With the caveat that I could not condemn harassment, death threats, and any abhorrent behavior of that nature more strongly. . .I hope, if against all odds and hints from insiders, the Grinch Leak is true, they undergo at least some introspection. Personally speaking, regardless of intent, when people only ever allude to what they know in one-line "it's wrong and I won't elaborate why" responses, specifically to people getting excited about Smash characters, it comes off as elitist. As though that person has some impulse to be paternalistic and police discussion, when it's such a minor deal if a few people get angry because their expectations aren't met. I know I'm not the only one who feels this way.
The Grinch very well may be fake, and that's fine, this game is going to be superlative no matter what, but no one is at fault for not taking insider one-liners at face value, when the banner and surroundings are so singularly well crafted, and when the details from people who elaborated under pressure are wildly conflicting. If all those people are somehow missing something, whether because their information is outdated or they're not well-sourced within specific companies, it would be nice to get not an apology, but some sort of admission that, hey, maybe the people we smirked at like PapaGenos were on to something.
I am worried about the fallout no matter what, and that if Grinch is real, the internet's dirty underbelly will be extremely scummy to the insiders. Everyone stay safe. But any kind of discussion of what would hypothetically be blind spots for a historic number of insiders is not in and of itself "toxic."