I distinctly remember reading about a thread in some obscure sonic forum where some guy or gal wanted to taste Sonic's sperm or something... *shudder*
I tried that. I was NOT HAPPY.Go to DeviantArt. Type in "(your name) the hedgehog." See what happens.
Let's assume for a minute (and this isn't the biggest leap I'll ever take) that there's a big bunch of people who don't like Twilight movies, as many of you don't. There's also a big bunch of people who don't like the staggeringly successful Rush Hour trilogy. But look at how the tone of the comments both franchises attract differs. You get vilified for liking one, and nobody seems to mind either way if you like the other.
I cant seem to recall if its real but I do seem to remember that the guy who brought them together(the producer or something) said that One Direction was essentially a carbon copy boy band designed to do one thing and one thing only.Also, the fact that the actual quality of the franchise/band/whatever doesn't seem to matter. One Direction is by almost any measure not even close to being Justin Bieber, but the hate still exists, at least to some extent, for One Direction.
Call of Duty.I honestly think a better question would be why male oriented media of the same quality (shit) and popularity (Bubonic Plague in the 14th century) isn't so reviled. Hell, what is there that fulfills those criteria?
Call of Duty isn't anywhere close to the level of cultural entwinement as Twilight or Bieber, and it definitely has a general negative image in pop culture as "bad."
Could that mostly be due to waning interest in general? I've no idea how popular the character or any Sonic specific fandom conventions are, but Google Search Trends show a dip in interest. Sonic hasn't had a good game, the main driver of interest in him, for awhile. An entire generation of children likely doesn't know about him too well. I've heard Sonic Colors was good but I haven't played it and I don't know how well it did critically or commercially, or if the game was enough to reinvigorate the franchise.I can't recall a good sonic the hedgehog fanwork in the past five years that isn't porn of some sort.
Never heard of this one. Searching claims it is an OC creation of a troll victim who published a fanfiction work, with the work itself seen as trolling. The summary of the comic appears to be heavy escapism and wish fulfillment wishing violence onto people as well as performing sexual acts. Is this really representative of Sonic fans?
Go to DeviantArt. Type in "(your name) the hedgehog." See what happens.
To be fair, Make enough money to live comfortably is the goal of most people in life.I cant seem to recall if its real but I do seem to remember that the guy who brought them together(the producer or something) said that One Direction was essentially a carbon copy boy band designed to do one thing and one thing only.
Make Money.
If it manages to launch their solo careers when they inevitably break up? All the better
It's mostly I remember there being strong bad feelings around the Internet that KyoAni was working on that rather than <some series that targets MY demographic, and that KyoAni has always traditionally targetted>.
Just a general "keep making what I want you to make damn it" kind of thing. Some people would not shut up about it for weeks.
Normally I'd hope they'd be neutered so they couldn't ruin the human race, but no way they're getting laid.There was a vocal population of male anime fans that were angry because they saw free! as being made for women, and that therefore their hobby was going to be ruined forever by women and things made with women in mind.
It was incredibly pathetic.
We should probably avoid remarks like that might be seen as directly attacking.Normally I'd hope they'd be neutered so they couldn't ruin the human race, but no way they're getting laid.
I distinctly remember reading about a thread in some obscure sonic forum where some guy or gal wanted to taste Sonic's sperm or something... *shudder*
There was a vocal population of male anime fans that were angry because they saw free! as being made for women, and that therefore their hobby was going to be ruined forever by women and things made with women in mind.
It was incredibly pathetic.
I think the reason for this is that most of the target demographic of thing like Beiber and Twilight don't move in the same internet circles as the haters. It's easy to call out the issues of Twilight when you don't need to worry about someone defending them. The lack of defence means their opinion will be supported and it make the person seem right. So someone else does it to get the same support. It's a cycle. It's why MLP seems to be more liked. People will defend it and it dilutes the hate.
Doesn't make any sense, because there has always been anime made for women, which they can't possibly have been ignorant of if they're real anime fans. What's different about Free! ? (I'm honestly curious, since I somehow missed this whole 'controversy' when it happened).
I can't recall a good sonic the hedgehog fanwork in the past five years that isn't porn of some sort.
Could that mostly be due to waning interest in general? I've no idea how popular the character or any Sonic specific fandom conventions are, but Google Search Trends show a dip in interest.
No... that is in fact a power fantasy, the dude is powerful, the dude is buff, strong, muscular....wet...hot...dri-I'll be in my bunk.It has hot dudes that are drawn to be hot to look at by people who are attracted to hot dudes rather than necessarily male power fantasies.
Also, these people are fairly, well, insular and disregard things that don't fit their view. They lash out at new things they perceive as threats to their space while disregarding how things have always been in the first place. It's like male gamers who think women haven't been a big part of the hobby just as long as they have.
People were mad. There were a few tumblrs that just collected mad posts from various sites.
... I don't really think there actually are that many lesbian fanfics compared to the shear volume of male homosexual fics out there, but that is likely to be more the result of a lack of other female characters to pair them with than it actually being less likely to be made.It's like how people are 'oh no not gay fanfiction' but nobody cares about lesbian fanfiction.