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* ''ComicBook/MonicasGang'' suffered a steep drop in quality during the New '10s, due to what's perceived as less inspired plotlines, lower-quality writing devoid of witty dialogue, and the protagonists losing their most noteworthy traits and becoming {{Flat Character}}s; which overall made the work much less appealing to older readers. Older readers also think the creative team is doing a reverse ArtEvolution, as the digital art is mostly low-effort and some stories seem to give a WildTake to the characters for no reason every other panel.

* The ''Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse'', once thought to be an unstoppable juggernaut of critical and box office dominance, started to enter one around Phase 4.

** 2023 overall continued the MCU's downward spiral with the beginning of Phase 5, ''Film/AntManAndTheWaspQuantumania'', which faced criticism for, yet again, its MoodWhiplash and abandoning the relatively low stakes of the two previous ''Ant-Man'' films in favor of a grandiose plot. Not helping matters was the studio planning to establish Creator/JonathanMajors's Kang as the overarching villain, complete with prominent teases in both ''Quantumania'' itself and the second season of ''Series/{{Loki|2021}}'' and titling the 5th ''Avengers'' film ''The Kang Dynasty''... before he was arrested in March 2023 and convicted in December of domestic violence, resulting in [[RoleEndingMisdemeanor him getting fired]], ''The Kang Dynasty'''s title being dropped, and the overall plans to be jeopardized. While ''Loki'' itself continued being well-received, and ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyVol3'' turned out to be a well-received bright spot, their successes were offset by the TroubledProduction of and hostile reception to ''Series/{{Secret Invasion|2023}}'' for its obvious rewriting and making both Nick Fury and the Skrulls UnintentionallyUnsympathetic, and the [[UsefulNotes/TVStrikes WGA/SAG-AFTRA Strikes]] crippling publicity for ''Film/{{The Marvels|2023}}'', which coupled with its ContinuityLockout and UncertainAudience resulted in it ending the year as a BoxOfficeBomb.

** 2023 overall continued the MCU's downward spiral with the beginning of Phase 5, ''Film/AntManAndTheWaspQuantumania'', which faced criticism for, yet again, its MoodWhiplash and abandoning the two previous ''Ant-Man'' films' relatively low stakes in favor of a grandiose. Not helping matters was the studio planning to establish Creator/JonathanMajors's Kang as the overarching villain, complete with prominent teases in both ''Quantumania'' itself and the second season of ''Series/{{Loki|2021}}'' and titling the 5th ''Avengers'' film ''The Kang Dynasty''... before he was arrested in March 2023 and convicted in December of domestic violence, resulting in [[RoleEndingMisdemeanor him getting fired]], ''The Kang Dynasty'''s title being dropped, and the overall plans to be jeopardized. While ''Loki'' itself continued being well-received, and ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyVol3'' turned out to be a well-received bright spot, their successes were offset by the TroubledProduction of and hostile reception to ''Series/{{Secret Invasion|2023}}'' for its obvious rewriting and making both Nick Fury and the Skrulls UnintentionallyUnsympathetic, and the [[UsefulNotes/TVStrikes WGA/SAG-AFTRA Strikes]] crippling publicity for ''Film/{{The Marvels|2023}}'', which coupled with its ContinuityLockout and UncertainAudience resulted in it ending the year as a BoxOfficeBomb.

** 2023 overall continued the MCU's downward spiral with ''Film/AntManAndTheWaspQuantumania'', which faced criticism for, yet again, its MoodWhiplash and abandoning the two previous ''Ant-Man'' films' relatively low stakes in favor of a grandiose. Not helping matters was the studio planning to establish Creator/JonathanMajors's Kang as the overarching villain, complete with prominent teases in both ''Quantumania'' itself and the second season of ''Series/{{Loki|2021}}'' and titling the 5th ''Avengers'' film ''The Kang Dynasty''... before he was arrested in March 2023 and convicted in December of domestic violence, resulting in [[RoleEndingMisdemeanor him getting fired]], ''The Kang Dynasty'''s title being dropped, and the overall plans to be jeopardized. While ''Loki'' itself continued being well-received, it was offset by the TroubledProduction of and hostile reception to ''Series/{{Secret Invasion|2023}}'' for its obvious rewriting and making both Nick Fury and the Skrulls UnintentionallyUnsympathetic, and the [[UsefulNotes/TVStrikes WGA/SAG-AFTRA Strikes]] crippling publicity for ''Film/{{The Marvels|2023}}'', which coupled with its ContinuityLockout and UncertainAudience resulted in it ending the year as a BoxOfficeBomb.

* ''WebVideo/FeministFrequency'' experienced a lot of backlash once the 'Tropes vs Women' series moved onto video games. The research mistakes that had been at a minimum in her previous videos increased to an absurd degree (despite Anita's claims that they were "double and triple checked"), and there were soon enough videos pointing out the mistakes to make up a subgenre all its own, with wildly varying quality of critiques. Many gamers and critics outside of the pool of misogynists that made up the project's hatedom began to highlight several [[UnfortunateImplications problematic statements]] in [[{{Irony}} Anita's own critiques]] - such as her disdain for sex workers, claims that any {{Action Girl}}s were inherently misogynistic and dismissing any large breasted or scantily clad female characters as a "fighting fuck toy". She drew large amounts of controversy for a video where she casually suggested that gamers would be turned on by violence towards women in ''VideoGame/WatchDogs''. Creator/LianaK released a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2O0JvjKEuF4 five-part]] video series disputing many of Anita's more problematic statements, and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WgvYJ9Ei90Y others identified]] ManipulativeEditing at play where Anita appeared to have taken footage from other [=YouTubers=] without crediting them. Although she released another series of videos in 2016, she soon ended the project and it was rebranded as a non-profit podcast. She later revealed that the corporate sponsorship they had benefited from in the beginning had lost interest and withdrawn their funding.

* The [[SecondSeasonDownfall second season]] of ''Literature/HaruhiSuzumiya''. After it was announced the light novel ''The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya'' would be adapted into a movie the writers were forced to stretch out the material before it into a full 14-episode season. How did they manage this? By making eight versions of essentially the same episode (in which the characters become stuck in a GroundhogDayLoop) with the only differences being the characters' outfits and the numbers mentioned in the exposition. For reference, the original novel didn't do this. They simply told the story once, like anyone sane and non-{{troll}}ing would do.