True, the awfulness of Sonic '06 didn't catch on as quickly as it should have, but that still doesn't make up for the fact that a good portion of the Sonic fandom still thinks that it--along with Shadow the Hedgehog were GOOD games. I still love Sonic the Hedgehog, he's one of my favorite video game characters of all time, but I'm not so blindly loyal to a brand that I can't spot crap when I see it.



Ah, yes, the NaruSaku controversy... I refer to that unfortunate business as Zutara 2.0, due to the similar case of tunnel vision, involving the shippers only focusing on wanting to see two characters hook up, while ignoring entire story, as a whole. Personally, I lost interest in Naruto years ago, due to everyone spoiling it everywhere I would go. If I was still a fan now, the NaruSaku tears would have been even more delicious than the Zutara tears. LOL



Oh, and even though I had stopped reading Naruto, I was extremely happy that Naruto and Hinata had gotten together.



Sure, the brony fandom does have its share of problems (many of which you just described), but in all honestly, bronies are just an easier target because our fandom is centered around a cartoon based on a toy franchise made for little girls. By that logic, it's understandable why we're so despised by other fandoms. But at the same time, it's extremely hypocritical of those other fandoms to hate us, since we're really not all that different from each other. With THAT said, I was going to address the SU fandom controversy in my previous comment, but I changed my mind. However since you brought it up...



I got into SU in March of last year, and I've been hooked ever since. Strangely enough, it was also around the time where a brief feud between the SU fandom and the bronies was dying down. Apparently, some members of the SU fandom got pissed when they learned that Equestria Daily was making a sister website, dedicated to SU (Beach City Bugle). Apparently, they were afraid that the bronies would "taint" their precious show with pornographic artwork and grimdark fanfiction, and they were especially worried that "bronies will take SU away from them, just like how we took MLP away from little girls." To top it all off, some of them were even encouraging one another to be as toxic and mean-spirited towards bronies as possible, so that they could discourage them from potentially watching the show!



Let's show the bronies how much better we are than them, by acting like complete assholes!



I wasn't even in the fandom that long and I had already learned about the ugliness that was taking place. I was especially disgusted when I heard about the girl that attempted suicide because she was being bullied for drawing Rose Quartz "incorrectly." I even heard about a female cosplayer getting body-shamed by other SU "fans" because she was thin, as well.



For a show that teaches the importance of inner beauty and promoting body positivity (by featuring characters with widely varying physiques), some of the so-called fans are really missing the point.