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[ash48]

I am considering (considering) opening a topic for discussion on whether destiel will become canon in the show sometime soon.

What do you think?

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[quickreaver.livejournal.com]

I felt a lot of fanservicing going on the last episode, all 'round. It was kinda ham-fisted, to be perfectly honest. I've always been a huge proponent of the writers telling the story they want to tell. Maybe that's why I get a little disgruntled when fans try to push an agenda, any agenda.

I work as a professional creative, though, so I understand it when a client wants me to paint something a certain way. They're paying my check. But do we, as a vast fandom, have the right to insist characters are played the way we want them to be? Especially when it's hardly a consensus?

I haven't liked everything about the show, by any stretch, but I respect the show runner's right to guide the project the way he/she decides.

[growyourwings.livejournal.com]

I agree. It's sometimes fun to have a show acknowledge something fandom wants. But in the long run (as I think we've seen in recent years on this show), it dilutes the story. I think it was Kripke who once said that he tried to stay away from a lot of online fan conversations because he didn't want it to unduly influence his storytelling (but perhaps I've misremembered and it was some other writer/showrunner who said that.)

[quickreaver.livejournal.com]

I think it's INCREDIBLY important to filter what you take in, on-line. Surround yourself with people you trust, not anonymous masses of internet opinions.

The viewership speaks by watching or NOT watching a show. Sending as ass-ton of feathers to the home office of a show, in the hopes of getting a meatier storyline for your favorite character, is not the way to go about it.

At the end of the day, you have to stay genuine to what you've created, and yourself. It's that simple.