" The fan necessitate it in a vocalization so loud I kind of was scared to go against them . ”
Fans are more powerful than we think. Multiple writers have admitted to reading fan theories or ships and reacting on the page — either by disproving or reinforcing them. When the theory or suggestion is adapted, this is sometimes calledascended fanon, described brilliantly by TVTropes. There are loads and loads of exampleson their site, but here are 11 examples where the writers themselves have confirmed it:
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1.Desperate Housewiveswriter and producer Marc Cherry says he changed who Mike married in the show thanks to fan reactions.
2.Fans seemed to have influencedRolling StoneslegendKeith Richards, who plays Captain Teague, being written intoPirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End.
3.Lord of the RingsdirectorPeter Jacksonhas hinted that a previously-unnamed elf only got a speaking role because of the furore he created among fans. It’s not a straight-up admission, to be fair, but we literally cannot think of another way Jackson could have called him by his fan-generated name.
4.Hints that Alex and Olivia are a couple inLaw and Order: Special Victim’s Unit arose because of fan theories, executive producer and head writer Neal Baer says.
5.Okay, she’s not a writer on the show, butCommunityactor Alison Brie (Annie) says she and Joel McHale (Jeff) may have shared some kisses later in the show thanks to fan feedback from their first smooch.
6.Doctor Whois riddled with fan theories that became canon, but showrunner and writer Stephen Moffat made hisownfan theory come true when he wrote a 1995 comment he’d made in a forum into an episode.
7.Rick & Mortywriter and producer Mike McMahan is on a mission to disprove your fan theory.
It ’s no sport if somebody guesses a secret plot of ground line , I ’d rather be surprising than turn up someone think powerful . Also : I ’m a dork .
8.Lokibaited fan theorists with its script, executive producer Kevin Wright says.
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9.Reddit fan theories madeSeverance’s creator Dan Erickson way more careful about sharing plot details in his scripts.
10.Yellowjacketsscript changed so as to blindside fan theorists, co-showrunner Jonathan Lisco says.
11.George R. R. Martin, who wrote theGame of Thronesbooksand scripted some episodesfor the HBO show until season 4, says that he learned to actively avoid fan theories that might “influence” him.
