Board Thread:Rant and Rave/@comment-25491743-20180209181244/@comment-25926288-20180209225129

There’s also the “vocal minority” thing.

I dislike “shipping” but in the context of what it did to online discussion of the show. I may not like DDI (Direct Disney Inserts) but that wasn’t that bad in comparison to the eventual polarized fan base.

It’s partly due to the ensemble cast being heroes and villains, friends and enemies, but mostly due to some toxic element, probably “shipping”/centralizing on particular characters.

Often on this forum, we engage in fan-friendly stuff, but also trying to dig down into story woes and character elements which doesn’t happen as much on social media environments that spam love or hate incessantly. That’s why even our rant-iest board has degrees of discussion and debate and isn’t a shouting match at how “Ella sucks! Bring back Robin Hood. OTP 4 Eva” (totally fabricated)

If you get around the fandom, there are unique perspectives and elements in each...and then there’s just some element or some that can’t make the full jump to reasonable discussion. Some in good fun, some in hostility.

Plus, I think Once gets a lot of trolls/hate-watchers. Don’t know where I got that from (ahem, check any social media comment section).