User blog comment:Bunai82/VOCALOIDs future?/@comment-71.80.23.161-20140515030634/@comment-24840832-20140515163552

I get what you mean and I agree but you'll have to agree with me that your phrasing was a little...well, you know. You said "Whenever I see a Hetalia fan" which basically means that you think all Hetalia fans are just following the fad, or at least it seems as though you think that way. I'm a Hetalia fan because I happened to stumble across a summary at Wikipedia, thought it sounded interesting, watched it and liked it. I didn't even know it was popular until a little while later. I understand your point but you'll have to forgive my "defending my honor".

I think it's important to note that just because something is popular doesn't mean people cannot be fans for any other reason than the fact that it's popular. Actually, while lots of popular stuff is crud, especially compared to some less popular things, the whole thing has to have at least some reason for being so popular and oftentimes something being popular simply helps is be noticed by more people who can establish a pretty non-stupid fanbase. People can like Pewdiepie because he's so popular but people can ALSO like him because they happened to find out about him thanks to his popularity and then liked what they saw.