History Main / WhyFandomCantHaveNiceThings

** Creator/AhmedBest received harassment for his role as Jar Jar Binks in the prequels and it got so bad that he [[''https://mashable.com/video/ahmed-best-jar-jar-binks-suicide-tweet considered suicide'']]. Yes, that must have felt ''really'' bad.

** Creator/AhmedBest received harassment for his role as Jar Jar Binks in the prequels to the point that he [[https://mashable.com/video/ahmed-best-jar-jar-binks-suicide-tweet considered suicide]].

* Durandall once deleted ''Fanfic/KyonBigDamnHero'' from Website/FanFictionDotNet, then left that site altogether, because of criticism (not of his work, but of himself) that he received from some users of the site. He later realized that this was excessive, apologized, and [[HesBack reuploaded the fic]].

** The reason that the development of reliable modding tools for ''VideoGame/MarioKart8'' (and ''Deluxe'') is stalled is because of tons of low-effort mods or unreasonable requests that only contribute some cheap Website/YouTube montages to that game's modding community. These are dubbed "meme mods"[[note]]Despite its name, this applies to anything the community merely dislikes, like cartoon characters and fad-dependent franchises (like ''Franchise/AngryBirds'').[[/note]] and are generally loathed by the community, with those who are fine with such mods only accepting them if it's apparent that a lot of work was put into it.

* ''Fanfic/RaiseYourVoiceAgainstLiars'': Co-writer Naruwitch permanently shelved the Website/FanFictionDotNet version of the story due to excessively toxic and homophobic reviews (the author went on record that she is not homosexual, but will not tolerate the reviews posted for the story). When the harassment continued even after it was discontinued, she abandoned the story entirely, handing it off to co-writer [=BeeTeeDubya14=], who also brought in the help of [=DSpaceZ=] and [=BetterOffAlone=]. It then went further when the team Restricted the version on ''Archive Of Our Own'' so that only those with an account can even read the story, as the site otherwise allows anonymous comments.
* The reason why popular fanfiction website Website/ArchiveOfOurOwn has a limit of 75 tags that can be attached to a fic is because the ''Literature/GrandmasterOfDemonicCultivationMoDaoZuShi'' fic ''Sexy Times with Wangxian'' had over ''4000 tags'' attached to it[[note]]For those who aren't sure why this is a bad thing, [[https://fanlore.org/w/images/1/1e/Walloftags.jpg this]] is what the fic's tags looked like - the text next to the colorful square in the top left is ''the title of the fic''[[/note]], which caused issues with browsing and a lot of technical problems with the site.
* The author of ''Fanfic/TheGoodHunter'' removed the fanfic from Website/FanFictionDotNet to avoid drama that involved Kenkou Cross (the author of the ''Monster Girl Encyclopedia'' series) and MGE-related fanfics. As of now, it has been [[FanfictionArchives archived onto Fichub]] and uploaded to Website/ArchiveOfOurOwn under the username [=SixtyThreeNineteen=].

* Brian Lee O'Malley, creator of ''ComicBook/ScottPilgrim'', was constantly harassed on Website/DeviantArt by people who criticized his art style and movie deal, causing him to close his account after only a few months.

* In 2018, a fanmade music video for [[Music/{{Vaporwave}} Saint Pepsi]]'s song "Enjoy Yourself" was taken down on Website/YouTube for its use of footage from a UsefulNotes/McDonalds commercial featuring former mascot Mac Tonight, due to said character having become associated with racist parodies of rap songs and internet hate groups in general.

* The author of the {{Yaoi}} Webcomic ''House of Dyer'' apparently received hate mail that was so vile that she not only cancelled the comic but closed the website and removed ''all artwork'' related to the comic from her Website/{{deviantART}} page and Website/{{tumblr}}.

* The late Derrick J. Wyatt, for a time, stopped accepting questions about his work on ''WesternAnimation/Ben10Omniverse'' or any questions on his take of his ''Ben 10'' universe, and closed his Website/DeviantArt account, due to a mix of redundant questions, angry hate mail from fans of ''[[WesternAnimation/Ben10AlienForce Alien Force]]'' and ''[[WesternAnimation/Ben10UltimateAlien Ultimate Alien]]'', [[TroubledProduction and the stressful forced rushing of production towards the end of]] ''Omniverse''. [[CreatorBacklash All of which made him swear off]] ''Ben 10'' forever, to the point that he temporarily closed all questions, though were later reopened on his request that they have nothing to do with ''Ben 10''. He also swore off the ''WesternAnimation/{{Teen Titans|2003}}'' questions and said that he would never watch the show because he was ''heavily'' blamed for ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitansGo'', despite [[{{Misblamed}} having nothing to do with the writing or production of the show]]. Eventually, Wyatt finally began answering questions about ''Ben 10'' again (if only because Duncan Rouleau of Creator/ManOfActionStudios has a similar Q&A blog), with the fandom being cautious not to aggravate him again, and due to the reboot now being the new focus of the fanbase, which caused the fans to be more forgiving and not as hateful towards ''Omniverse'' as before, Wyatt is more forgiving in return.

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* ''Anime/ShamanKing'' is considered one of the better dubs that Creator/FourKidsEntertainment produced, since the series wasn't {{Bowdlerise}}d as much as other works that [=4Kids=] had under their umbrella. However, since ''Shaman King'' revolves around death and features heavy violence, it also attracted ire from MoralGuardians at the time. Coupled with [[ScrewedByTheNetwork having a bad timeslot]] and the company's negative reputation, the show flopped in the United States, and is ultimately what led [=4Kids=] to continue their usual censorship and localization practices for future dubs.[[note]]Their next dub was ''Manga/OnePiece'', which is infamous among anime fans as one of the most {{Macekre}}d English dubs in anime history due to a combination of the moral guardians and the fact that they were forced to make it to [[AshcanCopy retain]] the rights to ''Manga/OjamajoDoremi''.[[/note]] Hilariously enough, this show has been released in Latin America by Televix Entertainment prior to [=4Kids=] in USA, and both companies coincidentally used to work together in sublicensing shows in Latin America. In contrast, ''Shaman King'' aired uncut in LA directly from the Japanese masters, however they still managed to broadcast other titles later under [=4Kids=] with the same Bowdlerization as ever.

* ''Anime/ShamanKing'' is considered one of the better dubs that Creator/FourKidsEntertainment produced, since the series wasn't {{Bowdlerise}}d as much as other works that [=4Kids=] had under their umbrella. However, since ''Shaman King'' revolves around death and features heavy violence, it also attracted ire from MoralGuardians at the time. Coupled with [[ScrewedByTheNetwork having a bad timeslot]] and the company's negative reputation, the show flopped in the United States, and is ultimately what led [=4Kids=] to continue their usual censorship and localization practices for future dubs.[[note]]Their next dub was ''Manga/OnePiece'', which is infamous among anime fans as one of the most {{Macekre}}d English dubs in anime history.[[/note]] Hilariously enough, this show has been released in Latin America by Televix Entertainment prior to [=4Kids=] in USA, and both companies coincidentally used to work together in sublicensing shows in Latin America. In contrast, ''Shaman King'' aired uncut in LA directly from the Japanese masters, however they still managed to broadcast other titles later under [=4Kids=] with the same Bowdlerization as ever.

* ''Anime/ShamanKing'' is considered one of the better dubs that Creator/FourKidsEntertainment produced, since the series wasn't {{Bowdlerise}}d as much as other works that [=4Kids=] had under their umbrella. However, since ''Shaman King'' revolves around death and features heavy violence, it also attracted ire from MoralGuardians at the time. Coupled with [[ScrewedByTheNetwork having a bad timeslot]] and the company's negative reputation, the show flopped in the United States, and is ultimately what led [=4Kids=] to continue their usual censorship and localization practices for future dubs.[[note]]Their next dub was ''Manga/OnePiece'', which is infamous among anime fans as one of the most {{Macekre}}d English dubs in anime history.[[/note]]
** Hilariously enough, this show has been released in Latin America by Televix Entertainment prior to [=4Kids=] in USA, and both companies coincidentally used to work together in sublicensing shows in Latin America. In contrast, ''Shaman King'' aired uncut in LA directly from the Japanese masters, however they still managed to broadcast other titles later under [=4Kids=] with the same Bowdlerization as ever.

** Hilariously enough, this show has been released in Latin America by Televix Entertainment prior to [=4Kids=] in USA, and both companies coincidentally used to work together in sublicensing shows in Latin America. Hopefully, ''Shaman King'' aired uncut in LA directly from the Japanese masters, however they still managed to broadcast other titles later under [=4Kids=] with the same Bowdlerization as ever.

** Hilariously enough, this show has been released in Latin America by Televix Entertainment prior to [=4Kids=] in USA, and both companies used to work together in sublicensing shows in Latin America. Hopefully, ''Shaman King'' aired uncut in LA directly from the Japanese masters, however they still managed to broadcast other titles later under [=4Kids=] with the same Bowdlerization as ever.

** Hilariously enough, this show has been released in Latin America by Televix Entertainment prior to [=4Kids=] in USA, and both companies used to work together in sublicensing shows in Latin America. Hopefully, ''Shaman King'' aired uncut in LA directly from the Japanese masters, however they still managed to broadcast other titles under [=4Kids=] with the same Bowdlerization as ever.

** Hilariously enough, this show has been released in Latin America by Televix Entertainment prior to [=4Kids=] in USA, and both companies used to work together in sublicensing shows in Latin America. Hopefully, ''Shaman King'' aired uncut in LA, however they still managed to broadcast other titles under [=4Kids=] with the same Bowdlerization as ever.

* ''Manga/ChainsawMan'' had [[RemixComic an oft-profane and politically incorrect Brazilian scanlation]] become popular before the manga was officially released. Seeing the crass version of "THE FUTURE IS BEST!"[[note]]"O futuro é pica!", pica being a slang for penis that is also used to denote something awesome, akin to "the shit"[[/note]] not appear in the dub led to fans of this version harrassing Creator/GuilhermeBriggs, whose character said that line, and ultimately making him quit social media and [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere leave the character for good]]. Note that [[MisBlamed he wasn't even involved in the translation of the show]], he just voiced the character.

* ''Manga/ChainsawMan'' had [[RemixComic an oft-profane and politically incorrect Brazilian scanlation]] become popular before the manga was officially released. Seeing the crass version of "THE FUTURE IS BEST!"[[note]]"O futuro é pica!", pica being a slang for penis that is also used to denote something awesome, akin to "the shit"[[/note]] not appear in the dub led to fans of this version harrassing Creator/GuilhermeBriggs, whose character said that line, and ultimately making him quit social media.

** The GrandFinale of the show was accidentally aired early outside of the show's home country. After it happened, director Big Jim Miller started receiving death threats from people who were mad about the leaks (which he had no control over), or who were mad about details that came from the episodes. This would lead to Miller putting his Twitter account on private, with several bronies starting the hashtag [=#ThankYouJim=] on Twitter in an effort to show that the rabid fans were a VocalMinority.

* ''Fanfic/RaiseYourVoiceAgainstLiars'': Co-writer Naruwitch permanently shelved the Website/FanFictionDotNet version of the story due to excessively toxic and homophobic reviews (the author went on record that she is not homosexual, but will not tolerate the reviews posted for the story). When the harassment continued even after it was discontinued, she abandoned the story entirely, handing it off to co-writer [=BeeTeeDubya14=], who also brought in the help of DSpaceZ and BetterOffAlone. It then went further when the team Restricted the version on ''Archive Of Our Own'' so that only those with an account can even read the story, as the site otherwise allows anonymous comments.

* ''Fanfic/RaiseYourVoiceAgainstLiars'': Co-writer Naruwitch permanently shelved the Website/FanFictionDotNet version of the story due to excessively toxic and homophobic reviews (the author went on record that she is not homosexual, but will not tolerate the reviews posted for the story). When the harassment continued even after it was discontinued, she abandoned the story entirely, handing it off to co-writer [=BeeTeeDubya14=].

** Eminem is an artist so known for FanDumb that he coined the ubiquitous slang word for a LoonyFan -- a "stan", after his song "Stan" in which a fictional Loony Fan kills his girlfriend and them himself because Eminem won't respond to his letters. As for Eminem himself, he ended up becoming a ReclusiveArtist due to fan harassment being so extreme that he couldn't even leave his house without getting mobbed. And whenever he does leave, it's surrounded by security on all sides. His songs document fans hammering on his door all night, harassing him while using the toilet, and how it's impossible for him to so much as go to the store any more. One of these "fans" even tried to kill Eminem in 2020. He's stated that his fame makes it impossible for him to have relationships with women, because they fall in love with his public persona and not the real him. Eventually, he stopped writing about his personal life in his music, because doing so opened up his friends and family to harassment. While he's much happier now, much of Eminem's fandom hold that his reclusive lifestyle has prevented him from being able to write the kind of exposed, personal songs that made his early work so fascinating, leading to his later material more focused on style and technique than subject matter.
** The [[TheNewRockAndRoll moral panic about his material]], leading to him getting hassled by LGBT+ groups and conservatives at his concerts, was also a factor in Eminem's seclusion.

** Eminem, the artist so known for FanDumb that he coined the ubiquitous slang word for a LoonyFan [[note]] "Stan" [[/note]], has lived his whole career in fear of his own fandom, becoming a ReclusiveArtist due to fan harassment being so extreme that he can't even leave his house. His songs document fans hammering on his door all night, harassing him while taking a shit, and how it's impossible for him to go to the store any more. He was terrified one of his fans would actually try to kill him -- which did eventually happen in 2020, during the COVID-19 lockdown. He's stated that his fame makes it impossible for him to have relationships with women, because they fall in love with his public persona and not the real him. Eventually, he stopped writing about his personal life in his music, because doing so opened up his friends and family to harassment. While he's much happier now, much of Eminem's fandom hold that his reclusive lifestyle has prevented him from being able to write the kind of exposed, personal songs that made his early work so fascinating, leading to his later material feeling at times like a stylistic bravura exercise.

* The production crew for ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' ignore legitimate complaints of SeasonalRot thanks to picky fans that used to frequent alt.tv.simpsons and nitpick episodes that were ''actually'' good.[[note]]Comic Book Guy's {{catchphrase}} "[[WorstWhateverEver Worst episode ever]]" originated from a review of the Season 4 episode "Itchy & Scratchy: The Movie"; in modern times, Season 4 is considered by most fans to either be the beginning or the height of the show's "golden age", depending on who you ask.[[/note]]

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** Creator/BillWatterson would occasionally sneak signed copies of comic collections into his local bookshop. He stopped when they started showing up on Website/{{eBay}}.

* In April 2013, a disgruntled fan of Music/ProtestTheHero posted an angry rant about how he waited in line at their bus after a show for an autograph, only to have his paper returned before being told to go away. It seemed like typical out-of-touch rockstar behavior... that is, until the band posted the ''rest'' of the story. Essentially, the dude was a known autograph hunter whose modus operandi involved going up to bands, acting like he was a fan who just wanted a keepsake, getting autographs, and then turning around and selling the signed items on Website/EBay. On top of that, Protest the Hero had been burned by this same guy before and were not going to fall for his act again. They also clarified that they had no problem giving autographs to people who genuinely just wanted keepsakes, but that they were not okay with autograph hunters. The band has since said that if they got burned enough, they would consider just not giving autographs at all.
* Music/RingoStarr publicly refuses to sign autographs anymore because a lot of people have sold his autographs on Website/EBay for huge prices.[[note]]Several others have the same policy, but Starr is the only one who has made a video about it.[[/note]] Music/RogerWaters has also publicly lashed out at these "autograph collectors," though he still signs from time to time. Music/RobertFripp instituted a similar policy for the same reasons.

* Some athletes refuse to sign autographs since a lot of memorabilia dealers/autograph seekers will use children to solicit them from athletes and then run home and put the item on Website/EBay. Also, some athletes refuse to talk with fans after certain fans trash stadiums or engage in [[FootballHooligans hooliganism]]. For example, former NFL lineman Robert Gallery admitted that he disliked people who did the former.

* Creator/JamesGunn would delete his Facebook account in response to massive criticism from fans towards some comments made in the past in which he criticized previous Franchise/{{Batman}} films. With the Film/DCUniverse he was helming still in development at the time, the backlash towards his comments, among those concerned with how his vision shapes up to those of the [[Film/DCExtendedUniverse previous DC film universe]], forced him to have to retreat away from fans.

* For a very long time, Creator/TimCurry was uncomfortable talking about ''Film/TheRockyHorrorPictureShow'' due to some fans creeping him out, even claiming he intentionally gained weight as a way of distancing himself from the film.[[note]] This weight gain may or may have contributed to the serious stroke that he suffered in 2012[[/note]] In later years, however, he became more open about talking about being in ''Rocky Horror'' and somewhat embraces the impact it has on teenagers, calling it a "rite of passage".