Can fans ruin a character for you?

[Sage Ninja]

Have you ever started to dislike a character from a piece of fiction/media because the fans of that character got on your nerves? Like say you enjoy a show or movie and you really like a certain character. But after interacting with the fan base who also like the same character and they are either really unhinged about their how much they like a character, or they defend their favorite character even when the character does questionable things to an unreasonable degree?

I will admit that this is not a very mature response, running into obnoxious fan boys/girls shouldn't affect how you feel about a character you like, but I have noticed that on occasion how unsufferable fans can be can sour me a bit on a character. Especially if they are diehard fans defending a morally gray character to the point where they can't be objective about the character at all, and worse of all start bashing other characters and fans who like them. Or a very popular character who has become so big in the fandom that they basically want the whole narrative to revolve around them, and they become intolerant of any other characters getting any focus.

I actually went through a brief time all the way back in 2007 when the Imagi CGI ninja turtle's movie came out where I started to dislike Raphael just a little bit because a few Raphael fans I came across (not necessarily on this board) where being rude about the role he played in the movie's plot and how he should have had a bigger role. It took me stepping back from the fans that were irritating me and rewatching scenes with Raph to remind me of why I thought he was a great character.

Has something like happened to anyone else? Can how other fans sour you on a character but how they act about the character?