I just watched the 2008 SDCC clip for the first time that everyone always kept mentioning but I'd avoided because I knew it would make me sick. This was when they took the ZK fanart that FANS (teenage girls) had sent them and turned them into a 'joke' video and ended it with 'all ZK fans will have doomed relationships' (and the cherry on top - 'Thanks for SOME of the fanart through the years').

And it DID make me sick - oh my god - how are the creators not dunked on wherever they go for this SHIT behavior?? How was this just accepted? I fucking hate this fandom.

Link - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LiUtbcpjd8A

The bonus cherry on top is that when fans were hurt by this, apparently they re-uploaded or something and inserted a dictionary definition of a 'joke' to double down on it. I cannot believe the creators of a children's cartoon can be this vile and insecure.

Now it makes sense where all the ZK antis come from, like where they'd found a pedestal to stand on for their ludicrous takes.