There was a lot, but it wasn’t to this extent. The arguments on both sides were harsher (i.e. more ad hominems), but most of it was shitposting and ebin memes…and then we all watched the episode, overall really enjoyed it, and most people got over their hateboners for it pretty quickly.
Question for the people who were on 4chan and Ponibooru four years ago: Was there this much howling rage, hate art, and “toys are destroying the show” talk in those place when Princess Cadance was announced?
I wish we would have done that for the later episodes.
There was a lot, but it wasn’t to this extent. The arguments on both sides were harsher (i.e. more ad hominems), but most of it was shitposting and ebin memes…and then we all watched the episode, overall really enjoyed it, and most people got over their hateboners for it pretty quickly.
Then I guess Flurry Heart is this fandom’s GamerGate…wait what?!
(Ironically, the Mandarin is one of the smallest of ducks.)