Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-16103541-20170221044919/@comment-26431570-20170429024515

Gilgameshkun wrote:

MiwandSplinterfan1 wrote:

I already know I'm crazy, I don't need you to add to it okay? I don't think you're crazy. You're just an enthusiastic fan who was snagged by some fantastic plot coupons that they ultimately did not redeem to their fullest potential.

I've come to realize that is very common with TV show production&mdash;rapidly rotating writers and rapidly changing priorities of production, and that's especially true when a show is or becomes merchandise-driven. When an otherwise profitable show loses its overarching myth arc, it can become a wooden overly-episodic franchise zombie that will constantly let down existing fans wanting to see the conclusion of their favorite plots. But because of the nature of the industry, no plot is guaranteed to endure up to two years, because the standard expectation is that there's a complete turnover of the target audience every two years, so there's not necessarily a merchandise-buying audience to remember them. The first and second seasons? They no longer commercially exist&mdash;there's not necessarily any profit motive to keep appealing to the target audiences that watched them, because they're no longer the target audiences, even if they're still watching. Not only that; the showrunners may now start retooling and recycling plots and characters from over two years ago and pass them off as brand new, because enough of the target audience genuinely won't remember.

As an enthusiastic fan, you of course will remember. That's where the world of fan expression takes over areas that showrunners have abandoned. The best hope you have for a resolution to your favorite plot may ultimately be in someone's fanart and fanfiction, because you can't count on the showrunners to ever acknowledge the plot's existence again. Thanks...:)...not that you're the one who I was talking to but it really does help none the less. I guess its just that Splinter is like the father I've always wanted but never really, truly, got. So when he died, it seemed (in a crazy way) that my own dad died...