The DnD stream Critical Role has two subreddits. One is just r/criticalrole. The other one is r/fansofcriticalrole.
The latter one sprang up either around CR's third campaign or their EXU miniseries which are not nearly as well received as anything else CR has put out. Admittedly, the original sub has a little bit of a toxic positivity problem, so I was fine at first with a second one to more openly criticize aspects of the show, but I eventually had to unsubscribe because FoCR is absolutely just a hater sub.
The tipping point for me was when one of the players did something he was told would be extremely dangerous.
He ended up taking hundreds of points of damage and had to make ten back-to-back saving throws. A single failure would instantly make him explode, killing him in a way beyond the party's available resurrection powers.
To me, that seemed like an extremely difficult challenge that matched the difficulty of what he was trying, but the hater sub was absolutely outraged that the DM hadn't just instantly killed him with no chance of success.
But even now, if you ask why everyone there keeps watching something they obviously hate, you'll get an almost boilerplate response: "Well, we're
real
fans of the show, we just criticize it because we know it can be really good and want it to be better."
This despite every episode's watch topic being filled with personal insults towards the players.
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So? I deeded to some gay porn. It doesn't mean anything. - Patty_Fleur