Among other things I liked @JennyENicholson's brony video for looking at this odd dynamic today where the fandom of serialized media will go back and influence the ongoing original, often in aesthetically unhealthy ways perhaps.
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For example someone I know who watched "Game Of Thrones" reaction videos without having seen the show (I also have not so this is a bad example all around) was rather confused as to why a particular fight scene lasted half the episode and got the loudest response.
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And AFAIK this only makes sense if you not only watch the show but also know that "Cleganebowl" became a free-floating meme for...no reason?
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See also of course...essentially everything about TROS being some kind of desperate attempt to placate one or another fandom faction.
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I don't envy creators, they're in a bind. A lot of people expect that consuming media these days is more of a two-way active relationship than a passive process. But I don't know if it always helps the work.
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EG I haven't really followed this, but didn't the cast of "Supergirl" get in some controversy for mocking and rejecting the fandom's Supergirl/Lena Luthor shipping? I mean I get it but like, the cast/creators are trying to tell their own story, I can see why they'd be annoyed.
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Are you sure this is a new phenomenon? Off the top of my head, the Beatles wrote Glass Onion making fun of the Paul is Dead conspiracy. George Lucas changed ROTJ to be an upbeat conclusion (rather than continuing with 7-9) after the darker ESB underperformed relative to ANH
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They brought in John of Patmos to add Revelation to the Bible after criticism that the New Testament was too "touchy-feely"
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Replying to @Pinboard @xenocryptsite
Didn’t Shakespeare write Hamlet to win the favor of the new king?
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