Is there a "toxicity" in this fandom?

[Andrew NDB]

Originally Posted by IMJ

Somebody had to fill the space left behind by SDP.... LOL! You guys know who I meeeeaaaannnn.......

Did SDP leave? I didn't even notice.

Originally Posted by IMJ

I agree completely. It's funny though because in every fandom you've got that "new project cheerleader" for anything new that comes out - that level of "toxic positivity". We had some of that here with that one or two guys who were completely personally challenged by the general apathy/disdain for "Rise".

Oh, it goes back way before "Rise." When I first joined the board in 2007 and voiced right away that maybe the 2007 was kind of sucky just about everyone and their mom blasted me for not worshipping at the altar of the Latest Turtle Product™. Then a few months went by and everyone kind of turned around and went, "Eh. I guess it kind of was, wasn't it?" and things returned to normal. What's different now is that the sucky stuff comes out, people watch it, and a lot of them never have that realization and never return to normal. Because we're down to like the craziest, nuttiest of the fandom remotely in our age bracket still.