Are fandoms the problem?

In Still Flying: Writing as Participatory Activism Circulating Across the Firefly Verse written by Liza Potts. She examined the relationship between fan culture and producers. This article talks about a show called Firefly which only aired for three months. Firefly had a massive following before the show even aired. Fans created their versions of the “Jayne hat” and sold on them on Etsy. Century Fox got copyrights for Firefly, which meant crease-and-dease letters were sent out to the creators. Potts creates ethos by establishing herself as a credible source by demonstrating knowledge on both sides and citing credible sources to support her findings. She creates pathos by showcasing the fandom's frustration of big companies taking advantage of creators when it benefits them.  Potts showed logos by talking about other fandoms that have experienced the same blockage to Firefly fans. Fans’ activities can be positive and bring huge awareness to a single franchise. With that, they can also be negative by harming the show due to greedy producers. They unite and help each other. Harming big companies from making any profit from them, because they later realized the profit they could have made. Potts' article sheds light between companies and fandoms that continue on today.