Based of dreyga2000's Rescue from Scrappy Heap post

When the audience hates this character, but the creator loves him/her and gives him/her more focus, engages in Character Shilling, etc. This usually makes the character even more hated. (ie. Felicity Smoak in Arrow)


Damian Wayne was a major source to this for a while especially fans couldn't stand his snide attitude but later Character Development would start rescued from scrappy heap but Damian in the Animated films however.}

Kyle Rayner was a major creator's pet in the 90's since Hal Jordan's Face Heel Turn thanks to character shilling, a decade later and a number of those fans are now writers/editors for DC, and they promptly retcon the heel turn and restore Hal to being GL Numero Uno - and now must shill him to the fan base who grew up with Kyle and are upset with him getting booted down - and John Stewart as described above.