We all have characters that we either love or hate in movies, tv and comic books. Unfortunately for certain characters, that "we" includes the people writing for and working on them. As a result, they could end up in bad storylines, ignored entirely or even killed off. Here is an article that explains what I mean: https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.p...n/CreatorsPest.
Another example: Dawson Leery on Dawson's Creek. That's right, the main character got the shaft in favor of Joey Potter, who was supposed to be his love interest!