As a moderator who can see alt accounts, a lot of "annoying" "Storm fanboys" were/are actually alts of users who hated Storm or wanted to jump on the "Storm fans are ewh" or "lolwat crazy" bandwagon. Literally have been times where I had to lock a Battles thread where a user would put Storm against impossible odds then use their main account to mock "Storm fans" even though they were the person who created the thread.
Thats why the premise of such threads as this are weak to me, since they happen every few weeks, if overrated threads number the thousands this thread is in the hundreds, and these threads also rely on talking about a fan base that may consist of say one hundred people, but only focusing on less than a dozen of that percentage. We can't even tell if those "annoying" members are sincere, or whose annoyance has anything to do with the character or whether its relevant or not. There might be some overlap or similarities but those similarities are usually governed by factors irrelevant to fandom and also aren't exclusive to any fandom either, the same way patterns of racism have more to do with upbringing than a persons own skin color.
I mean which of the following superhero's fan base are more homosexual? Thor, Superman, Galactus, Batwoman. I mean one time a guy with a Superman avatar said he was gay, and thats one and even though I am sure there are hundreds of straight, bisexual, pansexual Superman fans out there, I feel legit saying Supes has a huge gay fan base. Then again Batwoman is gay so… her fanbase is probably pretty homosexual too. Which of the following superhero's fan base is more black? Luke Cage, Hulk, Iron Man. I notice Luke Cage has a lot of black fans and that those fans are black. This means something somehow… even though he has lots of fans who are different skin tones, and that those fans also like other characters, some might even be white characters. Somehow.
So i would say the fan base that keeps asking this question is the most annoying, except thats not really a fan base and its not that annoying, just receptive and with poor foundation. Thats even before we have to be aware such threads usually end up revolving around people arguing power levels and some users stubbornness or projections about stubbornness in regards to arguments about power levels. There are plenty of stubborn and overzealous fans of every character and even some who are just that way in general in regards to anything. Can we try and not make the similarity or distinction between such people a fictional character some of them might like and instead realize the bad behavior is the similarity and the distinction is that every fan base has a mix of people of varying levels go annoyance? Pretty please with a cherry on top?
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