Talk:General Discussion/@comment-25730832-20141210171655/@comment-140.0.248.172-20141211040515

^ That counts as trolling too. Remember when the vast majority of Trekkies were mislead that Into Darkness' main villain was Gary Mitchell? Abrams dropped hints all over the place FOR MONTHS that he was bringing such an obscure character to life, which made them so happy they overhyped it until a month before release, when distributors listed Cumberbatch as Khan. Needless to say, the fanbase felt trolled, especially because Khan was their initial guess and Abrams explicitly lied when he was asked point-blank multiple times. Right now the Japanese fanbase seems to have formed a consensus that it's Fubuki from all the hints. If another ship gets a K2, they'll definitely feel trolled, but unlike the flaming nerdrage from when Khan was revealed, they (and we) will just roll with it. Trolling isn't rage-inducing when done tastefully and without malice. This will just be like, "Ha ha! You thought you knew everything? No you don't, have fun guys."

Also, unlike largely humorless and hostile US netizens, Japanese ones tend to be more smooth about trolls and trolling, as evidenced by the Vocaloid-derived moe troll character Akita Neru. That's why devs will be congratulated by the majority if they successfully pull off this sort of trolling move.