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I've been burnt before on banking on things that look cool being super unpopular and unappreciated and outright forgotten. Happened this year alone with one of my most anticipated games. I'd rather she at least maintain a moderate, die hard fanbase that loves her rather than an explosively popular one which has a bunch of retards and faggots projecting irrelevant shit onto her and is completely uncontrolled chaos. But I'd also like her to not be a Diantha and get like ZERO attention post-release because holy shit were XY characters such a dud. It was genuinely scary to watch the shiny new thing become completely forgotten in less than a year. There needs to be a level of nicheness and genuine appreciation to keep your heart from being broken from all the neglect I find