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A loyal fanbase is the motherlode of any writer or producer of fiction. But it has side effects. One of them is the tendency of a given fandom to bash another. But this is more than just [[Fandom Rivalry]].

Quite often fans will accept the flaws with their own franchise, but will dismiss them as too minor to count, not important, or even as totally separate (for example non-canon). At the same time they will make a big thing out of equally minor and unimportant flaws in rival franchises, or even parts that are equally non-canon. A classic example is "well, you can't expect a series that long to not have one or two bad episodes", vs constantly referring to the bad episodes or parts of them when attacking rivals. Bad effects, goofs etc are not important in your own favorite, but give endless ammunition for attacking the rivals. This applies to sports too, where that humiliating defeat your own team suffers is ignored or excused (bad luck, bad ref etc), whilst anything that even comes close in terms of a rival team will be the ultimate proof of just how much they suck.

 

 

A subtrope of [[Fandom Rivalry]] and [[Hypocrite]]. [[Vocal Minority]] is where most of this comes from. [[Not So Different]] is often invoked. If the fandom is called out on the hypocrisy, the [[No True Scotsman]] fallacy can sometimes be invoked to deny that their favorite works have what they are criticizing.

 

* [[Acceptable Targets]]

** [[Unacceptable Targets]]

* [[Fan Dumb]]

* [[Hate Dumb]]

** [[True Art]]

** [[Sacred Cow]]

* [[Unpleasable Fanbase]]

* [[The Tropeless Tale]]

** [[Troperiffic]]

 

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[[Category:Hypocrite]]

[[Category:Double Standard]]

[[Category:Common Fan Fallacies]]

[[Category:Hypocritical Fandom]]