The past few months have been an emotional rollercoaster for DC fans. The year 2022 has been interesting to say the least, with events like the appointment of James Gunn and Peter Safran as the leaders of DC Studios, Black Adam’s poor box office performance, the cancellation of Wonder Woman 3, and Henry Cavill’s announcement that he won’t be playing Superman again. As a result, many fans have expressed their sentiments on social media, and as you can expect, rage and vitriol have rapidly followed. Particularly toward Gunn and Safran. Now that the keyboard warriors have taken control of DC Studios in late October, Gunn has retaliated against all of them.
Gunn wrote: “One of the things Peter & I were aware of when we accepted the position as leaders of DC Studios was a certain number of folks online who could be, well, raucous & cruel, to put it mildly.” Gunn shared this on both Twitter and Instagram. “Our decisions for the DCU are based on what we feel is best for the plot & best for the DC characters who have been around for almost 85 years,” the Suicide Squad director would go on to declare. These decisions are made with sincerity, honesty, and always with the tale in mind, thus they may or may not be excellent. He will conclude by denouncing the hatred in his post:
Sadly, the DC predicament has served as yet another shining example of the worst that toxic fandom has to offer when it was revealed that Cavill wouldn’t be playing Superman again. It’s still an issue that’s becoming worse in the entertainment business, but to Gunn’s credit, he keeps handling DC fandom like a pro. The daunting job of reversing the declining trend of the DC Universe was assigned to Gunn and Safran. Whatever your opinion of the so-called “Snyderverse,” it was a film series with a low rate of success. A lot of the DC movies in the current timeline, except from Wonder Woman and Aquaman, didn’t do well at the box office. The DC brand was damaged by the previous Warner Bros administration’s publicity efforts, such as the hybrid release of Wonder Woman 1984 during
