Fan Speak! Toxic Fandom 

I hate when you love a show/book/movie etc but the fandom is just plain mean or constantly in wars, shipping or otherwise. Becoming ashamed of your fandom is one of the worst things that can happen to you as a fan. Fandom should be a family! You all love something so celebrate it and respect everyone else. It's not hard just be decent people!

People who say you can't cosplay as a certain character cause you're not the same race or gender make me wanna slam my head against a brick wall. Cosplay is being a character you love the way you want. Obviously you shouldn't do blackface but if you wanna be your own version of a character who's a different race then do it. If you wanna be a genderbend version of a character then do it. It's cosplay ffs. It's the character + your creativity.

People who take things too seriously in fandoms are THE worst. Entertainment= entertainment not bullying or arguing

I think one of the most peaceful Fandom I've ever been in was the Percy Jackson Fandom. Sure,, it had its issues (every Fandom does, there's no way to avoid it) but otherwise it was fun and nice to be in :)

honestly, in my experience, it's 1000x worse to be one of the first people in a fandom and meet all the cool & nice people, and then over a few months watch it become nasty and toxic (as i've been through with voltron and steven universe). it's just really sad to see a nice & chill community turn into a flaming piece of trash :(

How to survive the voltron fandom, ignore most of them and just blacklist the tag "discourse" on tumblr.

The people in fandom that bother me the most are the ones who shut you down by accusing you of racism/sexism/homophobia if you say anything against their ships.

Join the Food Network Fandom it's very peaceful, all you have to do is like food. Also I think what makes a fandom toxic is people saying things like "This is ours! No one else can take it!" and taking claim of an entire fandom making it less enjoyable because then a lot of people will feel excluded. Another thing being shipping where some people are like, "This is my ship, it's the best ship, and the only ship. Anyone that disagrees can walk the plank."

I can't believe that Steven Universe has such a toxic fandom I'm not hating on it I'm just horrified of that I really love the show

Woo go theorists haha.

its sad that as soon as i saw 'toxic fandoms' i knew voltron would be on a lot of peoples minds😅 but i have to say its also a pretty great fandom if you find the right accounts and people iv'e had several great experiences and the fan art and fan fiction is beautiful but if i were to crown a specific fandom in the last 3 years that had been may favorite it would have to be the haikyuu fandom I LITERALLY NEVER SAW BEEF IT WAS GREAT. or the yuri on ice fandom ANOTHER GREAT FANDOM IS THE ALEXANDER HAMOLTON FANDOM ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU GET TOGETHER WITH FRIENDS IRL AND ENTHUSIASTICALLY RAP/SING THE ENTIRITY ON SATISFIED AND GUNS AND SHIPS

Basically most of my fandoms are toxic, but I can find a sanctuary in each one.

I'm so glad that you mentioned Dream Daddy. I think the toxicity of the fandom started because the dev team wasn't transparent on the original release date and people stayed up during the very early mornings waiting for the game until a couple of hours later. That made people angry. And also with the gender bending artwork ohnips made, with transphobia so apparent these days, it's easy to set people off with any kind of canon-divergent artworks. ohnips was just making a nice genderbend artwork, just like any other fandom, but got massive hate for it because Damien is canonically trans, and having that artwork there was considered not okay by many people. ohnips even had to leave social media because the hate was becoming too much. I'd really be interested in a full video on the Dream Daddy fandom, whenever you're able. And, once again, thank you for a very nice video. ^_^

Lots of youtuber and music fandoms are ridiculously toxic which is why I generally try not to involve myself in them. I've never really come across toxicity in any of my main fandoms (Harry Potter, Percy Jackson, Sherlock, Once Upon a Time, Marvel etc.) people are pretty peaceful. I feel like the peace in the Harry Potter fandom is mainly due to the fact that, despite differences in opinion when it comes to shipping, we all absolutely hate Dolores Umbridge.

Thank god otome game fandoms tend to be the most likable bunch ever😍 Also, the killing stalking fandom is, despite the cruelty of its source, super relaxed and funny Love to all of these fandoms, they often times make my day🤗

I'm one of those fans who reads fanfics, watch related videos and look at artwork, but I really don't do much else. Sure I leave comment some times, but not that much, so I don't noticed anything until I see a post or video about it. I'm a shipper myself and also a multishipper, I consider myself very open to ships I don't myself ship or ships I haven't tried before. An example would be that I ship Klance, but even through i don't ship Sheith I have read a couple fanfic featuring it and enjoyed them.

I am so glad I joined the Homestuck fandom after it cooled down... but I still find people calling me cancerous just for liking HS. I would have thought you would talk more about HS since it was kind of seen as the scurge of the internet for a while there, but I still really enjoyed the vid :)

The Hannibal fandom is the only fandom I've ever been in that I've never seen people fighting over something stupid. They're always the nicest kindest people and the only times I've seen problems rise up is when someone from outside the fandoms tries to come in and cause a scene. And even then they don't lash out like other fandom who will not be named. I guess that's what happen when the main character of the shows credo is "Eat The Rude."

In any fandom there is always a little bit of toxicity

The smaller the fandom is the less toxic it seems to be. I'm in two very small fandom's one is hatoful boyfriend the other is thrilling intent. Hato is full of talented people and shit posts making it a very nice friendly fandom as we all know that we sufferd together. Thrilling intent is just full of nice people who don't go around policing other people making it nice. Fandom also seems to change depending where you go, for example Red vs blue. RvB is hell on tumbler, pretty bad on youtube, i think the redit community is ok and the rt site is full of actually civilised people. In conclusion tumbler sucks despite the fact I use it everyday

People seem to think that the brony fandom is toxic because of the bronies, but the real problem is the people who bully the bronies.

I'm tired of people labelling Voltron and Steven Universe as toxic /sigh. Maybe it's because I've been a part of fandom for a really long time, but I don't really think that they have more or less drama and bullying than other fandoms (even in the past). I think the words and moralistic arguments used to justify a certain ship or belief have gotten more extreme. A lot of younger people use the guise of "social justice" to do real harm to people who want to explore things that are maybe darker and squickier. In the end, it's sad that it drives people away!

The most aggressive imo are: Throne of Glass fandom Armys Voltron fans SuperWhoLock The 'Big Three' Anime Fans Undertale fans

My first fandom was Hetalia, and I was fortunate enough to avoid the shipping wars and unintentional racism it soon became known for. I hadn't seen any of this (and have never been INVOLVED in this) until I was watching cringe complications and.... Oh God.

I would actaully love to see a series explore the different "Toxic" fandoms and see the roots on how they became this way. That could be really cool! Also thank you for exploring this issue with such a balanced mindset that both addresses the toxic mentality while still pointing out how many fans are still level-headed people who just want a community that enjoys the same media they also do.

I'm not really involved in the Sherlock fandom any more because there is a raging war between Sherlolly/Mary and John shippers and Johnlock shippers. Basically it's any ship that isn't Sherlock and John against every other ship in the fandom and it's really bad. I remember when some Johnlockers sent death threats to Amanda Abbington and a lot of the time I Johnlockers get really angry at the shows writers and it's not okay.

Could you maybe do a video about antis in fandoms (people that are anti certain ships, character or the entire show/book/anime etc.) and how they affect a fandom?

I'm in a lot of Fandoms that are toxic but I never notice because I don't interact with others in the fandom and I am also never on fan pages so I don't have a best moment in the fandom either.

I've come across some toxic fandoms but I've also seen wonderfully inclusive and friendly. I think the creators, cast, and crew can be a big part of whether or not their fandom is toxic. Like Supernatural's "SPN FAMILY"; the show has conventions and other events that the entire cast get involved with. I have seen this happen in comics, too. I think that it truly helps to keep fans engaged in a positive way when the people who bring us the source material are accepting and welcoming. Jensen, Jarod, and Misha even take the more "alternative" ships (lol) with a smile.

I have just had bad luck with fandoms apparently, because most of the fandoms I have been apart of have some sort of reputation of being toxic/personally seeing toxicity in the fandom.

I haven't been in many toxic fandoms but I have seen REALLY intense ship wars,people calling others disgusting and immoral and death threats.Those are my worst experiences.Luckily most of my fandom experiences have been AMAZING!For example I was cosplaying as Viktor Nikiforov at a con when a Yuuri cosplayer came up and proposed to me.They handed me a flower before telling me that I looked really good and that I could keep it.It was probably the sweetest thing ever.

it's always so annoying when you start watching or reading something that you really enjoy, and you want to join the fandom, but it turns out that it's really toxic. Even though, as was mentioned, this doesn't necessarily mean the entire fandom is at war, I still find it annoying people can't just stop arguing with each other. This happened to me with every single fandom I've been in and I hate it. That being said, there are almost always good parts of the fandom. Sorry, rant over. :)

I like how in these types of videos that do not focus on shipping, you tend to stay on the fringe with what you personally believe. You don't let your own opinion sway the facts, and let us act upon these truths ourselves. The respect you hold for your viewers is very rare and is a diamond among stones. Thank you so much

Honestly, I've started to become ashamed of being a Steven Universe fan. It's really sad that such a small part of the fandom ruined it for so many people.

Pokémon's a fandom I've been in practically my whole life so you could say that it's been the best fandom experience I've had. Without it, I don't think I'd be as close to my older sister or would have 99% of my friends. It's just been such a big part of my life.

It's weird you didn't mention Star Wars. Which has one of the greatest toxic fandoms alive lol

The best fandom experience I ever had was finding a blog on Tumblr run by a person who loves the musical Be More Chill and Shakespeare's plays as much as I do. I sent them an ask in which the two were combined and they loved it. It made me happy to know that there are people out there who share my really niche interests.

I'm relatively deep in the AoT, Black Butler, Free!, OHSHC, Soul Eater, Y!!!OI and Voltron fandoms, and I'm in the Phandom. Lots of drama in most of those

I introduced my friends to fandom and shipping, because I'm the nerd of the team, and I'm really enjoying the fangirl life and so do they, but I still have to explain a lot... I guess from now on I will send them your videos, 'cause you're good 😊 P.s. love your videos ❤

You are one of the best kind of fan. You spoke so calmly and analyze the reasons and provide understanding. Whereas some would spread even more toxicity by pointing fingers and look down at other uninvolved people in the fandom.

EXACTLY! Not everyone in the fandoms are toxic. People always assume that I'm a terrible person that will freak out if you don't like steven universe. If you don't like it that's fine, I don't like certain things either.

Harry potter reference : Happiness can be found even in the darlest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light.

This aligns perfectly with the vld fandom right now

When talking about toxic fandoms Me: *starts thinking about Voltron legendary defender fandom*

When you feel like your fandom is toxic(specifically on tumblr) you can blacklist tags so you won't see as much toxic content. You'll just have to hope that people tag their negative posts with tags such as "anti"

I'm wheezing I got a Voltron ad before 😂😂😂

The Hannibal fandom is very kind and welcoming.

Two of the best, or non-toxic fandoms I've been in, in my opinion, were Percy Jackson, and Doctor Who. I've met so many nice people in these fandoms, and they were very kind. I guess I've just never seen the bad side, if there is one.

Right Now I'm in the Hamilton fandom!:D It is soooooo nice! Yes, some ships can be a tad bit overwhelming and there is a little white washing and uncoiling of hair but those are small problems that Are easily fixed!:D No one tries to force their ship upon you, they are very accepting of everyone, and how can you ever go wrong with Hamilton? There is a tad bit of character hate but that is to he expected when some are depicted as the villains and there are posts explaining why they aren't really(I.E. Aaron Burr(ito), Maria Reynolds, Thomas Jefferson) But other than that it is probably the best fandom I've been in! (Then again I am comparing it to my other fandom's which are very toxic xD)

I know this is off-topic af, but I love the amount of TVD gifs you're using. The flashbacks :')

I think the most pieceful fandom are the superwholock people. Its just super fun how these fandoms interact together and i haven't noticied any toxic behaivor

The have been only two toxic fandoms I was directly apart of, one was Glee back when it was on. You were labelled homophobic if you didn't ship Klaine even if you yourself are gay or just have other OTPs for the characters (I really don't like Klaine at all). The Klaine shipping got so out of hand, the shippers started conspiracy theories about the actors and their dating life, stalking, bullying their respected real S.Os online as well as anyone who disagreed. Even so far to bully actors playing characters who "got in the way" of Klaine. Darren Criss, one of the actors seemed to egg them on, finding it hilarious (f him) but you can tell the other actor Chris Colfer hates them based on his choice of words/tone in interviews. The other is Marvel comics with the whole SJW war over Marvel's sales plummeting which is super messy.

Honestly the least toxic fandom I've ever been in is Hannibal. Glass ceilings and all that, I guess.

Do you mean Star Wars fandom? Cause Holy shit, the level of disrespect on this fandom is huge.

My favorite experiences in fandom is when I realize I'm not the only one that loves something.

I used to know a jovely and creative author who was chased out of SG-1 fandom by someone who claimed her works were of the devil. It still angers me that someone so good and kind would be treated so.

The only time I've seen unknown people confronting me for my ships were in the Star Wars fandom, the FinnRey fans especifically. Apparently, for some girls, I ship Stormpilot because I'm racist. The fact that I'm blatino and gay and I want to see some representation have nothing to do with shipping Finn and Poe, no... it's truly because I'm racist! I like a lot of ships, for example, I'm a fan of RinHaru and I've never been harassed by any other Free! fans. So what's happening with the SW fandom is totally unexpected for me.

Im so happy you are talking about this! Well,when it comes to the toxic part of the fandom, I usually just ignore that side and then talk about the thing I like to my close friends. Even if they dont get what I like. At least they can understand more than those who get their passions blind them so bad that some people resorted to bullying others about it.

Now I can't say much since I only actively joined the fandom in 2014, 5 years after its major release. I would personally say that much of the toxicity of the Hetalia fandom is dying off. Including the webcomics, the fandom is nearly a decade old. Now according to some older fans, the toxicity didn't come around until the release of the anime in 2009, 8 years ago. Now all that's left is really badly written fan fiction and self inserts. Toxicity is in minor communities and definitively doesn't have the same reach. What's mostly left, as far as I can tell, are historical pieces, multiships, headcanon/theorists, fans of just the actual content itself and the sorta there RPG makers. The general consensus, considering so much toxicity was over shipping wars, is that if you don't like a ship, don't view material with the ship. Which basically means that pointing out all ships within a piece is pretty big, instead of just the main ship as I see in some of my other fandoms. For a fandom thats been cooling down for the last few years (with the exception of the few months surrounding new seasons of the anime) i would say Hetalia is a lot more welcoming now than ever. And to imagine that one of the most toxic fandoms had catchphrases that included "make pasta not war" is just really ironic.

Every fandom that I have come across has had at least some toxic fans, you really just have to learn to deal with them. I'm honestly surprised that I haven't seen anything about the Hetalia fandom. I love it to pieces, but it used to be one of the top trash fandom's, with people thinking it was just a yaoi show, even though there is not a cannon gay pairing (kinda. Its really hinted at). It has quite a few of its own serious moments, and has really mellowed out over the years, and mainly left all of the good fans. It's a fandom that I am happy to be a part of.

Great video!! I know that this is a tough topic. As far as good experiences with fandom, I find that due to some of the more toxic fandoms, some fandoms are taking really active roles in keeping peace. A personal example would be the Andi Mack fandom (Andi Mack is a new-ish Disney Channel show that I 100% recommend). The people in the fandom (we call ourselves the Friendom, if that gives you insight) take very active roles in staying positive and avoiding discourse? There's actually a peacekeeping blog that settles issues (we haven't had to use it yet). This is easier to handle, since it's a pretty small fandom, but the foundations are good, and all in all it's very positive. 10/10, would recommend this fandom.

I've just always believed that every fandom is already toxic. Not that they're a bad or terrible thing, but because people are still involved. People are always terrible, not saying that they can't have good moments at the same time, just that people are selfish and greedy. And it is just easier to accept that people will always defend their selfish opinions.

My best experience in the Voltron fandom were the theories. They were fun, also making my my first big project for the fandom and am worked no together with other talented individuals. That's awesome. Also bonding with others over our OTP is super fun. Now, how I deal with toxicity in fandoms? I either just distance myself away from the fandom as a whole and maybe sort of forget about it for a while or actually get provoked by the haters because my tolerance is pretty shitty when it comes to bullying and lying.

8:24. what happened? I thought my headphones went out for a second. Lol Another great video. Next time could you discuss the Alpha/omega dynamics in fanfiction. My friend is trying too get me into it but I don't really understand it. 😕

I'm one of the lucky ones who rarely encounters this, my fandom interactions are reading fanfics, watching/reading/playing etc. what ever fandom it is, or talking to close friends about what I like I don't really use social media.

"Don't turn a mountain into a molehill. Don't turn a mountain into a molehill. Don't turn a mountain into a molehill." -Doofenshmirtz (Phineas and Ferb)

My advice to those who don’t want to see the toxic side of any fandom: unfollow people/blogs/channels. This is especially true for tumblr. People say that the whole of tumblr is toxic because of what others tend to blog and reblog. But what they forget is their dash doesn’t belong to those hate spreading people. Only see what you want to see, and if you see something you don’t want to, there is always the option of unfollowing these blogs. It happened to me three times: with the Free! and Supernatural fandom because of character hate, and with the Force Awakens fandom because of general hate. I followed one blog from each fandom that were a great source of news about the anime/series/movie. They were all up to date and if I was uncertain about something I could always go there and look it up. But there were always those posts about character bashing and hate (and yes, they were all caused by shipping), that I tried to ignore at first, but the more they appeared on my dash the worse I felt. That toxicity was affecting me too. Then one day I had enough and unfollowed those blogs. Even though they were great sources of news as I mentioned before, I had to make a decision: news or my mental health. And of course my mental health is more important than some news I can get from other places. So I unfollowed these blogs and my dash became so positive I can’t tell you guys, but maybe you too experienced it. It’s not really the fandom that’s toxic. It’s the attention seeking loud minority that everyone, people in and outside the fandom know about, and they make the mistake of labeling the whole fandom as toxic. I’m in both the Voltron and Supernatural fandom, I ship Klance and Destiel, but I don’t see hate on my dash and I don’t receive any. I hear news about what the toxic side did when and where, but my dash is not in the middle of a battlefield. There are really two things you have to follow if you don’t want to be part of this toxicity: 1. You are the master of your dashboard. If you don’t want to see something, blacklist the tag or unfollow the blog. 2. Be respectful of others. We are all different, we love different things, and we need to respect other’s opinion if we want them to respect us in return. So no hate blogging and bashing. It can be difficult, but if you follow 1. you won’t see anything on your dash that would trigger you. Wow, this turned out to be pretty long…

Any fandom with ship wars can be toxic. And I'm in a fandom of an anime that's still technically having its wars, and the show was first aired in Japan in 2007!!

Thank you for adressing this issue, infortunately it is something that is becoming more current in most Fandom groups, I, for example, left or at least stopped following a lot of fandoms this last year because of that. Sometimes it becomes so toxic you start to feel bad when it is something you should have fun with. So maybe with this vídeo people start to take notice and go back to the time we used to all respect each others opinions. Thank You again.

I'm afraid that the Once Upon A Time fandom will soon become toxic because of the shows reboot. Many people will be saying goodbye to their ships and are already making assumptions that the show will suck and are spreading hate everywhere. It makes me very sad because I still have lots of hope and believe in the shows writers.

The most toxic fandom I've seen so far was The 100 with the ship war (Bellarke/Clexa) but I feel like it's calmed down ever since the end of the third season, which is a rather good thing. Some people might think the 100 was not THAT toxic compared to other fandoms though, but my interactions with this fandom are mostly limited to fanfictions and some rather innocent accounts on Tumblr and Twitter but if anyone has examples, feel free to add anything ! :)

I'm actually in a lot of fandoms and I'm sure a lot of them are toxic, but I mostly avoid and ignore the negativity and confrontation unless I feel I have to intervene in some way, my experience with fandom is quite positive and well.

This is one of the reasons why I don't like ships that don't have romantic undertones in the canon. It's those vehement shippers that will twist whatever relationship the characters have into a romance that drive me away.

I usually end up making friends in specific fandoms and if the fandom gets too toxic, I'll mainly just talk to them about the source material and avoid it on social media :) taking breaks by joining other fandoms for a few weeks can also help quite a lot. the people who I've met are probably what I enjoy most about fandom culture. I have had the pleasure to meet some of my dearest friends (from the Death Note and the Gotham fandom) in real life

I've found the Yuri on Ice fandom to be relatively peaceful compared to my previous ones (incl. voltron, Harry Potter, some aspects of RU-vid fandom). Though I don't ship Otayuri and don't have strong feelings about it, so that may impact my experience. I will say that I've found being liberal with the blocking feature to be really useful in making my fandom experiences more enjoyable, particularly in larger fandoms. I could see that not being feasible in smaller ones, especially if you're highly involved in the fandom.

I think there will always be people who think very differently in a fandom and there will always be a divide in it, however I think what makes the fandom itself toxic is how the people in it deal with these ideological divides and how they handle the opposite side.

My best experiences in every fandom is mostly the fanart. No matter what the other fans say the fanart is most of the time beautiful even if its painful to watch because of feelings.

First, great vid as always. I actively avoid tumblr and online fandoms in social media where just anyone can jump in. My fandom are the friends I have who also watch the show, irl and online friends as well, so I never really was ever personally harassed, but the 'toxic' fandom made its way to me irl. I worked at the recreation centre at my college last year and was handing out free shirts and water bottles for orientation at our tent. I had my SU Pearl pin displayed proudly on my chest, and this pathetic boy in a young adult's body looks at me when it's his turn in line and says 'pffft, Pearl, really?' He even had his mom beside him. I was so appalled I just said gtfo and scoffed as I continued handing out stuff and smiling. I wish I was more composed or witty at the time but, I'm just minding my own business, I didn't come to be insulted over what character I like in a non fandom setting. Ugh. Second, your lips are such a lovely shape.

Would you be interested in talking about Sleepy Hollow? I find that subject fascinating as it went from a big fandom to a very small one after the writers decided to do everything opposite of what the fans wanted, even firing some of the most fan-loved cast members. I'm all for the writers doing what they want with their show but... The show changed direction so drastically there was no way that was their intent from the beginning.

I haven't had to much luck when it comes to fandoms. I once tried to see what the Undertale hype was about. In their defence, the whole issue was with one person I know at my school. She got really pounty and petty when I said "It's not exactly a traditional RPG," which is what one of books based around. She became really bitter to me and attempted to rebuttal all my arguments on why it isn't a standard RPG even when my reasoning is sound. That soon became extremely annoying as she based all RPGs around one game, which put me off the fandom in general. Then I was in the Minecraft one for a while. And my luck with servers were horrible. People would come and help me with my builds, I'd then log on an hour later and find the entire place covered in lava, I had some real trolls attempt to enter RPGs I'd made and ruin the whole thing for everyone, and I gave up on global chat pretty quickly thanks to all the screaming 7 year olds. Then I was in the my little pony one - it's kind of sad to admit. I'm not going to say about that one. It was... An odd experience.

I was in the Sherlock fandom from April 2016 to February this year. I was really passionate about the show and read and came up with theories, clues and subtext stuff that hinted that Johnlock would become canon and it would be the "big reveal" at the end of season 4. It's the fact that when you look closer, there is So Much evidence to support it, everywhere you look. The cinematography, the backgrounds, subtle acting choices, hint at Johnlock, that Sherlock is gay, and John is bi. More passionate fans who look closer at the show will notice this evidence, whereas most casual viewers don't, and instead ship Sherlolly and/or John and Mary. This leads Johnlock shippers to feel that Sherlolly shippers are misinterpreting the show, and Sherlolly shippers to feel that Johnlock shippers are forcing a gay romance that "simply isn't there". And clearly both sides are very passionate about their ship, and it's unfortunate that we can't all get along and respect others opinions.

We have to share this video to everyone in fandom

Oof I’m part of three of the toxic fandoms mentioned but all of them have changed my life for the better

I'm really glad you displayed the shirt for us, I was going crazy with curiosity >.

Sadly, I'm part of a handful of fandoms considered toxic such as Undertale in the past, (I lost interest) Voltron and Steven Universe. It's pretty hard depending on the fandom you're talking about, but you have to try to ignore the negativity and push past it. Yes, the Voltron fandom has gone insane and so have others recently, but you still have to look on the lighter side of the fandom no matter what and tell yourself "yeah, there's a lot of crazy and dramatic things going down, but hey, look there's some good things about it too", instead of just ending your love for whatever it is because of the fandom or completely leaving it. And to be honest, every fandom is a little or a lot toxic, that's just sadly how it is.

as someone with current experiences, voltron is definitely turning into one of the most toxic fandoms when it comes to shipping. it's all about either klance or sheith. it's so annoying like no one will shut up and enjoy the actual show. i still love voltron and i love the ships in the show but the shipping wars have kept me far away from the fandom.

From what I've seen the Danganronpa fandom is okay. Sure there's some things that may have happened, but it's mostly calm. Even though it's about murder. If there has been some terrible things in the DR fandom....It happens with every fandom. We aren't very popular I think. I know at least 30,000 people that care. Meh. edit: The 30,000 people were from Animo.

Small fandoms like Timeless and Lucifer are soooo chill. Fandom large enough to have some art and stories is great but still be small enough to go unoticed by really agressive shippers who are busy with mainstream is fantastic. Other good fandom are those that are retired and have been off the air for like a year. Only the nice dedicated fans are active and their is plenty of good material to go through.

I honestly only think people are toxic, there are people who share opinions and attack but it's still them and not the fandom

I'm honestly lucky that I haven't been a part of any toxic fandoms. I've heard of toxic things happening in my fandoms, but I haven't been harassed or trolled 🙌🏼

Please go into detail with superwholock, I'm a member of each fandom separately and would love other people's thoughts and opinions on it as a whole. Also another interesting group would be the phandom, it has certainly improved on the last couple of years but I would have to argue that it's still somewhat a toxic fandom.

Oh my god, YOUR FACE! I've never seen it before. You're so pritty! ^^ Anyway, on to the subject of toxic fandoms. I'm one of those lucky people who's fandoms have never had a bunch of negative attention. The closest I ever got is in the spideypool fandom when some people started freaking out about people shipping Tom Hollands version of Spider-Man with Deadpool because of how young Tom Holland's Peter is supposed to be. Since I have never had too much trouble with a toxic fandom I can't tell you what I do in that serious a situation but I will say in the smaller situation I have been in, I was one of those people who carried on doing what I enjoy doing and left other people to think what they wanted, though I tried to keep things a little more vague and attempt to hide from negativity. For example, I wrote 1 fanfic while picturing Tom Hollens version of Spider-Man (though I did age him up) but I did not point out that I was taking inspiration from Tom Holland version of Spider-Man.

Being in the undertale fandom (or at least the part im in) is actually very peaceful, I don't have to deal with constant hate and bullying, and whenever an artist or creator is getting hated on, even if they don't say anything about the hate. Will get a flood of love and attention to keep them happy and supported. The sans obsessed area and undertail area is actually quite small

The only time I've ever encountered toxic fandom is on Tumblr...I was hesitant to get on the site at all, but finally did that because a lot of great artists and fic writers post on the site. I've mainly run into toxic fans due to comedy; I like funny, sometimes dark humor, and a lot of people get WAY to heated over simple and obvious jokes. The worst part is that angry people are far more likely to comment and such than nice people...which means most of the responses can be rude or mean

i remember when Steven Universe got really big. at first i was kinda happy cuz suddenly there were a lot more people who liked the thing that i liked, but things steadily went downhill. the Keystone Motel incident was definitely the most stressful part for me and it was after that incident that i really distanced myself from the fandom. i still reblog art and analysis posts and watch some theory videos, but i definitely am not as engaged as i used to be and i keep myself out of fandom drama nowadays- it's just not worth it. i didn't even know people thought badly about Undertale because of the fandom until i saw posts talking about how bad it was- same with Voltron. I've been a fan since it came out and only in the past few weeks have i heard that its fandom is bad. So yeah, i just stay in my lane of fanart, gifs, memes, and occasional character analyses and theories. much safer that way.

I keep away from Drama as best i can in each fandom and make sure i remember that no matter how bad a fandom can get, the media it surrounds will always remain the same and it can never truly ruin it for me.~ I made that fatal mistake in the My little pony fanbase and now i can never love it the same way again. well never again! I will strive to keep loving what I love now.~ On the flipside. the greatest experience i've had in a fandom so far is the Star Trek fandom.~ I wouldn't really call myself a Trekie just yet but I have met a lot of great and talented people through my love of Deep Space 9 and The next generation.~ And it amazed me most when talented artist who are worlds better than I am actually praised my drawings and ideas! Never have i felt more accepted.~ We are far from the peaceful society that Star Trek has but people like this give me hope that one day in the distant and far off future, we will be there.

The most toxic fandom I was in was (to no one's surprise) the Voltron fandom. I used to be neutral about Klance but after so many bad experiences with the people in the fandom I'm just sick of Klance (and Lance a bit). Their fans can be so aggressive and just offensive to whoever doesn't agree with them. Like I'm sure that there has to be some good fans out there but so far I have only dealt with people who shit on me because I like Sheith better (even though I like the team as a found family kinda thing better). I'm not in the fandom as much anymore because of it but I still like it. Honestly, I would love to go back if it was more friendly towards people who don't like Klance, but alas it isn't so I'll just move to a better fandom. On a brighter note, the nicest fandom that I was in was the Miraculous Ladybug fandom since there are literally no ship wars. Most people just ship the same two main characters and the only difference is whether they use their civilian identity or their alter egos. I had a good time while I was there, but that was about a year ago so who knows how they're doing now.

I watch a Hetalia ship war in the comments of a book on Wattpad. They were fighting over UsUk or FrUk being the best and I left one comment on saying "FrUkUs". I ended the war. Instead they joined together to tell me how that would never work and why it was wrong and stuff.

It's video like this that makes me glad that I'm part of the Yu-Gi-Oh fandom. (From my experiences at least:) I haven't encounter hardly any toxic fans or behavior. With Yu-Gi-Oh, I know I'm safe and can ship to my heart's content. 😊 (Not trying to say anything bad about other fandoms. Just, unlike some other fandoms I'm apart of, Yu-Gi-Oh for me, is one of the most chilled.)

The Voltron fandom makes me kind of sad because it has probably the best fan art I have even seen in a fandom (seriously so many Voltron fans are amazing artists) and there are some get laughs to be had but then there's that toxic side that gives it a bad name. Haikyuu is probably my favourite fandom because people there are so fun and mostly tolerant of other's ships no matter how rare and it's just generally a good time overall. Also the Fanders (Thomas Sanders fans) is the nicest and most supportive fan base I've ever seen, they're always happy to help and praise other fans and it's beautiful.