See, you bring a good point here… people within fanbases acting like this, is the reason you see in 4chan people make fun of the smash community and call specific character support fanbases like "stevefags" and "erdrickfags", etc… You could say 4chan is just a bunch of stupid people (and they are), but there is also this toxic part of our community that pretty much asks for it and justifies them for calling the fans in such ways… and it really freaking sucks that the normal and sane part of these fanbases have to deal with this when we just want to be heard for our character in the most respectful way, otherwise neither Nintendo nor Sakurai would pay attention to such communities, ever. If toxicity within the smash fanbase and its supported characters wasn't a thing, 4chan wouldn't be so right to call such people the way they do. There is a reason why "change comes from within" is a legit thing in this life, lol. Hell, there are a few toxic people from the geno, banjo, and other characters fanbases but no way damn near as bad as steve and erdrick lately… which just happen to be characters that began to be talked about just recently simply because of leakers, and not because they have been supported for over a decade now like Banjo, Ridley, K rool, etc. These latter ones I mention have dealt with so much worse and literally have been turned down over and over again for not getting their character in, and you don't see them bashing on other characters when the chances of getting in are here once again, they focus to support and keep hopes up. People who have the time to bash on others within the community, clearly won't get their character in, and if the character does get in, it won't be thanks to such specific people, and the good people from their communities will have to deal with that stain. Imagine the day we finally get Isaac and we have to remember that some bunch of idiots started making calls to the support center (or whatever it happened), that's gonna sting a bit, knowing we got our character while still making ourselves look like complete douchebags.
If these new, fresh and recently heard characters's fanbases, that could get into smash, can't deal with the chances of not getting their character in nor avoid bashing people who want to speculate on the multiple chances of who we could get based on such things as data, then they are not prepared to be a support community for their character to begin with. If you want to get your character, do it the right way, only then it feels like a real victory when your character gets in. If you want to be heard and taken seriously by Nintendo and Sakurai, don't show to be the rotten part of the community that THEY want to get rid off.