also, I agree with what has been said above about a large part of the vicious sequel hate being a culture war thing… there is no question about it. What I have suspected, but have no evidence for, and thus hope that it is not true, is that this very culture war aspect has been egged on to some extent by D/LF, maybe as a safeguard against valid critiques. But regardless, there is a fair share of hate that has spread over to this community as well, and it’s regrettable.

The Rey story is compartmentalized enough for these people to just ignore it and any news about it if they don’t vibe with it in the slightest, and I wish that were their judgement as well.