If People Are Wondering Why Ganon Mains Are So Demonized In Melee Culture

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If People Are Wondering Why Ganon Mains Are So Demonized In Melee Culture refers to a Twitter post from a Super Smash Brothers Melee player who argued that the game's player base "demonized" players who primarily fight with Ganondorf because Ganondorf represents a strong male archetype and attracts strong men to play him. The post was widely mocked among the Super Smash Brothers fandom and the tweet was turned into a copypasta.

Origin

On April 24th, 2024, Twitter user and Super Smash Brothers Melee @ssbMekk,^[1] who describes himself as the best Ganondorf main in the world, posted that he believed Ganondorf mains are demonized because the character represents a strong male archetype, and the Smash community "antagonizes" "real men" and "masculinity." The full post reads:

If people are wondering why Ganon mains are so demonized in melee culture, it’s because typically strong MEN are attracted to the Ganondorf archetype. Men sacrifice to protect the truth. Men do hard work and take the brunt of may burdens to provide to society and culture.
The smash community antagonizes real men, and masculinity. Are you ready for that conversation?

The tweet (shown below) gained over 340 retweets, including 319 quote tweets, and 170 likes in two days.

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The tweet was widely mocked on Twitter in the days after it was posted. For example, on April 25th, 2024, user @CantEverDie^[2] compared the post to Andrew Tate ideology, gaining over 360 retweets and 2,100 likes in one day (shown below, top). The same day, user @TempoAxe,^[3] a professional Melee player, pointed out that his girlfriend mains Ganondorf, gaining over 50 retweets and 2,100 likes in one day (shown below, bottom).

The tweet was also adapted into a copypasta. For example, on April 25th, user @technospiderssb^[4] refit the post for Samus mains, gaining over 140 likes in one day (shown below, left). The same day, user @exciIed^[5] adapted the copypasta for Bowser, gaining over 30 likes in one day (shown below, right).

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