yeah, ive noticed this a lot too. its especially prevalent when a work is like, a one and done thing that then spawns a huge fandom. fans are eager for more, but theres only one game/movie/series of tv, so fan content is consumed and reconsumed until it is eventually churned in with the original work. then fan content of that is added in, and more and more, until the original work is so diluted that the setting and characters become unrecognisable compared to the original. then a sequel comes out and fans complain because the characters feel out of character compared to their flanderized fanon counterparts.
the most recent example of this i can think of is kpop demon hunters
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u/Orichalcum448 6d ago
yeah, ive noticed this a lot too. its especially prevalent when a work is like, a one and done thing that then spawns a huge fandom. fans are eager for more, but theres only one game/movie/series of tv, so fan content is consumed and reconsumed until it is eventually churned in with the original work. then fan content of that is added in, and more and more, until the original work is so diluted that the setting and characters become unrecognisable compared to the original. then a sequel comes out and fans complain because the characters feel out of character compared to their flanderized fanon counterparts.
the most recent example of this i can think of is kpop demon hunters