Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-1255374-20161102000701/@comment-16581186-20161124221521

Yoshimickster wrote: I also want to point out that making the fourth season was giving into fan demands, Ron and Kim getting together was a writing decision based on the flow of the story. Also fan-demand giving isn't always pandering, sometimes the fans understand the characters better than the writers and then that ends up going BACK to the series, and making it great. Also with Apritello, I really don't think it would be pandering given they have WAY better chemisty as a couple than say Casey and April. Mirage Casey and April, OH YOU BETTER BELIEVE-BUT-this IS an elseworld story after all.

FINAL NOTE-I...was okay with Jason Todd's death, in terms of a tragedy. His ressurection into the unfunny Deadpool though...yeah.

Truth.

That is also very true. That's exactly why I say pay attention to social media. You get loyal fan input there. They could actually come up with awesome ideas for the show that the writers wouldn't have thought of otherwise. I totally get that pleasing your audience is the top priority and that is largely done by giving them what they want, which I'm all for.

HOWEVER, my point was that there are sometimes in fiction where the fans don't really know what they want. Like, do you remember how much crud Ben Affleck's casting for Batman was getting over a year before BvS? It turned out he was the best part of the movie, and people want more of him and are hyped for that solo film. Sometimes fans think they want something, but what they really want is to see what it looks like on screen, but if it stays permanent, they'll probably wish they never said anything "cough cough" (Trump voters).

THE POINT IS- if the fans heavily demand it, give it to 'em, they  deserve the light of day at the very least if fans want it that much. But don't put out a freakin' survey. If the fandom is that divided to the point where that becomes necessary, you're better off sticking to your guns.

And agreed on Apritello. There is good REASON that fans ship. Well, because the  first because the writers ship them. Apritello has been a thing since episode one, on Donnie's side at least. And exactly, it seems as if Casey is out of the loop completely now as the writers have severely slowed down on their shipping moments together. It really feels like this "love triangle" thing was just a 2 or 3 episode thing. But Apritello is in it... prominently. Whether the writers decide to follow it up or drop it completely is to be determined at this point.

And LOL, finally I hear someone compare his mask to Deadpool's. You have no idea how many times I got them mixed up. Yeah I was ok with Todd's death too. His new Red Hood persona... not the best. But at least we don't have to see him palling around with Batman much anymore, unlike his dickish bratty son Damien Wayne (worst thing they ever did to Teen Titans was get rid of Grayson and Vic and make him leader imo). Back to Red Hood, I don't hate him. He's just there, to me. Though I really hate that now he's in some love triangle with Starfire and Roy. Dang, why does Star have to be such a nympho XP