[But even more so, my heart breaks at the thought that this could be the message of the show: That you can do untold harm, face no consequences other than some speechifying about how it hurts YOU to have done so much harm, and still be rewarded. Your sins forgiven. Because … why? Because the actor who plays you is married to the actress who plays your victim? Is that seriously and truly what I am hearing from the writers’ camp? IS THAT FOR REAL?]
I think that's exactly what you're hearing. Not so much because the actor and actress are married, but because HBO is a money-making business, plain and simple. They've racked up all the dollars they're going to make on Alexander Skarsgard, Joe M., etc. Those folks have moved on to bigger and better projects not affiliated with HBO. All HBO has left of TB is their new production venture with Stephen and Anna, and they're going to use the final season of TB to try to build awareness and interest in it, even if it means giving the shaft to the viewers' favorite characters and writing a "happy" ending for 2 characters who have no business in the same room together, much less living happily ever after in domestic bliss!
Sigh. You are probably right. And I know I shouldn't be surprised, but it's just so inconceivable to me that this is the way they chose to do it. At the expense of the current project. It's so cold and calculating and I get that it's a business, but from the business stand point, they are not doing themselves that many favors. Because a lot of people lost a lot of trust in this team. Including the leads. If they were planning on capitalizing on something, it's backfiring.
But it would explain the sudden "LOOK! ANNA AND STEPHEN ARE MARRIED!" media blitz that has been happening lately. Like they just got together. Like they haven't been married and like it hadn't mattered to the show for the past 5 years. Sigh.
Anyway, thank you. This might make it a bit easier for me to disengage. It's such a craptastic reason to butcher a narrative, it makes the heartbreak turn into anger. Anger can lead to detachment.
I think that's exactly what you're hearing. Not so much because the actor and actress are married, but because HBO is a money-making business, plain and simple. They've racked up all the dollars they're going to make on Alexander Skarsgard, Joe M., etc. Those folks have moved on to bigger and better projects not affiliated with HBO. All HBO has left of TB is their new production venture with Stephen and Anna, and they're going to use the final season of TB to try to build awareness and interest in it, even if it means giving the shaft to the viewers' favorite characters and writing a "happy" ending for 2 characters who have no business in the same room together, much less living happily ever after in domestic bliss!
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But it would explain the sudden "LOOK! ANNA AND STEPHEN ARE MARRIED!" media blitz that has been happening lately. Like they just got together. Like they haven't been married and like it hadn't mattered to the show for the past 5 years. Sigh.
Anyway, thank you. This might make it a bit easier for me to disengage. It's such a craptastic reason to butcher a narrative, it makes the heartbreak turn into anger. Anger can lead to detachment.
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