Talk:MEIKO V3/@comment-30602727-20140202153450/@comment-53539-20140203204536

@Serza, jump back to the Ussop versus Luffy fight and you've got the PERFECT scenario for such a thing.

There was NO WAY Ussop was going to beat Luffy, and Ussop fans were not enjoyable to be around, before the end was clear they swore Ussop was going to kick ass. In the end when Luffy beats him he only throws on punch, and Ussop doesn't even reaction when Luffy throws his arm back- he just stands there and lets Luffy defeat him - easy. All while this was going on, Ussop had laid traops and fired shots at Luffy, Luffy had been knocked down at one point and it looked like Ussop had won.

Basically, it was a predictable fight able fight and Luffy let Ussop beat him down with all he had, once Ussop ran out of tricks and traps it was a case of Luffy just hitting him once to end it - and Luffy didn't want to even do that out of principle.

Even til this day, I swear some Ussop fans didn't see the same storyline the rest of us saw because our version doesn't match their version... Its as if they saw the whole thing through rose-coloured glasses.

It happens with every franchise though, Meiko is our Ussop... A character who is a underdog who ends up getting a lot of defensive fans. They often swear their fav. character is better then he or she is. To the point where any achievements that carry makes are overpraised, even if there is others who did better or were better. Its not because their the weakest character (they could even be the strongest), its that their the least favourite of the main cast. You tend to get this in EVERY series though.

Its like a almost common level of paranoia... Because of the way the character is, it wouldn't take much for that character to fade away completely from a series. So the fans tend to be a little touchy-defensive. With the most popular characters (Miku, Luffy, Mario,Sonic) the fans don't need to be so-much like this because their the top dog and there is no fear that their favourite will disappear any time soon. :-/

I've never particularly hated Meiko fans, but her fans and Luka often panic about their popularity, with meiko's fans just being 1 step worst then Luka's. As we've all noted in the past though... There are lots of characters who are worst off then these two and yet the fans don't sorry so-so. :-/