Thread:Trigger009/@comment-995426-20160413175340

I've noticed a recurring pattern here at Turtlepedia. A lot of newly registered users are unaccustomed to disagreement within a fandom of something they like, much less a fandom as hugely varied as TMNT. They don't know how to deal with said disagreement, and they feel personally offended by someone else's criticism of a show. These users are also probably younger, though this is not necessarily the case for everyone.

In this sense, Adish2004 is like lots of other users with a similar experience here. I can understand his frustration. It makes me want to exercise a degree of patience with him.

But I think users need to better understand that criticism of TV shows, etc., in a tone that is respectful to the other users, is entirely permissible, and they should except to encounter it from time to time. It's not like this is the first fandom ever to have this. I wish I could help them acclimate to the situation and not feel so inflamed by differences of opinion. And, to be honest, as an adult TMNT fan of decades, I've never been good at dealing with children, let alone child fans, but the great age differences between many of the various TMNT fanbases keeps sending these very different fans on a collision course.

If, ultimately, Adish2004 can't spend time here without being civil, I guess that is what it is. But I want to give him more of a chance to practice it, rather than him ending up locked out in utter frustration. 