Many RWDE posters: *Posts about how the main characters need more development and focus, especially Team RWBY. Posts about plot inconsistencies. Posts about flaws characters made that are ignored or excused. Posts about retcons. Posts about how some characters have been ill used. Posts about the inconsistent or not well carried out moral messages. Posts about queer baiting in RWBY. Posts about AU ideas and ships. Posts about how ill handled and harmful some of the handling of real world situations has been. Posts about not liking this or that character or that ship which personally affects their enjoyment level of the show. Posts about how the relationships among the main cast need to be fleshed out. Posts about some story decisions don’t make sense to them. Posts about how the magic system has been ill used. Posts about how some of the moral messages the narrative has been pushing affect the show in a negative way. Posts about how the designs are either flawed or personally unappealing. Posts about how the world building in RWBY is lacking. Posts about how the character bloat problem has become hard to get past. Posts about not liking the music or voice acting. Posts about antisemitism, racism, homophobia, transphobia, ableism and sexism that has been in the show or been seen in the writers. Posts about how the power scaling and fighting is sometimes bad or about how characters sometimes seem to forget they have super powers. Posts about the lack of commitment to following through on some character or story plots. Posts analyzes of various things. Posts vent posts about some story plots or directions they just don’t like. Posts theories both about how things might go good in season 9 and about how things might go bad. Posts alterations or ideas for things like world building, magic systems, storyline, character dynamics and directions. Etc. Etc. Etc.*
Those RWDE posters: “...Also I like Ironwood and feel like his character was really mishandled.”
RWBY simps: “Well, it’s clear you’re just a bootlicker who hates women and gay people who only likes manly men! You’re all so stupid, you missed that this isn’t a show about Ironwood, okay? I bet all of you are straight, all of you just want to make out with Ironwood and you’re making excuses! You keep making excuses for Ironwood being a murderer! You edge-lord juvenile idiots, we all know you have nothing worthwhile to complain about with this brilliant work of art!”
RWDE posters: “Actually a lot of RWDE posters are talking about how Team RWBY ought to get more growth and screen time and most of us are pushing for more open LGBTQ+ rep, since this is presented as a progressive show about kickass girls and yet they get shafted for-”
RWBY simps: “Oh my god, and now you’re accusing the amazing writers of bigotry for no reason! Vile, baseless attacks! I couldn’t imagine ever assuming someone is bigoted just because I don’t like what they say! Bad faith arguments!”
RWDE posters: “But you just said that about RWDE posters!”
RWBY simps: *Posting on their own blog.* “OMG YOU GUYS! Pressed members of the HTDM are attacking me now because they misunderstood what I said LOLOLOL! Anyway, just so everyone knows, if you say anything bad about MKEK, that means you’re a bad person! Keep loving and stay strong, RWBY fans!”
NOTE: This is a somewhat exaggerated vent post based on my frustrations and not based on an actual conversation. It’s just that I’ve been thinking about a lot of Anti // RWDE posts and how weird and bad some of the takes are. XD