So you're saying if a group of people beats and abuses someone constantly while using them to do their gruntwork and enjoying the products of their talents and efforts without thanking them, and that someone finally decides that they are no longer going to take abuse and be taken for granted, that they're somehow abandoning people? That out of duty to people who excoriate you, you should continue doing something that drains your energy and destroys your soul?
It's not a lack of leadership to defect when the army is trying to destroy you. You don't work for your enemies, fighting battles you don't care about... not unless you're a mercenary, or something worse. If the fandom holds nothing for you, then go!
So you're saying if a group of people beats and abuses someone constantly while using them to do their gruntwork and enjoying the products of their talents and efforts without thanking them, and that someone finally decides that they are no longer going to take abuse and be taken for granted, that they're somehow abandoning people? That out of duty to people who excoriate you, you should continue doing something that drains your energy and destroys your soul?
It's not a lack of leadership to defect when the army is trying to destroy you. You don't work for your enemies, fighting battles you don't care about... not unless you're a mercenary, or something worse. If the fandom holds nothing for you, then go!