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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?

Comments

[girlofprey]

People are addicted to hype nowadays. I think there's quite a lot of fans out there who prefer talking about shows that don't exist yet, because then they can decide what they'll be, or what they might be, rather than actually seeing what plays out on screen and having to react to it, or be disappointed by it. Maybe that's a little mean, but it's something I feel like I see more and more these days. Part of me even thinks the popularity of Game of Thrones is partially based on the fact there just isn't an ending yet, so people can continue to speculate on what might happen, or what they hope will happen. It feels like there's a lot of anxiety in fandom these days (and a lot of other places), and just being able to imagine what a show will be like gives you a feeling of control over it, and you don't have to have the kind of conversations you have to have when something concrete did happen. Idk. Just my two pennies. I'm sure the people who saw the short genuinely loved it and are excited for a show to happen, but there seems to be a LOT of excitment and tribalism over things that haven't technically happened yet these days. But then, I'm mostly into video games at the moment, where hype is basically a given.

[tptigger]

I'm so over fandom toxicity at the moment it's not even funny, but that takes the cake.

[mr_picard]

Sigh. This toxic behavior is just EVERYWHERE these days. I miss the old days when you decided whether you liked a show AFTER you had seen at least a few episodes.

[ahbuggrit]

I shouldn't be surprised, but kind of am.... (I think maybe it was the boyband EXO, when they were releasing teasers there were already arguments in fandom, over a difference in number of teasers some members were getting - the length between promos and the actual debut just allowed for too much time for this crap).

Fans like this just put me off. Haven't checked out Voltron because of the fan bs that's come up on my feeds. Do they not get they're doing their interest harm but putting others off of it?

Fair play to the creators for addressing the shitty culture being created by some people. Hopefully they'll heed those words, though I wouldn't hold my breath