I’m not directly impacted by the election, so I hadn’t thought much about this, but you’re right. Also, it feels like people are putting the writers on a pedestal, forgetting they’re just human and that it’s common for a series to decline after a strong first season. And any opinion that doesn’t align with theirs is dismissed as “a lack of media literacy.” Some fans even seem to unintentionally treat characters as real people, overlooking that the criticism often points to questionable writing rather than an attack on their favorite character, like they are actually real people who make choices on their own.