Quote Originally Posted by AnimaAnimus View Post
I am glad DT happened. It needed to happen. Cause now the only ones not stepping back and saying, "oh...wait, this is not good" we know are the ones who are either lacking knowledge in literary and narrative areas (which is perfectly fine), or just part of the foaming at the mouth fandom. And you can always tell which one is which by their responses.
This post resonates with me. I'm someone who came over for ShB and was enamoured with it. EW had a lot of high points for me, and also a lot of low points that I would have liked to have talked about. Any kind of meaningful and productive discussion but you paint the picture of the online EW fanbase presence perfectly, to a point I don't need to. I said similar on this forum a while back, that the current DT climate is also a bit of karma for the then lack of emotional regulating players showcased that didn't allow them to tolerate healthy discussion. Just remove it from their sight so no one else could see it and possibly agree with it. Reddit is still like this, though I am seeing a lot more positive Dawntrail posts get downvoted in similar fashion lately, which really is telling of how poorly Dawntrail is being received.

This is why users here who are posting threads of this nature either have no idea of how the online scene looks for this fanbase, or opting to dismiss it and try and make this place a 'sweep the negativity under the rug' too. I've seen a few posts again today of users claiming that the poor form of Dawntrail is what prompted them to post here for the first time. Including myself. I do think we get a bit hotheaded in here but I don't think for a second that hyperbolic posts such as the original purpose of this thread is something that is appreciated by people trying to give some constructive feedback.