I'm with you about toxic fandoms. People should be allowed to like/have their favorite characters, actors, ships, and they should also have their dislikes of characters, actors, ships, etc.. That's what makes us all unique and have our personal interests.

I got into Supernatural late. I had two LJ friends tell me about it and then I forgot about it. Then I went to our Motor City Comic Con and saw all these people flocking, sitting in, and taking pictures of the Impala. We wondered what was the sudden interest and then I read it was from Supernatural the show I had forgotten about and knew the guy from Gilmore Girls was in it. So a few years ago I started watching it and I liked it. I'm currently on season 10. I didn't like season 9 with the whole Metatron storyline. I like they're back to hunting in season 10.