The Fallout show is shit and destroys the only good thing Bethesdas Fallout had in its universe

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I never understood this phrase, "No one hates x more than x fans".
Like duh, fans of something are generally more critical of the things they're fans of than casuals who aren't as invested.

Consumerism. "True" x fans like ALL things with the x branding. FAKE fans don't buy everything with the BRAND NAME of x, so they're baaaad.

It's literally all about brand loyalty. It's manchild behavior, like when a kid does it you don't really expect much better (this is the sort of environment a lot of middle upper class americans grow up into), but I've seen 35 year olds with this stupid mentality. It's very "Disney adult" to me, borderline insufferable loyalty to a brand.

It's a way to shame someone for not being the embodiment of toxic positivity. This is why new vegas fans are targeted, they don't usually suck Bethesda's dick, so they're the bad apples. That, or they're pickmes, "I like new vegas BUUUUT I don't have the backbone to say the bethesda games are dogshit, so I'm one of the good ones."

It's funny seeing this unfold around a series that's been critical of capitalism, time and time again. To blindly consume IS a capitalist flaw, so it's pretty fucking jarring seeing them mention the series themes for brownie points, but never actually look inward.