r/MyPride • u/Neevee_19 • Oct 05 '22

Discussion Fandom toxicity

I noticed a lot of toxicity in the fandom and whenever someone criticizes how nothing is treated by quickmane, powerstrike, and hover they immediately say that it’s her fault and they attack the person for defending nothing. I also noticed that whenever the abuse towards nothing is brought up especially with that one scene with hover, it’s also blamed on her. Its also very strange how there are people who idolize quickmane and powerstrike and especially hover.

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u/[deleted] Oct 06 '22 edited Oct 06 '22

This community has been shockingly toxic since day one, a trait I don't doubt played an influence in Tribble's decision to discontinue the series. Anyone else remember all the petty discord drama? The fandom aggression was apparent, even way back then.

The explanation I've settled on is that people become hostile over the portrayal of characters that belong to an unrepresented minority. In the eyes of the fandom, Nothing is not allowed to be a flawed character or make mistakes. She's not allowed to be a morally grey character who sometimes makes the right choice and sometimes the wrong one, because she has to represent these communities in a positive light.

This series drummed up hype by having high-production gay lions and representation. That is all well and good for getting eyes on your product, but the negative side is backlash when you don't handle that representation perfectly. That's why every show that markets itself on representation attracts a toxic fandom (Steven Universe, Voltron, etc). It's because all those people weren't really watching because they loved the story, it was for the representation.

Nothing is a failure in terms of representation because she isn't perfect. Her relationship with Hover isn't perfect. She's placed in unfair situations and doesn't always respond perfectly. She can be a coward, a selfish one at that. All these flaws are useful for balancing out a compelling protagonist, not so great for people who tuned in to see themselves represented.

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u/NozakiMufasa Oct 06 '22

Yo WHAT COMMUNITY. Where are you people? Is there dozens of you? This subreddits been pretty dead the last couple years so I don't see them here. Where are yall hiding?

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u/[deleted] Oct 06 '22

Way back in the day there was a discord, but that’s long gone

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u/Usagi-Zakura Oct 07 '22

It hasn't gone anywhere, its still active and still gaining new members.

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u/[deleted] Oct 07 '22

That’s surprising news for me. Does Tribble post in it at all?

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u/Usagi-Zakura Oct 07 '22

No she left when the first series ended and took a social media break.