If you follow the Supernatural stars on Twitter, you may have seen their comments regarding a hate campaign against Misha Collins. But Supernatural fans worldwide have been taking action to stop it.
No one is really sure how or why IHMCD (I Hate Misha Collins Day) started, but that hasn’t stopped fans from taking action against the haters who have been campaigning to get Misha Collins fired from Supernatural by tweeting and emailing The CW network.
Nope, it doesn’t make any sense to us, either.
The IHMCD tried to declare May 31 the “official Hate Misha Collins day.” The Twitter account IHMCD has been suspended, presumably following repeated reportings by fans, but not before getting the attention of Jim Beaver, who decided to spread the word rather than ignore it. He has been tweeting about the campaign:
A handful of dipwads is trying to get Misha Collins fired. A lot more people are focusing their energy on humanitarian causes. Them I like.
— Jim Beaver (@jumblejim) May 30, 2012
It’s a bunch of dweeb folk with jealousy & spite as their guidelines. Forget ’em.Go do a random act of good today.Tell ’em Misha sent u!
— Jim Beaver (@jumblejim) May 30, 2012
BTW, I’m certain Misha laughs this stuff off. He’s got his head screwed on straight. He’d probably be amused at my attempt to defend him. :)
— Jim Beaver (@jumblejim) May 30, 2012
Countless Supernatural fans have been replying with messages of love for Beaver, Collins and the cast, and even Richard Speight Jr. (Gabriel) expressed his solidarity in a funny response to a fan:
Won’t work. Trust me. I tried for ages. “@xRosesandThorns: You hear people are trying to get Misha fired by tweetingthe CW tomorrow?”
— Richard Speight, Jr. (@dicksp8jr) May 31, 2012
Even Misha Collins himself has responded to it, in his usual offhand manner (and we of course hope this is indeed the attitude he is approaching this with):
Some jerks are trying to get me fired but it’s not gonna be easy because I’ve got seniority at the gas station where I’m working these days.
— Misha Collins (@mishacollins) May 31, 2012
Even though Misha Collins is in the public eye and is hopefully able to laugh this off, this hate campaign is of course absolutely uncalled for. But since yesterday, fans have been tweeting their support to both Jim Beaver and Misha Collins, and the anti-hate campaign hashtag #WeLoveMishaCollins has been trending on and off on Twitter.
While this group of fans (however small or large) may try their campaign again today, it is probably not something that any Castiel fans need to worry about. It not not likely that the network will take it seriously; after all, as Jim Beaver says:
@Nunney2584 That’s the other point. Nobody’s getting “fired” because a bunch of dorks send emails asking the network to fire him. #realworld
— Jim Beaver (@jumblejim) May 30, 2012