The Worst/Most Annoying Things About the TMNT Fanbase
 

What do you guys think? What aspects of our fandom rub you the wrong way?

For me it's 2 fold:
1. The "fans" who were only really on board the franchise as kids and have "moved on" but feel the need to come behind the new stuff Nick is doing and saying, "This isn't the Turtles. CG sucks! This is gay!" So mainly anyone who posts comments on Youtube saying they're a "Huge TMNT Fan"...

and the second is kinda like it...

2. Fans of one part of the franchise at the detriment of all others. I can understand not liking a particular aspect of the franchise, but to speak nothing but bile about how boring all the Mirage books are, or how un-grim/dark all other iterations are when compared to Mirage (and Image). We get it, the Mirage books aren't your preference, no need to bludgeon us to death with it.

I'd have to agree with you on point one a 100%. People who haven't been following the franchise or even realize where it came from past the OT making comments about this new version annoy me. I don't even bother looking at the comments on the youtube videos anymore.

Like you said the second kind of goes with the first and I agree with you there. I mean there are aspects of TMNT I'm not a huge fan of. However I'm not going to focus on it and continually bash it because of that. Not everything about this property is going to appeal to me all the time. Heck even sometimes the stuff I like isn't going to be liked by others. I get that. But for the love of all that is holy do people need to go on about?

But what really bothers me is when people start talking about the Turtles and mention that they are a children's franchise and are made for kids. I hate hearing that from tons of people. It is clear they have never actually looked at TMNT and where it came from. Their whole view is based off of the toys and cartoon. It drives me freaking nuts.

The "nostalgic" part of the fandom is the same problem with ANY fandom that goes on for a long period of time....the Pokemon, Power Rangers, etc. fandoms are just as bad when it comes to, "only liking the early seasons," and thinking everything else sucked.

For TMNT, its mostly the original cartoon, even though I bet all those people stopped watching halfway into Season 4 and never even revisited it when the DVDs came out.

People who buy something TMNT and then come ask us the value so they can resell it for assumed massive profits.

It's true, for a lot of people out there, anything that does not fit their idea of what TMNT should be will be panned simply for being different. This is mostly true for people who grew up with the original toon and the first movie.

I am one of those people, but I don't share those extreme views. I have my favorites, but I don't outright dislike any iteration... well, okay, next mutation is kinda hard to appreciate at times. But I mostly just overlook it, not bash it.

Actually, I seem to notice a lot of 'oldschool' fans taking an intense liking to the new Nick show and toys. I predict it will be a big hit and win over most people. The ones that keep their minds open, anyway.

Having to share it with Cybercubed.

I only want what's best for the fandom. Why do you think I'm trying to get the 4kids series re-released on DVD? I am also sure at least SOME of my e-mails, along with many others, is what got Lionsgate to include the two skipped episodes on the Season 10 disc.

Also besides Next Mutation, I really do enjoy virtually every TMNT universe. I loved the cartoons and the comics, and the Nick show looks great.

At least he contributes things other than poor attempts at humor.

& this is why this thread was doomed from the start.

Oh man. This isn't going to last long.

^ This part, I don't doubt. It doesn't make you less annoying though.
Do I really need to shine a searchlight on my contributions to the fandom for you to acknowledge them?

"...it was at this point that Jester deeply regretted creating this thread."

The only thing that annoys me are the members who seem to only be here to troll people. That and fans who have to constantly attack others opinions.

I don't think people know what "trolling" even means anymore, they just use it describe any aggresive comment that happens to upset them, even if those comments contain facts or truthful obervations on people's ignorance.

This right here is one thing.

It's pretty much this for me. People who when talking about TMNT sound as if they're a huge authority on the propertyor are the biggest fans, but don't know much about the franchise past the OT, first 2 movies, and most of the original Playmates toys (I may or may not be referring to most of the people on the What the Shell and Turtle Power podcasts).

It's fine if you're a big fan of one facet of the franchise and that's all you're interested in, but don't pretend to be some sort of uber-fan who has some sort of say on the franchise as a whole.

pretty much summed it up. Heck they both are more... annoying then tcest and tmnt mary sue fan-characters

This is it in a nutshell for me. It's so easy to spot them too. I won't mention names and they know who they are anyway since they're constantly mentioned on these boards.

As much as people want to point fingers at people it goes both ways. There are members here who could be a little nicer about pointing some stuff out to the newer members, but it is also up to the newer members to read the rules and follow them. I'm not excusing what either side has done, just saying the blade has two sides so watch how it cuts.

oh my goodness, this is me all the way. I am a big offender on this. I'm a bad fan in this regard at least... :tangel: