Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-27174095-20160220043136/@comment-27701762-20160220220845

This is simply a fact of human nature, and thus a fact of all fanbases. There are various people within a fanbase who have differing levels of enthusiasm for the object in question, be it game, movie, book, television show, etc. In general, people do not like it when something that they enjoy is insulted, as it is not merely an insult of the thing, but of the person as well. After all, if you like Undertale and someone else says Undertale is stupid, then it would also seem that that person is implying that you are stupid. So defending the object is as much about defending oneself as it is about defending the object.

Of course, not everyone reacts in the exact same manner. Those who go to the lengths of defending the game from any criticism whatsoever are usually those who feel the strongest about the game and are the most vocal about their feelings. As such, it is wise to not take these people as representative as the average member of the fanbase. Certainly these people provide a bad image for the fanbase as a whole, but those are two distinct questions.

Meanwhile, the logic behind defending the game from particular points of criticism is complex. Sometimes it is a matter of mere blind praise, where the game is able to do no wrong. Sometimes it is a matter of attempting to correct the criticism for leveraging an unfair critique. Sometimes it is a matter of attempting to correct the criticism for leveraging a critique that is perceived to be unfair. Of course, in most cases it is going to be a matter blind praise.