Thread by @tacticalfiend

"gatekeeping" doesn't work; "invasion" theory is misguided:
1. everyone's gonna get into something if they want to. every small fanbase is one popular youtube video away from being flooded by a huge wave of new people
2. longtime fans turn into "invaders" cuz they want approval

you still talk about Dragon Ball without annoying tvtorpes shit/politics & there's no gatekeeping. even "Abridged improved it" types never outweigh the rest cuz its massive fanbase was well established before online culture got so deranged & its tone's a pretentiousness repellant

of course you SHOULD be able to enjoy "artsier" stuff too & not have to deal with "Anno & Miyazaki think anime should be banned (and that's a good thing!)" but I dunno what to do about that beyond just creating a positive example & making fun of wanky fans. culture's a mess now

the issue's way bigger than any individual fanbase & it's hard to fight cuz most fans of games/anime/etc don't get into in-depth discussion & most of those who do are easily swayed by pretentious big-words video essay speak. those who get nerdier AND see through bullshit are rare

best bet is to find the absolute dumbest takes that e-celebs push and publicly mock them to the point where they're stigmatized for it. my screencaps of hbomberguy's Kill la Kill analysis posts on SA got all over the internet & he had to admit he was wrong cuz everyone mocked him

the average analysis enjoyer is into pretentious shit. total normies don't respond well to analysis but they do respond well to memes. so the way to fight pretentious shit is to turn pretentious attitudes into mocking memes

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