• AwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    Someone downvoted you for that opinion. I don’t even know where the stereotype comes from. Every star wars fan I’ve seen just wants to talk about Star wars. They’re not toxic or anything in my experience, they’re just really into star wars.

    • PrincessLeiasCat@sh.itjust.works
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      6 months ago

      There’s a reason that the term “Fandom Menace” and the saltierthancrait subreddit are things.

      As a fan since the 80’s, and a woman, I’ve seen my fair share of toxicity, but nothing will compare to the level it’s gotten since the release of the sequels. I also hated the sequels, but goddamn the level of hate towards the actors themselves was just awful. There were many valid technical reasons to criticize those movies - diversity wasn’t one of them.

      It’s definitely made us all look like idiots regardless if you were a part of the drama or not.