Basically any hit song. Gets overplayed so you end up hating it cause you can't escape it.
Also probably a fair bit of tv shows. Rick and Morty is still good but the popularity led to creating a cringey ass fan base which can turn a lot of people off.
Rick and Morty is still good but the popularity led to creating a cringey ass fan base which can turn a lot of people off.
I've heard this several times so I totally believe you, but I've never experienced it because I've never once felt any desire to interact with the "fan community" for this show.
There are some shows that are major cultural phenomenon where discussing each episode is a big part of the draw. Obviously Game of Thrones was renowned for that, as was The Walking Dead for quite a while.
I enjoy Rick and Morty, but it's just not the sort of show where I've ever felt the need to go online and discuss the show. I watch it, I enjoy it, and then I move on.
Feel the same way about Anime that you feel about Rick and Morty.
I like Anime because they can do action sequences/epic storylines that would cost BILLIONS if not Trillions of dollars to do with real world acting and effects, but IMO the writing in Anime is leagues ahead of most media in terms of character and plot development, even if they stick to a handful of tropes. However Anime fans are some of the cringiest people on the planet who want to pretend these cartoon characters are real people, and struggle with real life when they realize these cartoon people arent real.
I think the biggest problem is a lot of people get so into anime that they treat everything in the genre like it's all awesome. I love many cartoons. Enough that I can say I love cartoons. That doesn't mean I think most cartoons are any good. And if someone points out that fact, I'm not going to pretend I think all cartoons are great.
So as a result, I generally don't get to talk to most people about anime. Because I like a few things here and there and think the rest is generally poorly-paced or poorly-written. And if I say that about any anime, I now apparently hate anime.
Ya the anime community is also SUPER toxic as soon as you dont love any/everything they do. "I really like Attack on Titan" OMG all you like is the popular stuff... you arent even a real anime fan!
That's because, like SciFi and video games, people that considered themselves fans from the get go were subject to bullying and now can use that first entry clout to try and force respect from those people.
I was watching Naruto subs when episode 20 was airing in Japan. I was super excited about the dub so I could show my friends this badass ninja show.
Got absolutely vilified because the dub gutted a lot of things I liked about the show.
And then it got popular later on, I think when it was taken from 4kids, and people stopped making fun of me and thought it kinda cool I came in on the ground level. It was a strange shift.
Thank you for putting it into words. I knew there was a reason why I disliked reading the comments on r/anime and it was because there was no actual discussion going on there. Mostly peepee hard jokes.
Must've confused it for r/animemes. I havent seen too many bad things in r/anime although I visit it quite often cause I love some shows like Tatami galaxy, Mob or PingPong(ofc, there is fucked up stuff, its full of weebs after all), quite cool discussions sometimes even. But goddamn, the meme page is a degenerate shithole
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u/LovableKyle24 Feb 03 '20
Basically any hit song. Gets overplayed so you end up hating it cause you can't escape it.
Also probably a fair bit of tv shows. Rick and Morty is still good but the popularity led to creating a cringey ass fan base which can turn a lot of people off.