"Conspiracy"? Really? How is anyone pressuring you to do anything? The tools for making images are getting better, that's all. One of the benefits of that progress is that realistic scenes, characters, lighting etc are more easily achieved now than ever before. But why should that stop you doing toon or fantasy stuff if you like toon or fantasy stuff? Why should that stop you postworking you images if you want to or using non-photoreal lighting or shaders or effects?

V3 had funny shoulders. V4 had better shoulders but funny armpits and toes. V4 weightmaped has better shoulders and armpits but ugly roundy elbows. V4 "Perfect" (the morph set) has better armpits and toes and nice pointy elbows. From what I can tell, Genesis3/V7 has even better shoulders, armpits and toes without the need for fixes. Use whichever you want in your images, if you like the way a figure looks, use it, where's the pressure or the conspiracy?