Board Thread:Rant and Rave/@comment-25491743-20180209181244/@comment-28162607-20180406225116

Lola987 wrote: Time to bitch. I think one of the contributing factors towards ending S7 was crazy fans. What I fail to understand is if you no longer like a show, or don't watch it, why would you go out of your way to harrass the actors//writers and complain on a wikia dedicated to the show. I don't know if ths is true, but I read Ginnifer Goodwin deactived her social media because of 'fan' bullying, and every time I go on to Adam Horowitz' Twitter, I see complaints, about how crap the show is, and alot of the fans demanding to bring back Sean Maguire. (I love Regina, but I think it was the right choice to kill Robin, because he was a big part of her happy ending, and even though I love her, she still needs to seek redemtion for past evils as the Queen + are they ignoring DarkOutlawQueen?!)

I also think people had a very negative attitude towards S7, prior to its release, and so those who watched it, automatically assumed it would be bad. I think this is one of the best seasons of the show. Someone I follow on Tumblr pointed out this and I think it's worth mentioning: we live in an age of social media where it is far easier to contact the writers, and it is much more anonymous. I mean pre-Twitter, your contact with the writers would have been standing in the middle of a crowded room with everyone looking at you, asking your questions and being told "no" to your face. Which took time and money and ended up embarassing you. Twitter is a few clicks from your phone and you don't have to see the reactions.

I mean this fandom isn't the only one with this issue; Steven Moffat was driven off Twitter (whether you like the man or not, or think he is a good writer or not, when a person is driven off social media, you have a problem) and the "Sanvers" fandom were tagging the actress who played Maggie in Tweets, begging her to return to the show. You cannot do that in real life.

To translate to this fandom, I doubt people would have the guts to follow Ginnifer Goodwin around calling her a homophobe or stand outside Adam's kitchen window with a megaphone yelling "BRING ROBIN HOOD BACK!". But on Twitter it's easier.

Not that that justifies their behaviour in any way; cyberbullying is still bullying and they ruined things for everyone else.