Okay, here's how this is going to work. You comment with a fandom question. I answer it and then ask you a question that has some thematic relevance to the question you asked me.
It doesn't have to be something you're still involved in now, but is there something that was really intense and compelling initially, but it sort of blew up in your face when it degenerated into a piece of crap?
... And why do you feel it was so awful? Where did it go wrong?
Probably Naruto. It was ALWAYS crap, and i knew that going in, but there were awesome fanworks and awesome people and I got sucked in before (eventually) going, 'oh my god, the writer of this manga is a fucking sexist hack I can't believe I spent so much time in this world he created' and peaced out.
And in retrospect, I just really regret the time I gave that fandom. There were many other things that I could have been doing instead.
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It doesn't have to be something you're still involved in now, but is there something that was really intense and compelling initially, but it sort of blew up in your face when it degenerated into a piece of crap?
... And why do you feel it was so awful? Where did it go wrong?
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Probably Naruto. It was ALWAYS crap, and i knew that going in, but there were awesome fanworks and awesome people and I got sucked in before (eventually) going, 'oh my god, the writer of this manga is a fucking sexist hack I can't believe I spent so much time in this world he created' and peaced out.
And in retrospect, I just really regret the time I gave that fandom. There were many other things that I could have been doing instead.