I'm definitely not demanding for people to stick to stories where they are the specific intended target audience, but a hella lot of pointless fandom wank could be avoided if they just kept in mind whether a story was meant for them in the first place.
Like - age group. There's nothing wrong with adults watching or reading stories meant for children and teens, but it IS weird when then they turn around and throw a fit that they weren't mature enough. Like how bronies complained that the lore and world-building of a show about neon-coloured ponies isn't deep and complicated enough. Or the adult audience of SU flipping that the villains weren't dispatched of with enough righteous fury.
Or tone. If you expect Clean, Wholesome Entertainment with Edifying Morals, then why do you keep watching GoT, the Murder Show About War Criminals, and its spinoffs? Find. Something. Else.
Or even background culture! No, that popular danmei is not a badly written, confusing book, it was just meant for an audience with a different background knowledge than yours. Nobody says that you, Westerner, can't still read it, but it's on you to look up the stuff you don't get, not on the author to spoonfeed it to you.
