#ngl though i would follow an igakast lmao

[beevean]

What makes Castlevania discourse different from Sonic discourse?

The games have been on "hiatus" since 2014 (or, if you only count the mainline games, 2009) and NFCV is the only thing keeping the franchise relevant, which is thankfully a problem Sonic isn't going to suffer from any time soon :^) also, for all the reasons I despise NFCV and dislike Nocturne, as much as I wish they could have tried to be a bit more faithful to the source material and not act like it's completely unsalvageable, at least there is no "is it canon?" discourse - it's very obvious that the shows are doing their own thing, and the people in charge have always been honest about this fact.

Aside from that, it's actually more similar than you might expect. You have the broken base fighting on which gameplay is the best one. You have game fans vs. spinoff fans vs. people who like both and don't understand why the other two factions can't get along. You have the 40 yo fans who devalue the games' lore because they're only familiar with terribly translated manuals (which also translates to "well who cares about the spinoff's faults, games stupid anyway :V"). You have the older fans who hate with a passion the guy who came along at one point and created a complete timeline, leaving aside some games and retconning a few things (hi Alucard). I suppose most decades-long fandoms have similar problems.

But honestly? The fact that the series is more or less defunct makes it a little better, because I don't have to keep myself updated on the lastest IGAkast or whatever. I don't have any expectations for a next release, no worry about some new writer coming along to "fix" stuff while acting like Konami should pay him for the service of putting his hands all over the place. So the discourse can get annoying, but it's not as... worrying as the ongoing Sonic series. There is no uncertainty for the future.

#ngl though i would follow an igakast lmao