As someone who's been a Bubsy fan as long as I've known what a SNES is, I could give a lot of advice on how to handle being an earnest fan of a game that is memed to death or even objectively bad (specifically for the Balan fandom) - that being said, I think the most paramount are to 1. be unashamed of your fandom, and 2. point non-fans towards the elements other than gameplay or plot (depending on genre) rather than fruitlessly defending the elements that gave it it's reputation or getting mad at said elements being pointed out. I find that people I speak to end up appreciating Bubsy a lot more when I point out the series' solid OST track record; Bubsy himself's surprisingly endearing personality before the cartoon pilot doomed him to "Flanderization"; or the series' proto-Cuphead "living cartoon" ambitions.