>implying that" love and tolerance" was ever universal in the fandom.

Seriously, have you ever been to 4chan?

I think a perceived decline of "love and tolerance" has more to do with the fandom becoming jaded and cynical over the recent decline of the show.

@Lizardguy:

Perhaps it would have been easier had I not survived the Season 3 finale, but I must press on, even if I must live with the scars of cynicism.