It doesn't help the "rabids" that the actors portraying the ship that they hate are actually engaged in real life and have been together for almost 3 years now.
Apparently the chemistry at the "chemistry read" exploded in real life too.

Same thing happened to me about a TV show that's based on a series of books. The creator of the show is going in a somewhat different direction and devotees of the books are up in arms. BTW their nickname are the "rabids".

The solution was to create an entirely new forum where every one could discuss the show in relative peace and dignity. Including devotees of a ship that the "rabids" intensely disliked.

In fact, the new forum has exploded in size lately as the "rabids" have run others off the "official" boards with their hatred of any view but their own.

ecgordon- i would say which TV show it was but then I would have to admit to watching it and I just can't do that, lol. too embarassing.

Sometimes I wonder if I should ever have mentioned TV Tropes to you, Byte. lol. And the defense said...

Hobbleit, don't let it get to you.
Hating the actor for the character or vice versa is plain stupidity.
At least there's troll country here where flamers can go bother each other instead.

Think of it as the reverse of the Twilight spammers that pop up on every single page of youtube around the release of their movies. Irritating, like an infestation of spacebugs, not Reavers.

LOL... HUGS Hobbleit people are sometimes a bit mental:)

What show are you talking about?

he he had to laugh at those

i've been back on the forum at least now it's moved on slightly to blaming the writers not the actors

You find that everywhere in every fandom, unfortunately. I don't know if this particular incident is shipping related, that's pretty common, but it's even common misaim hate at an actor instead of their character.

First the obligatory warning:
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TVTropesWillRuinYourLife

Possibly relevant links:
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/XPacHeat?from=Main.X-PacHeat
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Hatedom
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/FanDumb

Anyway. Some of us do endeavor to try to keep open minds. Really! So don't lose faith yet! We're all browncoats still.

Little baffled though that people can actually hate some of the characters though... Let alone the actors. Probably a good thing I missed whatever this was.