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[olivermoss]

This post is a few days too late, because Infinity Train just got announced as coming out in 2019.

BUT, here is a tweet from the show's creator addressing toxicity in the fandom, before the show was even greenlit:

"Hints haven't been working, so I'll just say it now: Stop shitting on other shows in the name of Infinity Train. You're taking the hard work that people put into their shows and disparaging it when they're trying to have their moment. It's just mean and breeds animosity. Stop."

I came across this tiny fandom for the show a while ago. I've had niche fandoms, but this was next level. An animated short existed, and some people speculated it would become a show mostly from stalking people's Linked In pages.

I've been in fandom a long-ass time. I've never seen anything like this, though.

The short looks cool and I hope the show is good, but ... just ... massive drama before the show is even greenlit?

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[full_metal_ox]

And then you've got fandoms whose content is released sparingly and at unpredictable intervals, allowing maximum room for fannish speculation: A Song of Ice and Fire; Steven Universe; Harry Potter while the books were still being written.

[yourlibrarian]

Yes, not to mention that the shorter seasons in the U.S. and busy schedules of their participants often mean delays of a year or more in between seasons. That definitely used to be uncommon.