Xcalibur02 posted...
Still waiting for someone to explain what makes Krystal so bad compared to the other Star Fox characters.
Think of it this way:
In a franchise where 95% of the characters are male, the series inevitably attracts gays and yaoi fans because it's much easier to ship them if bromance is the theme of the gang, especially with the gay undertones said between the original cast and with Star Wolf. Now, when you throw in an attractive looking woman in the cast that becomes romantically involved with one of the men that yaoi shippers are popular with, it's greatly angers them because their homoerotic fantasies are destroyed, thus they begin to hate that female for 'getting in the way.' Another good example of this character type is Kairi and Namine from KH. They each receive a lot of hatred because they think both girls 'get in the way' between Sora and Riku's/Roxas's and Axel's yaoi fantasies, even though neither of them, or Star Fox's cast are romantically involved with each other.
Then there's also the 'furry' stigma Krystal has, but this too is redundant because of my first point. People are quick to jump on the furry hate train while being oblivious to how much furries draw porn and sexualize the guys just as much as furries do to Krystal.
There's also people saying she's useless and has no personality, but this too is subjective because one can say the same things about the other members too. Nobody really has a fleshed out past or personality, except maybe Peppy because his past is more known, but even with that, he's only known for the barrel roll meme, that even Nintendo is beating into the ground.
Finally, the whole 'she killed Star Fox' is also a thing. But what's ironic is Krystal didn't stop Nintendo from making 643D or Zero. And to add to this, Zero's biggest flaws regarding the graphics, controls, no online, and some of the gameplay mechanics have absolutely nothing to do with her, and yet people will STILL blame her if this game sells bad because of what I listed.
In short, a lot of her hatred is just irrational hate from nostalgic brats who have to play the blame game on someone and believe everything will automatically get better is she's gone. Now I understand not all Krystal naysayers are like this, but they are very small compared to the vocal hate she receives. It's fine if you like or don't like her, but don't go around shoving your love or hate down people's throats
