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* ''ComicBook/GhostRider'''s Penance Stare dose ''not'' dependent on how much guilt the person it's being used on feels. You realize [[WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway how lame]] that would make Ghost Rider's signature power based on [[TheSociopath the kind of people]] [[SatanicArchetype he regularly uses it on]]. It all started with an issue of ComicBook/Thunderbolts2012 where ComicBook/ThePunisher NoSell's it, claiming it's because he's never felt a single shed of guilt for all the people he's killed. In reality he'd prepped for the fight and had an angel feather granting him divine protection against his powers. They even had Ghost Rider appear in an issue of his own season and [[CurbStompBattle take him down easily with the stare]] but the damage was done.

* Now-defunct comic hub ''Website/Fireball20XL'' had quite a few of these relating to the many members and artists on the site, included here for posterity.

** Saying the ''WesternAnimation/RobotChicken'' sketch "Attack on Homestar Runner" was an official crossover is not a good idea; even if it traces assets from the official ''Homestar'' cartoons. Even Strong Bad [[https://twitter.com/StrongBadActual/status/942906057034256386?lang=en expressed his frustration]] about this one on Website/{{Twitter}}.

** Being a ''WebVideo/DreamSMP'' fan does not equate being a LetsPlay/{{Dream}} Team fan either; while there is certainly ''some'' overlap, many DSMP fans dislike the controversies that Dream has been involved in and prefer to distance themselves from him and his friends.
** [[BreadEggsBreadedEggs In a combination of the above two]], not all MCYT fans are LetsPlay/{{Dream}} Team fans, and just because a creator has ''interacted'' with Dream (if at all) does not mean they are friends or get along well, especially when the sole, superficial thing they have in common is that they both make Minecraft-based content. Some fans go as far as to point out a random thirteen-year-old posting a silly video of them playing Minecraft on [=YouTube=] would already qualify as a "Minecraft [=YouTuber=]", so it's an egregious error to conflate the term "MCYT" (albeit now expanded to include livestreaming and other video platforms) with the Dream Team.

* ''WebAnimation/{{Hellaverse}}'':
** ''WebAnimation/HazbinHotel'':
*** Do not assert that the entire show consists of vulgar sex jokes, that the show is racist or homophobic or that ''WebAnimation/HelluvaBoss'' renders the whole plot moot by showing that [[HellOfAHeaven Heaven is just as undesirable of a place to live as Hell]]. You will be disproved in kind for each of these false assumptions.
*** True fans know that Alastor's name is pronounced as it's spelled ("A-la-store"), not as "Aleister" and certainly not "Alastair".

* While ''VisualNovel/KatawaShoujo'' may have an unsettling premise for featuring a ThemedHarem of {{Disabled Love Interest}}s, it's not a DeadBabyComedy, even if the source material (a set of joke character designs which the game strongly departed from) is.

** Saying the ''WesternAnimation/RobotChicken'' sketch "Attack on Homestar Runner" was an official crossover is not a good idea; it may use ''Homestar''[='=]s official assets, but those are very easily ripped from the Flash files. Even Strong Bad [[https://twitter.com/StrongBadActual/status/942906057034256386?lang=en expressed his frustration]] about this one on Website/{{Twitter}}.

* Thinking characters that get ShipTease are an OfficialCouple when their relationship is [[MaybeEverAfter left open-ended]].

* The greater [[VideoGame/{{Minecraft}} MCYT]] super-fandom:

* ''Website/DeviantArt'' has a reputation on some other websites as being for fetish art and/or only being for bad artists. While the site legitimately does have a large collection of fetish art, most of the userbase consists of people who do not draw this kind of artwork, and will likely get offended at this suggestion because [[CowboyBebopAtHisComputer taking just a little time to browse profiles there will tell you this.]] As for "being full of bad art", SturgeonsLaw applies the same on [=DeviantArt=] as it does everywhere else.

* A side effect of the ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'' franchise's infamously [[BrokenBase divided fanbase]] with a significant VocalMinority of [[FanDumb unpleasant fans]], is that many viewers took WebVideo/{{MarioTehPlumber}} seriously during his earlier years on Website/YouTube. Since then, it has become increasingly accepted that [=MarioTehPlumber=] was a {{Troll}} whose opinions are either fabricated or [[AccentuateTheNegative exaggerated]], and [[PoesLaw taking his videos seriously]] nowadays will elicit eye-rolling from viewers, especially those who [[SoBadItsGood enjoy the demented hilarity of his exaggerated persona]] (which is admittedly his entire fanbase now, more or less).

** ''Neopets'' and ''VideoGame/NeopetsMetaverse'' are not the same website or the same community. In fact, the two, [[DuelingShows staff]] and [[FandomRivalry community]] alike, are [[FanHater extremely hostile]] towards one another, the former overwhelmingly against the crypto-based business model of the latter while resenting being MisBlamed for being responsible for its creation, and the latter openly mocking the former for being, in their eyes, blinded by NostalgiaGoggles. Just because the two use the same IP does not mean they have the same audience or creators.

** Another common argument that the fanbase are sick of hearing is "If Bruce Wayne really cared about Gotham, then he should donate some of his money to improving things rather than dressing up like a bat and punching people." Bruce Wayne is an active philanthropist in just about every ''Batman'' continuity -- his charitable donations don't get as much narrative focus as his superheroics, sure, but that's not too surprising considering his story is ''about'' superheroics.

* Overlapping with {{Video Game}}s, never say that Skid & Pump, Pico, or Tankman originated from ''VideoGame/FridayNightFunkin'' to longtime fans of Creator/SrPelo or Website/{{Newgrounds}} unless you want to become the focus target of a flame war where everyone will call you out for not knowing their origins.

* ''Website/{{Newgrounds}}'': Don't assume that Newgrounds still runs and accepts only Adobe Flash. Even though it does run Ruffle to preserve the older stuff, they have long prepared for the death of Flash since roughly 2016 and have rolled out a video player since 2013.

** MCYT fanfiction is ''not'' RealPersonFic unless stated otherwise. While [[TheDanza most MCYT characters has the same or a similar name with the content creators that portray them]], MCYT fans are always quick to point out that their fan-works, shippy or otherwise, are made based on the creators' ''roleplay'' characters and not the real-life people (much like [=D&D=]-style roleplaying). Although there ''are'' a minority of fans who engage in ActorShipping and RealPersonFic-writing, ''most fans do not'' and will adamantly clarify that their fan-works are written with the fictional roleplay characters in mind; even the creators openly refer to their roleplay personas as characters on social media.

** Being a part of the greater MCYT fandom does ''not'' equate to being a part of the ''WebVideo/DreamSMP'' fandom. The ''WebVideo/DreamSMP'' may have had one of the biggest sub-fandoms within MCYT circles in its prime, and has a strong [[FriendlyFandoms fandom overlap]] with other servers and their storylines, but ignoring the existence of said other servers -- most notably ''WebVideo/{{Hermitcraft}}'', the ''WebVideo/EmpiresSMP'', and the [[WebVideo/LifeSMP Life series]] -- is a surefire way to anger thousands, if not millions on social media.

** [[BreadEggsBreadedEggs In a combination of the above two]], not all MCYT fans are LetsPlay/{{Dream}} Team fans, and just because a creator has ''interacted'' with Dream (if at all) does not mean they are friends or get along well, especially when the sole, superficial thing they have in common is that they both make Minecraft-based content.
** Not all Minecraft-based content creators are "racist white boys" (cis-het status optional). Make this mistake and be prepared to have any fans within earshot slowly and methodologically list a plethora of creators who do not fall under these categories -- creators of colour who do not speak English as a first language (particularly following the advent of the ''WebVideo/{{QSMP}}'' and the subsequent integration of international MCYT fandoms), female (or otherwise non-male) creators, LGBTQ+ creators, etc.