There’s a real Mandarin.’ The only reason they made that was an apology to fans who were so angry. A better fandom, then, is one where fans are kept at arm’s length and creators are cloistered away like monks. What fandom needs is a Chinese wall between consumers and creators, one that keeps fans and artists entirely separate. A large part of the problem is that fans have been given too great an influence over the creative process. Fans are heavily courted by all the studios, their input desired, their participation in social media-based advertising craved.

Source: Washington Post June 02, 2016 13:04 UTC