History WhyFandomCantHaveNiceThings / LiveActionTV

* Within the ''Franchise/KamenRider'' fandom, it was customary to stumble upon [[ContentLeak leaks from toy catalogues and magazine scans]], offering fans insights into forthcoming toys and Rider forms ahead of episode releases. That was until a fan queried franchise producer Shirakura Shinichiro on Twitter about [[Series/KamenRiderZiO Trinity]], to which he responded "You are supposed not [[superscript:[sic]]] to know about Trinity." This ominous response alone hinted at Toei and Shirakura's acknowledgment and possible irritation towards leaks. Following ''Series/KamenRiderZeroOne'', leaks have been sporadic as Bandai has intensified efforts to prevent unauthorized disclosures.

* Within the ''Franchise/KamenRider'' fandom, it was customary to stumble upon [[ContentLeak leaks from toy catalogues and magazine scans]]; offering fans insights into forthcoming toys and Rider forms ahead of episode releases. That was until a fan queried franchise producer Shirakura Shinichiro on Twitter about [[Series/KamenRiderZiO Trinity]], to which he responded "You are supposed not [[superscript:[sic]]] to know about Trinity." This ominous response alone hinted at Toei and Shirakura's acknowledgment and possible irritation towards leaks. Following ''Series/KamenRiderZeroOne'', leaks have been sporadic as Bandai has intensified efforts to prevent unauthorized disclosures.

* Within the ''Franchise/KamenRider'' fandom, it was customary to stumble upon [[ContentLeak leaks from toy catalogues and magazine scans]]; offering fans insights into forthcoming toys and Rider forms ahead of episode releases. That was until a fan queried franchise producer Shirakura Shinichiro on Twitter about [[Series/KamenRiderZiO Trinity]], to which he responded "You are supposed not [[superscript:[sic]]] to know about Trinity." This ominous response alone hinted at Toei and Shirakura's acknowledgment and possible irritation towards leaks. Following ''Series/KamenRiderZeroOne'', leaks have been sporadic as Bandai has intensified efforts to prevent unauthorized disclosures.

* Within the ''Franchise/KamenRider'' fandom, [[ContentLeak leaks of toy catalogues and magazine scans]] were pretty common; thanks to them, fans were able to know the upcoming toys and Rider forms before next episodes' airings. That was until a fan on Twitter asked the franchise producer Shirakura Shinichiro about [[Series/KamenRiderZiO Trinity]], to which he responded "You are supposed not [[superscript:[sic]]] to know about Trinity." This ominous response alone implied that Shirakura and Toei were aware of leaks and were annoyed by them. Since ''Series/KamenRiderZeroOne'', leaks have become sporadic as Bandai has taken measures to crack down on any attempts at leaking.

* ''Series/{{Forever|2014}}'': In-universe. In "The Frustrating Thing About Psychopaths," the writer of a cult graphic novel series admits he is ''mortally terrified'' of his fans, some of whom write disturbing things on his website -- and [[spoiler: one is a serial killer]]. This is very similar to Ioan Gruffudd's real-life experience with fandom, particularly when [[spoiler: a fan threatened his girlfriend's life]] on his website.

* Before Season 3 of ''Series/ICarly'' had started airing, Creator/DanSchneider posted a [[http://icarly.wikia.com/wiki/File:40991089.jpg script fragment of a future episode]]. He took it down quickly, but it was reposted on various sites. Naturally, shippers from both sides went nuts, especially on Website/LiveJournal. After receiving heavy criticism for ruining the fandom, Schneider deleted his [=LiveJournal=] account, without warning or notice (meaning the fandom lost a lot of interesting interaction with him), and eventually set up his own blog site, which he claimed was for better control. Schneider's first post, however, was about how pissed off he was about the reception of his script.

* ''Series/Heartstopper2022'': Kit Connor, who plays the bisexual Nick Nelson, was cyberbullied in the months after the show was first released due to him seemingly appearing as heterosexual in real life (being accused by people of "queer-baiting" viewers). This eventually culminated in Connor frustratingly coming out as bisexual on Twitter in October 2022, pointing out the wrongness of pressuring an eighteen-year-old boy to reveal his sexuality to the entire world.

** As revealed by composer Music/MurrayGold, the long delay in releasing the Series 10 Soundtrack is partially due to a loss of motivation following the Series 9 soundtrack being released.

** He had begun to realize that some of his fans were idiotic whites who took the humor at face value and thought that hearing a black man saying "nigger" repeatedly was hilarious.

* When ''Series/PowerRangersDinoFury'' decided to bring back BigBad [[Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers Lord Zedd]], his [[Creator/RobertAxelrod voice actor]] had passed away so the villain was recast with Andrew Laing taking on the role. Some fans found him to be passable as Zedd, admitting that Axelrod had left some pretty huge shoes to fill, and that he improved by the end of the season. Others harshly criticized Laing's performance and harassed him online so much that when the follow-up season ''[[Series/PowerRangersCosmicFury Cosmic Fury]]'' came along, he chose not to return to the role.

* In ''Series/PrettyLittleLiars'' a combination of ill-informed haters, ShippingWars and backlash compelled Creator/LindseyShaw (who plays Paige) to quit social media, attempt suicide and ultimately retire from acting. Other actors and the writers have been targets as well, but not to the extreme degrees of harassment that Lindsey had endured. From people calling her 'Pigskin' (a name her romantic 'rival' used to bully and torment her character) or a pig to sending her death threats and encouraging her and her fans to slit their wrists and kill themselves. It got to the point where series regulars couldn't even mention her/her character for fear of being harassed themselves. Creator/ShayMitchell (who plays the main character Emily who is Paige's main romantic interest) went from gushing about their on-screen relationship to barely mentioning her in interviews and at some point Lindsey was even PutOnABus, and her return in the last season was mainly a TakeThatAudience, intended to induce a MyGodWhatHaveIDone in the viewers responsible by showing that Paige really was Emily's OneTrueLove and that their final break up is an ActOfTrueLove It's even lampshaded in the script:

* Creator/EvanRachelWood of ''Series/{{Westworld}}'' locked her Twitter account after receiving backlash and threats for her comments about Kobe Bryant, particularly his sexual assault case, on the day of his death.

* ''Series/Heartstopper2022'': Kit Connor, who plays the bisexual Nick Nelson, was cyberbullied in the months after the show was first released due to him seemingly appearing as heterosexual in real life (being accused by people of "queer-baiting" viewers). This eventually culminated in Connor frustratingly coming out as bisexual on Twitter in October 2022, pointing out the wrongness of pressuring an eighteen-year-old boy to reveal his sexuality to the entire world.

* ''Series/Heartstopper2022'': Kit Connor, who plays Nick Nelson, was cyberbullied in the months after the show was first released due to him seemingly appearing as heterosexual in real-life (being accused by people of "queer-baiting" viewers). This eventually culminated in Connor frustratingly coming out as bisexual on Twitter in October 2022, pointing out the wrongness of pressuring an eighteen-year-old boy to reveal his sexuality to the entire world.

** Creator/JosephQuinn (Eddie) began withdrawing from fan interactions after being stalked and harassed by "fans", as well as constantly being bombarded with questions about his possible return to Season 5.
** Creator/GraceVanDien (Chrissy) used to be a very vocal supporter of Hellcheer (Eddie and Chrissy) fanart and would often like and comment on other fans' work but eventually stopped after facing harassment and bullying for several months. She even briefly blacked out her social media, though has since reactivated it and occasionally comments on artwork.

* The reason Creator/JohnOliver shut down Our Lady of Perpetual Exemption, the satirical church he started on ''Series/LastWeekTonightWithJohnOliver,'' was apparently because fans sent ''semen'' in through the mail (likely a pun on the "seed faith" ideology). In his own words, "When someone sends you jizz through the mail, it's time to stop whatever you're doing".

* One speculated reason for why ''Series/LegendOfTheSeeker'' wasn't renewed for a third season was that fans of the ''Literature/SwordOfTruth'' books were ''so'' vocal about [[TheyChangedItNowItSucks the changes that were made]] that the networks were afraid to advertise the show.

* Creator/StephenAmell used to be more active with fans at cons and on his social media in the early days of ''Series/{{Arrow}}'' but has slowed down over the years, largely because of some over zealous RealPersonShipping. Fans of the "Olicity" pairing have harassed his wife into turning her Instagram private at various points in time. They also found out who his non celebrity ex-wife was and harassed her. Fans have even gone so far as to photoshop Felicity’s actress’s face onto his wife’s in pictures of them and their daughter. After one too many transgressions like that, he stopped posting picture’s of his daughter’s face and followed suit with his son who was born after the show wrapped. He’s still active on social media and goes to a lot of events but keeps his wife and kids out of it and doesn’t talk about the pairing anymore.

** Creator/JenniferMorrison (Emma Swan) slowly withdrew from conventions and social media after being harassed and bullied by obsessed "Swan Queen" shippers who were unhappy about the ship not being canon.[[note]] Some went as far as accusing her of being ''homophobic'' because she wasn't as vocally supportive of the ship as Lana.[[/note]]It got so bad that she eventually stopped interacting with Lana Parrilla (Regina).

* Creator/StephenAmell used to be more active with fans at cons and on his social media in the early days of ''Series/{{Arrow}}'' but has slowed down over the years, largely because of some over zealous RealPersonShipping. Fans of the "Olicity" pairing have harassed his wife into turning her Instagram private at various points in time. They also found out who his non celebrity ex-wife was and harassed her. Fans have even gone so far as to photoshop Felicity’s actress’s face onto his wife’s in pictures of them and their daughter. He’s called out people for implying his marriage is fake and he’s really in love with his co-star but doesn’t talk about "Olicity" nearly as much as he used to.

* Creator/DavidSchwimmer from ''Friends'' limited his Instagram comments to only accounts he follows, likely to prevent people from spamming his famous line: "We Were On A Break".

* Creator/MillieBobbyBrown of ''Series/StrangerThings'' fame deleted her Twitter account due to widespread memes on the site that falsely portrayed her as a violent homophobe.

** Grace van Dien (Chrissy) used to be a very vocal supporter of Hellcheer (Eddie and Chrissy) fanart and would often like and comment on other fans' work but eventually stopped after facing harassment and bullying for several months. She even briefly blacked out her social media, though has since reactivated it and occasionally comments on artwork.

* ''Series/{{The Walking Dead|2010}}'''s Creator/JoshMcDermitt removed himself from social media after receiving death threats over his character's actions. Creator/AlannaMasterson also left social media due to hateful comments regarding her weight. Meanwhile, Creator/JeffreyDeanMorgan, Creator/SethGilliam, and Creator/AustinAmelio have received death threats over their respective characters' actions.

** Grace van Dien (Chrissy) blacked out her social media after being harassed and bullied for several months, culminating in ''a fan following her to her car''.

** Joseph Quinn(Eddie) began withdrawing from fan interactions after being stalked and harassed by "fans", as well as constantly being bombarded with questions about his possible return to Season 5.

** An older example: Sondra Marshak and Myrna Culbreath (also mentioned in the Fan Works folder), ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' fans who gained access to the actors, producers and legal department through BNF convention organizer Joan Winston. They interviewed people for books about the show, and were responsible for the first professionally published FanFic anthologies, ''[[http://fanlore.org/wiki/Star_Trek:_The_New_Voyages The New Voyages]]'', which were enthusiastically received by fans.[[note]]This was in the mid- to late 1970s, when there was no ''Star Trek'' on the air, and the reaction to these books proved there was still plenty of public interest in the show and raising hopes for a revival and/or film. Marshak and Culbreath were thus acknowledged as highly important fan liaisons with both the studio and Bantam Books which published the anthologies and their own fanworks.[[/note]] According to [[http://fanlore.org/wiki/Open_Letter_to_K/S_Fandom_by_David_Gerrold David Gerrold]], Marshak and Culbreath were also deeply into the SlashFic premise (their own novels contain much romantic HoYay between Kirk and Spock, and their fanfic anthologies and nonfiction works were produced with the assistance of Carol Frisbie, the editor of ''[[http://fanlore.org/wiki/Thrust Thrust]]'', the first K/S anthology fanzine). [[note]]Such was their guile at the time that many fans believed they actually viewed Kirk and Spock as simply developing a mental bond and a devoted friendship. Then fan historians revealed they had actually written slash chapters for each of their own fanfic novels, circulating them underground. Those pieces would be worth a fortune today.[[/note]] In [[http://fanlore.org/wiki/Shatner:_Where_No_Man#Gene_Roddenberry_on_Shatner.2C_.26_Kirk interviews for a book on Shatner]], they tried to maneuver Creator/GeneRoddenberry into promoting slash to AscendedFanon.[[note]]Dedicated K/S devotees still quote his mumbled reply as proof that he had personally intended Kirk and Spock to be lovers from the beginning of the series, even though D.C. Fontana and Gerrold have both vehemently denied this.[[/note]] They apparently demanded that K/S should be included in ''Film/StarTrekTheMotionPicture'', and were the subject of an [[https://fanlore.org/wiki/Open_Letter_to_K/S_Fandom_by_David_Gerrold angry 1985 open letter to the slash fandom]] by Gerrold in which he stated they "managed to alienate — and offend — 3 publishers, several members of the ''Star Trek'' cast & production crew, & Paramount Pictures legal department." It's theorized that these types of people are the reason why the K/S fandom has such a bad reputation in ''Star Trek'' fandom.

** Grace Van Dien (Chrissy) received a lot of online hate due to her love of the Chrissy/Eddie ship, to the point where she commented that she was afraid for her safety.

* ''Series/TheWalkingDead'''s Creator/JoshMcDermitt removed himself from social media after receiving death threats over his character's actions. Creator/AlannaMasterson also left social media due to hateful comments regarding her weight. Meanwhile, Creator/JeffreyDeanMorgan, Creator/SethGilliam, and Creator/AustinAmelio have received death threats over their respective characters' actions.