| * The prevalence of [[stage gay]] in [[bandom]] has caused a lot of tinhatting, from the whole constructed lore of [[Summer of Like]] to [[Ferard]]. [[Ryden]] fans are also known to be quite tinhat-y. | | * The prevalence of [[stage gay]] in [[bandom]] has caused a lot of tinhatting, from the whole constructed lore of [[Summer of Like]] to [[Ferard]]. [[Ryden]] fans are also known to be quite tinhat-y. |
− | * During the filming of [[The Untamed]], a series of close events led some fans (tinhats and not-tinhats) to speculate that the actors [[Xiao Zhan]] and [[Wang Yibo]] they had a relationship short of friendship. Comments were even disseminated on public and private websites, stating that they were both dating and that their co-worker, [[Meng Ziyi]] would be "getting in the way of the ship", which ended up harming his career. Fanfics were even produced, and one of them was reported to the Chinese government, [[Blocking of AO3 in China|which led to the banning of AO3 from the country]]. Some fans claimed that after the imbroglio, the actors began to behave more discreetly, avoiding appearing together in order to avoid further comments. {{main|Wang Yibo/Xiao Zhan}} | + | * During the filming of [[The Untamed]], a series of close events led some fans (tinhats and not-tinhats) to speculate that the actors [[Xiao Zhan]] and [[Wang Yibo]] they had a relationship short of friendship. Comments were even disseminated on public and private websites, stating that they were both dating and that their co-worker, [[Meng Ziyi]] would be "getting in the way of the ship", which ended up harming his career. Fanfics were even produced, and one of them was reported to the Chinese government, [[Blocking of AO3 in China|which led to the banning of AO3 from the country]]. Some fans claimed that after the imbroglio, the actors began to behave more discreetly, avoiding appearing together in order to avoid further comments. See more in [[Wang Yibo/Xiao Zhan]]. |