heh, as yet another person who has watched maybe 15 minutes of SPN total, this is fascinating.
I wonder if the show's length of service didn't work against it, in this case? Like I'm not sure what the market research actually looked like, and am spitballing here, but the whole TV business has changed SO much since SPN debuted, I really wonder what slice of the audience stuck around after what seems like the peak of the fandom activity about a decade ago. (correct me if I'm wrong?) I could see an argument where the audience that would appreciate a canonical Destiel ending fled long ago for queerer pastures, and the audience that stuck around might be more ambivalent about the whole idea, and so it was a choice between alienating the more vocal (but not necessarily more tuned-in) audience and the more loyal (but not necessarily good at hyping up the show) audience. But I could be 100% wrong in my spitball aim.
ANYWAY it is good to hear from you. I have been busy publishing a thing.
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I wonder if the show's length of service didn't work against it, in this case? Like I'm not sure what the market research actually looked like, and am spitballing here, but the whole TV business has changed SO much since SPN debuted, I really wonder what slice of the audience stuck around after what seems like the peak of the fandom activity about a decade ago. (correct me if I'm wrong?) I could see an argument where the audience that would appreciate a canonical Destiel ending fled long ago for queerer pastures, and the audience that stuck around might be more ambivalent about the whole idea, and so it was a choice between alienating the more vocal (but not necessarily more tuned-in) audience and the more loyal (but not necessarily good at hyping up the show) audience. But I could be 100% wrong in my spitball aim.
ANYWAY it is good to hear from you. I have been busy publishing a thing.
also whispers SHINee's back (for now)