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<blockquote data-quote="JEB" data-source="post: 8638059" data-attributes="member: 10148">&quot;Nothing should ever change&quot; is a very rare and extreme point of view among folks who like canon. (I've seen it from maybe one person on these boards, not a regular.) Usually folks are tolerant to varying degrees of canon changes, as long as it's primarily additive and doesn't create a contradiction with past canon (or at least a contradiction that can be explained). The better the change can work with past canon, the less complaining; the less compatible, the more complaints you get. (This is why reboots tend to be poorly received, since they're fundamentally incompatible.)Also worth noting that if someone had no strong feelings about a particular element of canon, it's likely less that they're giving permission to do whatever, and more like it's off their radar. If you didn't know that merrow used to be sea ogres and not corrupted merfolk, you aren't likely to even notice the change.In short: people can like canon and still be fine with some changes. People are complicated, and it doesn't make them hypocrites.Being irritated by complaints is understandable, but it doesn't make it fine to intimidate and shame those that do the complaining. Keep in mind that the ones who asked for changes to problematic lore were complaining as well, and their complaints absolutely irritated people... would it have been OK for those complainers to be bullied into silence by the ones they irritated?If you can't ignore the complaints, then just block the complainers and be done with it. You won't see them, they won't see you. Seems like that might be the best solution to your problem.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="JEB, post: 8638059, member: 10148"] "Nothing should ever change" is a very rare and extreme point of view among folks who like canon. (I've seen it from maybe one person on these boards, not a regular.) Usually folks are tolerant to varying degrees of canon changes, as long as it's primarily additive and doesn't create a contradiction with past canon (or at least a contradiction that can be explained). The better the change can work with past canon, the less complaining; the less compatible, the more complaints you get. (This is why reboots tend to be poorly received, since they're fundamentally incompatible.) Also worth noting that if someone had no strong feelings about a particular element of canon, it's likely less that they're giving permission to do whatever, and more like it's off their radar. If you didn't know that merrow used to be sea ogres and not corrupted merfolk, you aren't likely to even notice the change. In short: people can like canon and still be fine with some changes. People are complicated, and it doesn't make them hypocrites. Being irritated by complaints is understandable, but it doesn't make it fine to intimidate and shame those that do the complaining. Keep in mind that the ones who asked for changes to problematic lore were complaining as well, and their complaints absolutely irritated people... would it have been OK for those complainers to be bullied into silence by the ones they irritated? If you can't ignore the complaints, then just block the complainers and be done with it. You won't see them, they won't see you. Seems like that might be the best solution to your problem. [/QUOTE]

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