re: Mods -> Actually, CrowKenobi and others were active on the boards during the series and seem to like the characters quite much. So it ain't that. The possibility that their mod power has gone to their head also is not that unlikely, I've seem some mods who treat their board as their personal fiefdom.
But it seems most likely that they have singled us out as a troublespot and are especially heavy-handed due to this. I don't know what the heck started this, however, as I said we were mostly calm during the last half year. And even before that it was mostly people responding to LMKs long-winded stuff.
re: Aya Endo -> I am not seeing how asking how Sheryl would change over the next years would provoke a negative reaction. Without context, her comment could just as well have been jesting. So I don't think that she'll be bitter about her role as Sheryl. She seems to have plenty of other jobs since Frontier, though not in as high-profile roles or as good series.