[fair weather fans]

This is something I've noticed in several fandoms-including Hannibal, though I'm going to start with other  fandoms and wrap up this post by talking about Hannibal

I'll start with House  and Once Upon a Time.

There is a writer, Barbara Barnett who is/was part of several fandoms.She writes about TV and pop culture for a living, so her opinion is out there,in a big way.

Well, some of her (very strong)opinions about House started to filter to others fans.And her opinion-that she didn't like the way the show runners were doing things-became the majority opinion in the House fandom.When a favourite character of Barnett's was written out of the show she made her opinions *quite* known.Because of that,there are certain House fans who, 3 years later, feel very strongly, and have been known to harass former show runners and writers on Twitter. Even now. And Barbara Barnett is *entirely* to blame for that.

I get that Barnett is in the buisness of writing about TV but when you can  get dissent in the ranks of  a fandom by writing your opinion and stating it as how *everyone* feels, that is a conflict of interest.

BTW, the 10th anniversary of House was the other day and the producer David Shore(one of the people involved with the show that she dislikes intensely) was one of the few people that acknowleged that fact on Twitter. Of course,I pointed that out to her and.. *crickets.* Yeah, she really dislikes him THAT much.

Fast forward to 2014.She's doing the same thing same thing with the Once Upon A Time fandom. A show she's watched for several years but now no longer reviews because(once again) she doesn't like the direction that the show runners are going in.

Yes, it is all a matter of opinion but a lot of the things that she had to say came off like nitpicking.For all the people  that agreed with her reviews, there were plenty of people who DISagreed with  her.Especially on IMDB.For all the smack that I talk about the IMDB boards(and I do) they know what's what on that score.

Now, she's moved on to The Walking Dead fandom, and I'm sure they'll be annoyed with her before too horribly long.It seems  like fandoms have become a little less innured to..outside opinion since House.

I'm waiting for The Walking Dead's show runner to do something wrong..at which point she will move on to another show.Probably. And it'll start all over again.

And finally, Hannibal: I have been hearing that some Mads fans have been feeling like Mads is getting short shrift from the official Tumblr and the like, and that the show is called Hannibal and that  Hannibal is the main character and other characters(Will, Jack, etc.) are minor characters. Yes, really.Luckily,that(unlike with House) is a small minority of the fandom. And there's plenty of people to call bullshit on it-that they love Mads/Hugh Hannibal/Will equally.