Toxic Fandoms You've Been Involved With - We all like movies, tv and video game. However sometimes that passion makes people crazy.

[Internet_Loner]

I love the Ghostbusters franchise, however the online scene has been very hostile and elitist since GBFans and Facebook have become the only real outlet for fans. The older mods and site admin are very ban happy and won't tolerate anything off-topic.

Also was a hardcore Spoony fan from 2008-2013.

 

[takemetoyourgrave]

Does the true crime fandom count even though I don’t masturbate to Ted Bundy?

 

[The Wrath]

The GTA fanbase. It used to be just a series of really great games, but Rockstar Games have now decided to abandon quality content and focus almost exclusively on GTA Online for Grand Theft Auto V. The Youtube community surrounding GTA Online is absolutely cancerous. I also used to frequent the GTA Forums, but that place is a dump now too.

 

[Yeeb-Renzo]

Almost all fandoms are toxic tbh, there's really no escape from it once a fandom blows up in size.

 

[Draza]

COD fanbase. Nothing else worse than that fanbase.

 

[NumberingYourState]

Halo, since games are serious fucking business and god forbid the multiplayer can be goofy every once in a while.

 

[Titty Figurine]

While not toxic community behavior, the fact that Top Gear slash communities exist and contain lovingly detailed depictions of Jeremy Clarkson's grundle makes me want to reach over and call Poison Control.

Going way, way back though Yu Yu Hakusho experienced some serious gatekeeping due to popularity and unavailability. Right before the rise of torrents in the dying days of fansub tape trading, there was a short window where FF.net comments became pop quizzes to prove you had "really" seen the show and not just read synopsis sheets/looked at fanart. Not too long after this it got licensed and Cartoon Network swooped in to air it, but the episode remains that one time the entire fandom took a level in asshole and REEEEEEed about everyone being fake fans.

 

[Internet_Loner]

^ From the little amount of Halo online I played back when the 360 was brand new, nearly every match was full of terribly edgy and spergy teens. I've never encountered the same BS in any other online game.

 

[Yeeb-Renzo]

But I guess if I had to choose one, the meme community takes their memes so damn seriously. Shitposting and having fun is great and all, but when you and others get so ass-mad over a person explaining the origin of memes that you consistently harass and even dox them, you know you dun' fucked up.

You know who I'm talking about.

 

[Kyria the Great]

Given as you see my avatar, I have been involved with the furry community and don't even need to mention how toxic it is, just mention the Animal Control board and be done with it.

Also, the Star Wars fandom can be one of the most petty and petulant fanbases to ever deal with going to generally have your sticks in the mud purist tha believes that the OT and nothing else is the only way and won't even mention anything good about the Prequels and the EU, the contrarians that believe the Prequels are better, and now the Social Justice crowd that believe that the old stuff needs to go away to make way for the new generation and consequences be damned. If there are furry Star Wars forums, I fucking dread ever having to venture into them.

 

[Lackadaisy]

When I was a wee lil weeblet, I was into Hetalia, which was full of wonderful 2010s era fan wank and cringe.

 

[BR55]

Halo, since games are serious fucking business and god forbid the multiplayer can be goofy every once in a while.

The "343i ruined Halo!" Bungie fanboys are the fucking worst.

 

[arsenicCatnip]

The homestuck fandom. It all went to the shitter thanks to tumblr.

 

[Kari Kamiya]

Like the Sonic fandom, the Pokémon fandom is broken into multiple different shards (mostly anime, games and manga, but they have their own subsets), and I swear it got worse around the X & Y era, mostly with the shippers. Genwunners and Smogon elitists have always been a thing, though the anime fans are easily the most insufferable due to how much they complain about every single thing that happens because they have to compare it to the first season (which is not that great of a season to begin with, but (muh nostalgia"). This all culminated when Ash lost the Kalos League, because apparently people were expecting him to win this time around.

The Digimon fandom's just as bad in that regard, but unlike Pokémon, almost every season is its own separate, stand-alone season, and it's not uncommon to find people screeching about which is better (first and third seasons are like unanimously agreed to be the best, but you still have arguments about it), even though the shippers are the worst contributors, which got worse thanks to Tri. Don't even get me started on the "sub vs dub" debacle, it's really awful in this fandom. You literally can't step into it for one second without someone getting in your face about how much the dub sucks. This is kind of funny because multiple international fans have said they find the Saban dub to be a fascinating study (even though they don't like it), but they'll still beat you down if you so much as imply you like the dub regardless of its numerous flaws and try to "correct it" by pestering you into watching it subbed.

(Luckily, for those who don't want to really bother with subs, a Filipino dub exists that's accurate to the original. Voice-acting's so bad, it's good, though.)

 

[From The Uncanny Valley]

When I was a wee lil weeblet, I was into Hetalia, which was full of wonderful 2010s era fan wank and cringe.

Don't forget all the hateful little shits obsessed with their own "heritage" because they don't have a personality and insist that the show needs to be MORE bigoted

 

[NARPASSWORD]

The fucking Fire Emblem fandom. It's gotten to the point where I can't even look at the pre-awakening games without feeling a little pissed off.

Spoiler

It doesn't help that a FE weeb has been stupidly revenge rating me.

 

[The Fifth Waltz]

Hetalia, Homestuck, Death Note 10+ years ago, & My little pony.

 

[Rand /pol/]

Fallout, CRPGs, and Battlefield.

 

[Sparky Lurker]

Super Smash Bros (Nintendo fandom battle royale).

 

[NOT Sword Fighter Super]

How about Marvel? Cape movies in general, actually. I see a lot of people who would have mocked me for being into superhero shit in high school wearing Captain America shirts and shit like that.