They Changed It, Now It Sucks/Web Comics
- This seems to be the mentality of quite a few people about when the webcomic Megatokyo underwent Cerebus Syndrome. The comic basically switched its fanbase from "people who know about shoujo manga" to "people who like shoujo manga and/or character-based plots", so while the quality is still good and the update problem has arguably improved, it did cut a few people out of its main circle. And since these people are those who don't like things...well...
- The character of Fanboy in the Magic: The Gathering webcomic UG Madness plays out this trope a lot, mimicking the Unpleasable Fanbase of the game, as seen here. The actual author of the comic, though, is more reasonable, as show in strips such as this.
- This mindset is satirized in this page of Shortpacked.
- In particular, that strip is a jab at Transformers webcomic Lil Formers, weekly one-panel gags featuring chibi-style Transformers that tend to occupy the same space as transparent knocks against the first live-action movie, Animated, and Revenge of the Fallen, in that order.
- Quite a few fans of MS Paint Adventures complained when Andrew Hussie switched from the zanier, gag-based humor of Problem Sleuth to the more plot and character-centric Homestuck.
- Homestuck itself gets this with Act 5 and the Trolls.
- The author even lampshades this in Homestuck:
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Since then, the author has been steadily updating PROBLEM SLEUTH 2, which you {{[spoiler|Jane}}] have been following avidly. You are happy that he stayed in that lane, and stuck with a time-tested formula. If he went in a different direction, you probably would have found it really disappointing. |
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- Lampshaded by this Married to the Sea comic.
- Parodied in Unwinder's Tall Comics where Unwinder didn't even like the original books in question, yet he still feels the need to criticize the upcoming film adaptation.
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Unwinder: The guy who's directing it is Nathan Blaine. Director of Elite Force Vampire. |
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- Penny Arcade showed this as a rite of passage for Gabe's descent into Dungeons and Dragons fandom because he now had a version of the game to hate for not being the version he started with.
- Parodied in San Antonio Rock City: one strip beings with a fan walking up to Mitch Clem demanding that he bring back Nothing Nice to Say to which he says "fine". This is followed by an exact copy of a previous SARC strip with the characters replaced by those of NNTS. The last panel shows the fan appreciating this strip and claiming on how much "better" it is.