User blog comment:Watermint/Hetalia Season 4 Greenlighted/@comment-1271618-20100803032107

Well, your rant isn't anything we haven't heard before. I've had to stop myself from getting ranty about certain things that I don't like about the fandom, but clearly (looking back at things I posted) I don't hold back enough when I should, or act roundabout and it comes off like I'm being too relaxed or insincere. The treatment of certain characters/fans of characters has rubbed me the wrong way, but one risks ranting in detail about that without causing more firebombs to go off. And wording is a very tricky thing when you post, whether you mean to debate or not.

But on the subject of the dub, I understand how that line is a trigger and unnecessary at that. Though one could say the sub-Hetalia and the dub-Hetalia, even with the faithfulness there has been at other points in the dub, are two very different animals by now. FUNimation could have dubbed it straight, but for whatever reason we've got what we've got now. BUT! That's not to tell everyone to just simmer down and "DEAL WITH IT". If they want to make their voice heard, the best way to do it is to go to the source and make it known. I'm hoping that other fans can follow in the letter-writing lead, as long as they're civil and FUNi doesn't get a flood of outright "OMG DIAF!!11" hatemail that you'd expect from the usual anti-dub contingent...but of course this case is a little more complex (I'd actually hope for a gag dub for the movie considering how cheap it is, but if it'd wind up being one that causes further messes, maybe not such a good move?).

Of course, debating with fans shouldn't be forbidden: We all have different opinions! It's just that a lot of us can be very competitive in them...in the worst ways, eek.

And Mint, I am so sorry for the discussion taking this turn D: