What is the dumbest case of fandom infighting you have ever seen?

[TheSteeleStrap]

The Bible

A silly one I've seen recently is Dark Souls. You have people who just want to play and learn from their mistakes, and then there are the people who are all "ZOMG YOU SUCK SO BAD HOW DID YOU NOT KNOW THIS ON YOUR FIRST PLAYTHROUGH?!?!1"

 

[Jordy Hartog]

I'm half surprised to not have seen (or just managed to gloss over it) Supernatural yet.

I'm not a part of the fandom myself (I enjoyed much of the show, but don't really concern myself with it once I'm not actively watching it), but I have seen some truly deranged stuff coming from its fans. Dumbest I've seen was probably someone who ships the actors playing the brothers (the actual people, not the characters) saying that the fact that both are married and have a kid are all just a clever ruse from the show's PR team, even going so far as to be disgusted by said PR team that they had the gall to include a baby in their charade.

Yup, they were disgusted by people who may have done something for some reason because they made up that scenario in their own mind.

 

[Zipzip the Penguin]

Pretty much any situation where a fan asserts their opinion as fact.

 

[Bocaj2000]

The Naruto fandom rivalries,DA:O Vs DA2,ME1 VS ME2/ME3,DMc fans Vs DMC fans,Genwhinners vs people who like all Pokemon games,hell I can name a entire list that's twenty pages long of dumbass fandom infighting considering I've seen and been apart of many.

I kinda want to see this list...

 

[sumanoskae]

I'm... actually struggling to find one. I haven't seen very many dumb ARGUMENTS, honestly, just people saying dumb shit in general, angry or not.

Let's see... Back in days of yore, when I used to read some Fan Fiction, I regularly cam across entire stories dedicated to criticizing a single character. Not deconstructing them, not subverting their role in the story, just people writing about them doing shitty things or having bad shit happen to them.

I didn't understand it then and I don't understand it now; if you think their character serves no purpose, just omit them from the story.

 

[sumanoskae]

I'm half surprised to not have seen (or just managed to gloss over it) Supernatural yet.

I'm not a part of the fandom myself (I enjoyed much of the show, but don't really concern myself with it once I'm not actively watching it), but I have seen some truly deranged stuff coming from its fans. Dumbest I've seen was probably someone who ships the actors playing the brothers (the actual people, not the characters) saying that the fact that both are married and have a kid are all just a clever ruse from the show's PR team, even going so far as to be disgusted by said PR team that they had the gall to include a baby in their charade.

Yup, they were disgusted by people who may have done something for some reason because they made up that scenario in their own mind.

Jesus... that is genuinely insane, like grounds for getting fucking committed.

 

[DaWaffledude]

Light Side Sith

You've never seen an argument until you've seen THAT argument.

Dare I ask? Is it like saying somebody's alignment is Sith but he's a Noble Demon?

Basically the noble take on Sith yeah. But many fans insist that Sith by their very nature are supposed to be evil.

Well, they kinda are. Star Wars isn't exactly known for it's subtle, complex view on morality. The Sith use the Dark Side of the Force. They, themselves, call it "The Dark Side of the Force". They are willingly and knowingly trading their morals for power. If one were to cease using the Dark Side, then one would probably also cease to accept the evilness of other Sith, and defect.

OP: Regarding shipping, someone here needs to mention the Glee fandom. I haven't seen that corner of the internet in a while, but last I heard they were taking shipping wars to a whole new level. They had spies and alliances and leaders.

Though I think it died down a bit once people realised the show wasn't going to pull out of its slump.

 

[DaWaffledude]

Light Side Sith

You've never seen an argument until you've seen THAT argument.

Dare I ask? Is it like saying somebody's alignment is Sith but he's a Noble Demon?

Basically the noble take on Sith yeah. But many fans insist that Sith by their very nature are supposed to be evil.

Well, they kinda are. Star Wars isn't exactly known for it's subtle, complex view on morality. The Sith use the Dark Side of the Force. They, themselves, call it "The Dark Side of the Force". They are willingly and knowingly trading their morals for power. If one were to cease using the Dark Side, then one would probably also cease to accept the evilness of other Sith, and defect.

What pro-Light Side Jedi say is that the Sith's method and code can be used in good ways. And following the Sith code doesn't inherently mean you are evil.

Though, I think a better term might be Gray Sith, similar to Gray Jedi, who are Sith but they distance themselves from other Sith because they disagree with them.

The Sith's method is inflicting pain and suffering for entertainment and the pursuit of power. Their code encourages the abandonment of self-control for the same. There is nothing good about it. If one wishes to distance oneself from the evils of other Sith, a good place to start might be abandoning the omnipresent force of evil you've enslaved yourself to.

EDIT: You know what, I'm just going to leave it there. I'm not going to get into a petty forum debate in a thread making fun of petty forum debates. (Even if I seem to already have. Bother)

 

[shootthebandit]

One of the stupidest in fandom arguments is the pokemon Geewunners.
This is a game that is about a ever expanding ammount of pokemon. That's the point.
But geewunners always complain about anything beyond G1. They actually would want a expanding monster catching game to stay at just one generation.

I think this is more of a nostalgia thing. "Geewunners" like myself played gen 1 when it was new and grew out of it. Know that pokemon is popular again its not the same as it was back then

I dont have a problem with the other gens its just that im familiar with gen 1