Here's a subject I wanted to open to you guys here, and I wasn't sure where to put it since this can apply to both games AND non-gaming media alike.
There was some recent Tumblr drama that I won't go into details with, but let's just say that a certain animated series has an extremely rabid fanbase that had almost caused one of their own to make a tragic, life altering mistake. Since then, I have seen many abandoning the show altogether and even outright condemning the creators to allow the fandom to become this wild, which doesn't make sense to me.
But overall, I do wonder from your personal experience if a show/game/movie ever had a fandom that may have tainted the brand in your eyes (Sonic fans are a staple example). Do you ever let a rotten fandom taint your appreciation of a certain series, or are you able to keep the two separate?
And maybe for those who find it difficult to separate a fandom from a series, is there advice any of you would offer?
There was some recent Tumblr drama that I won't go into details with, but let's just say that a certain animated series has an extremely rabid fanbase that had almost caused one of their own to make a tragic, life altering mistake. Since then, I have seen many abandoning the show altogether and even outright condemning the creators to allow the fandom to become this wild, which doesn't make sense to me.
But overall, I do wonder from your personal experience if a show/game/movie ever had a fandom that may have tainted the brand in your eyes (Sonic fans are a staple example). Do you ever let a rotten fandom taint your appreciation of a certain series, or are you able to keep the two separate?
And maybe for those who find it difficult to separate a fandom from a series, is there advice any of you would offer?