Among other things I liked @JennyENicholson's brony video for looking at this odd dynamic today where the fandom of serialized media will go back and influence the ongoing original, often in aesthetically unhealthy ways perhaps.

For example someone I know who watched "Game Of Thrones" reaction videos without having seen the show (I also have not so this is a bad example all around) was rather confused as to why a particular fight scene lasted half the episode and got the loudest response.

And AFAIK this only makes sense if you not only watch the show but also know that "Cleganebowl" became a free-floating meme for...no reason?

See also of course...essentially everything about TROS being some kind of desperate attempt to placate one or another fandom faction.

I don't envy creators, they're in a bind. A lot of people expect that consuming media these days is more of a two-way active relationship than a passive process. But I don't know if it always helps the work.

EG I haven't really followed this, but didn't the cast of "Supergirl" get in some controversy for mocking and rejecting the fandom's Supergirl/Lena Luthor shipping? I mean I get it but like, the cast/creators are trying to tell their own story, I can see why they'd be annoyed.

But my sympathies only go so far because I feel like you're most vulnerable to falling into the Toxic Fandom Feedback Black Hole when your work is basically about nothing and you have nowhere to go with it. Of course by that I mean "Sherlock".