Talk:Intrepid/@comment-26850872-20180223074339/@comment-17703786-20180223115549

"Honestly I agree with you mate, even if she was the Yoshinori bombshell all these people seemed to have wanted and hyped up, they probably still would have been dissapointed due to just how high their expectations were. "

Had Yoshinori drawn Intrepid, if the resulting art-style was like say Iowa, then people would grumble a bit about the design, but in the end it would've been in line with what people expected - hell, Iowa herself got a fair bit of digs, but in the end nobody really blew up at her appearance (except those who were anti-american to begin with). Had Intrepid looked somewhat like Saratoga, then the majority of people would've been immensely pleased, and this was more or less the expectation that a lot of people had.

Thus, seeing Intrepid drawn by shibafu, an artist NOBODY expected to draw US ships and with a polarizing opinion among the community, AND having the art have a highly visible flaw was the combination of factors that led to the current outrage we have now.

This is not people being finicky or having too much hype, this was a combination of factors that pretty much left people feeling.... betrayed basically.