Two types of fandoms
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"It's fucked up how tolerant the racist community is. They don't even care what race you are as long as you're being racist."
The difference between left and right in OP is % of fan base that is men.
I blame Zillennial women and the Tumblr smut that shaped their tween and teen years.
Men with intact testosterone that is
Any community run by low T men will easily get taken over by faggots or women
I'll take all the "toxic masculinity" over They/ Them's toxic positivity. 🙄
Female dominated fandoms completely outclass male dominated fandoms in term of toxicity. It's not even in the same order of magnitude.
I honestly wouldn't know. I'm not into that hobby, but I wouldn't doubt it.
I've seen how women manage workplaces and gatekeep social circles.
And racists
That's kind of why I find Kit Wilson's gimmick so entertaining. He became so obsessed on your "Anti-Toxicity" crusade to the point he became the toxic one in the locker room.
I feel like this phenomenon is due to three things.
A refusal to grow up. Not that it's inherently childish to enjoy lighthearted stories, but there's definitely a draw to all the Peter Pans out there that don't want to engage with something that'll challenge their worldview. Having a healthy disconnect and ability to recognize the difference between fantasy and reality is kind of a requirement to engage with darker stories, which acts as sort of auto-gatekeeping.
Going to where the children are. Or at least, where they think they'll be anyway. For all the pathological ideologies out there that reproduce via viral infection, you go in and try to hook the kids to your way of thinking early. This naturally leads to the fandom acting childish, due to literal children and people using the excuse to act like literal children. Adult-aimed stories will, ideally, be followed by adults who already have a level of maturity that make discourse more pleasant. Granted, it depends on whether it's "Adult" or "Mature."
Safe spaces breed discontent. When positivity is mandatory, stepping out of line brings down the hammer for disrupting the peace. Thus the purity spiral forms and everyone starts hating each other for not living up to the impossible standards imposed by the community. When people come in expecting there to be disagreement and dissent, discussion can happen without shutting down risktakers and independent thought.
This is definitely stuff to think about when making media. Try to draw in a healthy audience that naturally rejects the false positivity mindset. Even if you're making something fluffy, give it some meat to chew on underneath that'll stick in the craw of the cotton candy chasers.
Great post
Yeah but without hardcore gatekeeping, guess what is going to happen to the 2nd community. EDIT: Simps start bringing in their female friends, girlfriends and wives and it's all downhill from there. Because those women seize power with the help of simps and then start letting in all kinds of people.
Which side does Pikmin fall under?
Nintendo fandoms are cute fandoms that are majority normal because the people who make those games are reasonable and sane and just want to make fun experiences with memorable characters.
Western IPs like The Amazing Digital Circus are designed to resonate with people with mental trauma and have cutesy, childish exteriors because the creator wants to explore his inner demons in "safety." So they attract very screwed up people who build a sprawling Hooverville of faggotry, self-hate, fetishes, and AIDS on top of the original show. I don't even hate TADC specifically, but that's the pattern.
Load bearing comment
I have come to hate that term. Fuck you, Claude.
I'm confused
Claude is one of the big AI chat bots. It loves using structural metaphors. "Load bearing", "carrying weight", etc.
Ah makes sense. These LLMs have patterns that we are bound to notice eventually. I can recognize GPT from it's overuse of the end dash and always framing things in a sentenve with 2 groups of 3 adjectives. "It's not just ABC -- it's also XYZ."
I don't use LLMs very much because I prefer to talk to people. I've never used Claude. Thanks for informing me of this and helping me recognize AI in the future.
Distinct breeds of Pikmins separated by color have different characteristics they excell at.
Based.
gay
Lego theory in practice