Love Triangle War - How Deliberate Was It?
Bryke and co. must be pretty experienced at dealing with the fandom's reactions to their work by now. After all of ATLA, they've probably got a firm grasp on the dynamics of shipping wars and fandom hate. Which makes me wonder just how much of the emotional rollercoster that was the LoK shipping war did they plan out? Were they expecting us all to react the way we did, or did we manage to suprise them with our fanaticism yet again? (And by US in this case I am always making an enormous generalization about the fanbase, not refering to anyone in particular.)
Specifically, there are two issues that I'm curious about:
1) Asami Hate: When Asami was first introduced, there was an incredible explosion of hate towards her. She was accused of steali…