I know I know, you've heard me and many others go on and on about how this fanbase is fragmented and full of crazies. You know, the recolor "artists", the people who complained about Sonic's green eyes, the voice actors, and so on.
But this time it's different. I'm going to talk about the idiots on the OTHER end. This is a problem that is bigger than you realize (bigger than I realized too) and I feel it is not talked about enough.
What I am referring to are the "sonic fans" who at first SEEM sane, they do make many good points about how Sonic is going down the toilet, but then destroy all credibility by placing the blame on the furries.
And if you don't know what a furry is:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Furries
So in a nutshell their whole argument is that fans of anthropromorphic characters ruined a franchise based priamrily around an anthropromorphic character. Let's use that "logic" elsewhere, shall we?
"The ending of Mass Effect 3 was caused by science fiction fans!"
"Nickelback is the fault of the fans who listen to rock music!"
"Gamers everywhere are why Microsoft nearly screwed up the Xbox One!"
See how STUPID that is? If anything, furries actually helped keep Sonic alive. They have contributed MANY great pieces of fanart. I've seen some people cosplaying (or even fursuiting) as Sonic characters, including a few SatAM characters. How is this ruining Sonic at all.
But they they give you this whole sob-story about how "furries ruin childhoods" because they think some of the characters ar good looking. Yeah, because that's SO MUCH WORSE than their repective franchises being mangled in the corporate machine, being killed off, being mutilated, or being lost because of a stupid lawsuit. If you complain about THOSE things you're labled as "a manchild that needs to grow up". But if you say that finding anthro-characters attractive is not a big deal you're labeled as a zoophile. There are two things wrong with this. First, you either care about your childhood or you don't. Second, it suggests that these characters are not even beings at all. I know they are just fictional but this thinking scares me to the core. That whole "they're just animals" argument has justified some of the worst actions in all history. You KNOW what I'm talking about. I bet Ben Hurst would punch these people in the face if he were still alive. Even ROBOTNIK had more respect for the Mobians than that!
And it's not just the random idiots who sees the internet as just a harassment tool. There were several people who were pointing out many flaws with the Sonic franchise and his fanbase. Some of them seemed to be really cool, easy going, and interesting poeple. Their words used to really resonate with me. I believed in them, trusted them, even thought they were the answer. But now I see how much of a FOOL I was. When I addressed this to one of them I was hoping we could settle this privately and in a civilized way. Instead he exposed my conversation to everyone opening the floodgates to my haters and then some. I never should have trusted him.
So you know what I have learned? These people don't truly care about Sonic, they only care about doing damage. They claim to have all the answers but they're no more sane then all the rest of the crazies in ths fanbase. At best they will only replace our present set of problems with a whole new set of ones.
Oh, and before I forget. You know all the people who got sick of all the bullshit that DID ruin Sonic and decided to leave his fanbase for it? Guess where they went? That's right, they joined the furry fandom. I believe that should be the last nail in the coffin of the "Furries ruined Sonic" argument.
