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Certain old/veteran fans have gotten entitled and harsh to new fans coming in by calling them "LARPers" (Note: a misused term that used to mean Live Action Role Play, now gentrified to mean "someone who is pretending") and won't even bother to guide the new fans so they can learn about their new interests. (Ex. For my partner and friends who aren't fans yet, I made an imperfect guide in my notepad for them with lots of wikis, YouTube videos, and posts I could find to best explain)

New "fans" who flooded in have gotten entitled and are acting like they're the literal law, policing others (oddly enough mainly Black and POC fans) over headcanons, art, writing, and bringing their Popular Kid mentality in a space that was originally for the dubbed "weird/nice" kids.

It's really exhausting really and it's making people afraid to even engage when these types of people exist to ruin it.

Honestly, what I suggest for these two archetypes:

If you feel people are mischaracterizing your favorite character or a piece of media like a game, show, and movie, instead of being an asshole you could instead: explain nicely as to why it isn't accurate or partially wrong, or if you can't do that you could give them a link to a wiki, YouTube video explaining, or a post of the official confirmation.

If you feel a headcanon is wrong or inaccurate or "weird," block. No one has time for your whining. Unless it's something gross and outrageous (Nazi, pedo, proship, etc... which are all valid to call out), move on.

If you feel someone is "LARPing" (aka, may be misremembering details or guessing), help them understand. It's not that hard.

If you manage not to do ANY of these three things... don't interact with the fandom at all and just enjoy it by yourself and/or with friends.