This is called the "Things Were Better When I Was Younger" fallacy...
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Originally Posted by Bill Bones
Aside of a gazillion dead/broken links and lots of overflown hosting accounts, I downloaded quite some stuff, both official and fanart... and there are heaps of good, even great fanarts.
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Did I say that fanart is bad? No.
Is all fanart good? No.
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Originally Posted by Bill Bones
Just some of the fanart being posted now is, houm, dubious.
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And so it was
back in the day (notice the hideous breasts) too.
Further, even if there is more bad fanart... as a fandom grows in size, it
will attract more amateur artists. It's not like the overall quality of all the fanart is decreasing.