My entree into fandom was via the AV Club (Noel Murray reviewed the eps as a first-time viewer, just as i was watching to the first time) and NA got a lot of vitriol from the commenters there; but it seems to be more "loved" her in LJ fandom, although I admit that's a generalization on my part. (And I apologize if that's the case because after a year I can't claim to have any really accurate sense of the "scope" of this fandom.)