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** Troy Denning made a big hit with the novel ''Star by Star'', a book which defined the ''[[New Jedi Order]]'' series. He followed up on this with the ''[[Dark Nest Trilogy]]'', on which opinions are all over the place. He has been accused of major [[Character Derailment]] in ''Legacy of the Force'' and ''[[Fate of the Jedi]]''. Fans are divided on whether his [[Darker and Edgier]] approach to ''[[Star Wars]]'' is the best for the [[Expanded Universe]].
** Troy Denning is also [http://forum.candlekeep.com/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=21466#491122 averages on "mixed blessing"] in ''[[Forgotten Realms]]'' fandom - could be worse, but his [[Character Derailment]] and lore inconsistencies are not nearly as blatant as that of some other authors.
** [[Karen Traviss]] wrote the second-last book of ''Legacy of the Force'' and Troy Denning wrote the last book. Karen had Jaina learning new fighting techniques and other things from the Mandalorians in the second-last book. Troy, according to reviewers, did not show Jaina really applying what she had learned from the Mandalorians to her fights with her brother Jacen in the last book. It can be inferred from this that Troy did not like Karen treating the Mandalorians as important over everything else, that he was willing to mess up the story just to give her the finger, and that he considered her a [[Fallen Creator]] like everyone else.
*** In addition to Troy Denning, the writings in both Christie Golden's and Aaron Allston's works in the ''Fate of the Jedi'' series indicate that no love was lost between them and Karen after her departure.
* An earlier example for ''Star Wars'' is Kevin J. Anderson. At the time of publication, his ''Jedi Academy'' Trilogy was well received, (not to mention creating a huge part of the EU), he was riding high on his ''Tales of the Jedi'' comics for Dark Horse, he was heavily involved in reference books such as ''The Illustrated Star Wars Universe'' and the original ''Essential Guide'' series and he edited the still-popular ''Tales From'' anthology collections. Cracks began to show when he wrote the divisive ''[[Dark Empire]]'' comics, which are allegedly George Lucas' favourite EU stories (for what it's worth) but included the notorious resurrection of Emperor Palpatine and [[Face Heel Turn|Dark Side Luke]]. Then Michael A. Stackpole wrote ''I, Jedi'', pointing out the MASSIVE number of problems with the JAT, and now Kevin J. doesn't write Star Wars books anymore. ''Dune'' fans can also be sent into frothing seizures at the mention of Anderson as well.
* Chuck Wendig, an author of ''Star Wars'' novels and comics, was [https://www.slashfilm.com/chuck-wendig-fired/ fired] by [[Marvel Comics|Marvel Entertainment]] in October 2018 for controversial behavior on his [[Twitter]] feed. A comic book miniseries, ''Shadow of Vader'', and an unannounced ''Star Wars'' novel were cancelled as a result of his firing.
* For several years, [[J. K. Rowling]] of ''[[Harry Potter]]'' has been criticized by the LGBTQ+ community and various ethnic minority groups for the bigotry considered rampant within her books. Among the more prominent examples of such [[Unfortunate Implications]] are the Gringotts goblins evoking stereotypes of [[Greedy Jew]]s, [[Unfortunate Names|the lazy naming schemes used for various foreign students and locations]] (the Chinese Cho Chang, the Indian Padma Patil, an Asian school of magic named "Mahoutokoro"...), and making lycanthropy an allegory for AIDS (with a character that [[Does This Remind You of Anything?|actively sought to spread lycanthropy to children]]). Then in late 2019, she began to openly make statements espousing bigotry against [[transgender]] people (especially trans women), as well as throwing her support behind other people doing the same. This reached a peak with her mis-representative support and defense of Maya Forstater, who lost an employment tribunal against her former employer after being fired for various tweets likening trans women to rapists and effectively calling them "men in disguise", among other comments. Much of public opinion has since turned against her as she has continually doubled down on those views since, with various groups from fan sites all the way up to ''the main actors of the film adaptations'' condemning Rowling, not to mention Warner Bros de-emphasizing her role in the ''Wizarding World'' franchise and offering apologies in regards to her sociopolitical views. Rowling's case has not been helped by her defenders and supporters, who have often only reinforced the worse traits of those who share her beliefs.
== Live Action TV ==
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== Web Original ==
* [https://www.youtube.com/user/GradeAUnderA GradeAUnderA] is a British-Asian [[YouTube|Youtuber]] who makes [[Rant Comedy]] videos veering on [[Caustic Critic]], [[Accentuate the Negative]] and [[Seinfeldian Conversation]], with [[Stylistic Suck|a very]] [[Signature Style|distinctive style]] of drawing his own MS Paint pictures for his videos and screaming into an iPhone. He also made some videos exposing controversial Youtubers like Vegan Gains (a vegan weigh-lifter with [[Internet Tough Guy]] tendencies), Jynx (a "reactionist") and Nicole Arbour (at a time when everyone reacted to her [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CXFgNhyP4-A "Dear Fat People" video]). This, combined with his activism for "#WTFU"<ref>A hashtag campaign criticizing the abusive [[YouTube]] copyright policy and Content ID, started by [[Doug Walker]] in reaction to his own experiences on [[Channel Awesome|his channel]].</ref> and his [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sF2tCY281Rk "#MakeYouTubeGreatAgain"] hashtag, a riff on [[Donald Trump]]'s presidential slogan, made him incredibly famous in the community, gaining more than two million subscribers. However, in May 2016, GradeA made [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6AKPp0tZhjY a video] where he criticized the YouTube Drama phenomenon and Markiplier's [[Rambling Old Man Monologue|vague, rambling]] [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFKnmL1ZIF0 video] on the subject, among other things. His fanbase didn't appreciate GradeA's apparent [[Hypocrite|hypocrisy]] on the subject and the [[Ad Hominem]] attacks against the [[Let's Play|Let's Player]] and his pink dyed hair. And then he tried to police his [[Reddit|subreddit]] (the whole thing is detailed in [https://www.reddit.com/r/GradeAUnderA/comments/4izw28/timeline_how_did_this_subreddit_turn_against_grade/ this Reddit post]). It didn't help that at the time, GradeA was friends with KEEMSTAR, the ''Drama Alert'' host who is infamous in the community and has been [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-o3TfHjj_e4 exposed] by iDubbbzTV, among others. Accusations of hypocrisy were then thrown on [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDPesjPimS4 his next drama video] (calling for an end to YouTube Drama, even though he added more fuel to the fire with his videos and previously called out Youtubers for the exact same thought). With all this, a [[Hatedom]] against GradeA was born.
* [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPgqonWzGADVVV6gGVGDdPA Mark Haynes], better known as Alvin-Earthworm, was long hailed as one of the greatest sprite animators on [[Newgrounds]] and received much praise for [[Super Mario Bros. Z]]. However, as the years went by, Alvin started undergoing [[Creator Breakdown]] thanks to depression, which understandably caused delays in new episodes. As the years passed after the release of Episode 8, he continuously blamed the [[Vocal Minority]] of his fans for rushing him, eventually leading to the series cancellation in 2012. Three years later, he started looking like he was returning to form, having seemingly fought off his depression, with a revival of SMBZ, but when his Patreon was taken down in 2016 thanks to a DMCA from [[Nintendo]], he became very embittered with the gaming company and fell right back into his depression, putting much of the blame on Nintendo for it despite them being in the right for taking down his Patreon.<ref>He had been earning money through his Patreon off of Mario and Luigi's likeness, which is trademark infringement.</ref> After that, he became increasingly hostile toward any fans asking about the series and chose to ignore them. This, in addition to offering no information on Episode 2 for ''years'', his hypocritical attitude toward Nintendo since the Patreon takedown, his increasingly controversial statements on [[Twitter]] (the marriage statement and the ''Smash Bros Ultimate'' Peach rants in particular), and his seeming refusal to do anything about his depression in favor of playing video games, led to nearly his entire fanbase abandoning him, with him fading into obscurity by 2019.
== Western Animation ==
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** Later, a dedicated animation fan miraculously tracked down various pieces of the film; unfinished pencil tests, rough animation, and direct input from people who worked on the film. He then stitched all his findings together with bits of the theatrical release, took out the voices, and even put in bits of atmospheric music that was originally going to be scored for the film in order to make a massive fan-edit of the film to be as close to the original vision as possible: ''The Re-cobbled Cut''. The results have been generally praised as a far superior movie, but sadly Williams himself still (allegedly) refuses to acknowledge the film.
* What about [[Ralph Bakshi]]? For a guy who hates [[Don Bluth]]'s works they have a lot in common. Bakshi first made himself known with the [[Cult Classic]] film ''[[Fritz the Cat (animation)|Fritz the Cat]]'' ten years before Bluth released ''[[The Secret of NIMH]]'', and Bakshi's last film was made ten years before ''[[Titan A.E.]]''. He made many underground, non-Disney films that were successful. Bakshi made it big with ''[[The Lord of the Rings (animation)|The Lord of the Rings]]'' and managed to stay under the radar. But after ''[[Fire and Ice (animation)|Fire and Ice]]'', he all but disappeared, and then tried to make a comeback in 1992 but failed. ''The Last Day of Coney Island'' is STILL in [[Development Hell]] like that ''[[Dragon's Lair]]'' movie.
* [[John Kricfalusi]] was once regarded as influential in animation, with ''[[The Ren and Stimpy Show]]'' being his breakout work. Unfortunately, his ideas
* Earl Duvall was one of two directors - the other being [[Friz Freleng]] - that helped get the Warner Bros. cartoon studio back up and running after original directors [[Harman and Ising]] defected to MGM. He directed some pretty decent cartoons and was given the honor of directing the studio's first color cartoon. These days however, Freleng is widely regarded as one of the Godfathers of animation, while Duvall's name is just a footnote in animation history books, and the reason for this is that Duvall one day decided it'd be a great idea to get extremely drunk and demand that his pay packet be doubled. Needless to say, it wasn't - Duvall was instantly fired and never worked in the animation industry again.
* The directing team of Kirk Wise and Gary Trousdale. After rising up the stratosphere with ''[[Beauty and the Beast]]'', they seemed to lose their footing after ''[[Atlantis: The Lost Empire]]'' was a critical and box office disappointment. Since then, Wise's only directing credit was the English dub of ''[[Spirited Away]]'' while Trousdale has been reduced to directing television specials for [[DreamWorks]].
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== Inventors ==
* While firearms enthusiasts may be fond of the 10/22 rifle, Ruger 22 pistol series and Mini-14 rifle their creator, Bill Ruger, is completely and utterly despised for his support of gun control. Even his own company wasn't terribly fond of Bill Ruger's politics, and Ruger started producing the larger capacity magazines and AR-15 variants he opposed 2 years after his death (and likely would have done so sooner had the Assault Weapons Ban not been in force those 2 years).
== Fictional Examples ==
=== Video Games ===
* ''[[Manhunt (series)|Manhunt]]'': Lionel Starkweather was once a famous movie director, and his movies were considered to be decent. But eventually his career came to an end, because what goes up must come down. This would make him sympathetic...but then he started making snuff movies, and got his revenge on the people responsible for the death of his career by making them STAR in those snuff films.
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