit about a thing others like, *of course* said fandom isn't going to take it too well.
— Kane Magus (@KaneMagus) March 1, 2016
And yet, it's "the fandom" that is terrible?
— Kane Magus (@KaneMagus) March 1, 2016
Go figure.
— Kane Magus (@KaneMagus) March 1, 2016
Whether a given thing (e.g. Undertale, My Little Pony, Insane Clown Posse, Twilight, PewDiePie[1], etc.) is or is not terrible, it's often the fan reaction (and, more accurately, the anti-fan reaction) that ends up greatly eclipsing the thing itself in sheer annoying, disgusting terribleness. Yes, fans can get pretty stupid when somebody shows up and shits all over the thing they like, but then some people that hate a thing get just as stupid when people try to defend the thing they are shitting on.
[1] - To be fair, I've said in the past that I think PewDiePie's fans are just as terrible as PewDiePie himself is, if not more so, but that is based solely on hearsay third hand bullshit. I, myself, have never personally had any interactions with fans of PewDiePie, positive or negative or neutral, outside of seeing a bunch of tiresome "*brofist*" comments or whatever all over the Internet.[2] That said, I still think PewDiePie himself is aural diarrhea of the worst sort, but I haven't had any problems with his fanbase, yet, anyway.
[2] - On a related topic, even I got sick of all the "/) *brohoof* (\" comments that bronies would similarly leave all over the place, so in that sense at least, I can see why some people might think that bronies are terrible.
