Joss Whedon Has Left Twitter, But James Gunn Has His Back

Joss Whedon deleted his Twitter account yesterday, and I initially thought it was because he was finished promoting Avengers: Age of Ultron and he just wanted to take a well-deserved break, relax, and spend his time doing something else other than messing around online. That may be the case, but now I'm seeing talk that death threats and harassment may have played a part in his exit from the social media platform, which is a real shame. The same thing happened to former LOST showrunner Damon Lindelof after the series finale of Breaking Bad, when Lindelof received an overwhelming number of tweets from people who, in pretty volatile ways, basically said "Now THAT'S how you end a TV show!" Some people are apparently really pissed off with how Whedon handled Black Widow's character in Age of Ultron, so they decided to make death threats because of it. Great job, guys. Real smart move.

If you hated Avengers: Age of Ultron, that sucks. I'm sorry you didn't enjoy it. But making death threats to the writer/director, a guy who's clearly had a tough time making this gigantic film and battled the studio on a number of topics just to get the film made? Do you really think that's going to do any good?

Guardians of the Galaxy director James Gunn took to Facebook to stand up for Whedon, and it's a post worth reading in full. Keep in mind — this is important — that Gunn never says that we aren't allowed to criticize Whedon's film or have a discussion about its perceived shortcomings. Read the entire piece below:

Imagine being a guy, like Joss Whedon, who has committed his life to fandom and to creating the best characters he...

Posted by James Gunn on Tuesday, May 5, 2015