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I just wish the default wasn't "Wow, dubs suck, you're a fucking weirdo." I forget who it was, but someone in this topic last year "joked" to me, "Wow, I feel sorry that you watch dubs." Without knowing I was actually legally blind first...like wow.

Anyway, the default stance should be, "like what you like: don't be a dick." I just wish Dubs didn't have 25-30 years of "Wow, they suck, and you suck for watching them, dorkface" as the usual stance of "admittedly" weirdos on the internet. As someone who watched dubs first because that was the available thing on channels, then two out of necessity, there's only been about 5% of the time I dump a show because I think something is bad enough its the dubbing's fault. Probably even lower at this stage. The one time I DID watch sub over dub was Love Hina, just cause I remember watching subbed in college on some weird Winamp thing on a loop. When I watched the dub version a few years later, the actors they chose were all...miscast and doing weird prononciations.

Anyway, I think dubs get a bad rap even now, and you'd think the default reaction to dub discussion (like VA reveals) would be more, "Awesome, can't wait," and less, "OH wait, the dub is actually...good now?" Still happens with stuff like SpyxFamily. Like, what a slap in the face to the actors to just dismiss it out of some ingrained spite you have. That or still touting the "sub > dub and you're a weirdo if you're wrong" reflex. The standards for dubs have been pretty good since 2000-2005, but you wouldn't really know it dealing with people still.

Hence why I'm surprised there's actual nuance around here for once.