Made this:
This is perfect!
If the writers, actors and crew don’t genuinely feel as excited about the story they are telling now, versus the one they started in S1,well I can’t imagine any of them would (except maybe RC because he strikes me as someone who ‘s too established to care that much about Hollywood politics) feel like saying it. That’s not how you stay employed in this industry, and there’s so many examples of people who tried to be critical of the shows they were on, or backdoor politics in Hollywood who ultimately negatively impacted their own careers. So whatever is happening in the show, whether planned or not, desired or not–no one is ever going to say anything to get on someone else’s bad side, not without some clear example of outrageous behavior (like that guy on Two and a Half Men, Charlie Sheen)–or until its water under the bridge and the show is over, and its not like the actor involved fears reprisals would matter.
There seems to have been less passion in general from the cast on Twitter in recent times IMO. Whether or not there’s legit discontent, like you say, we won’t hear about that now, if we ever do, it won’t be until the show is long over. I know a couple of them have said in interviews how they really enjoy when they get to do the character stuff, subtly implying that they prefer that over the plot based stuff. I seem to recall an interview with Ginny where she was talking about how in S3 she and JMo were looking forward to exploring the more emotional side of their relationship, because it had been brushed over a bit in S2. I dunno that any of the actors, (like you say, with the possible exception of RC) would feel that they were in a position to raise their concerns directly with the writers, in an attempt to have things adjusted. We do know that MRJ for one questioned the writers and had them explain things to him, but that’s a bit different than one of them straight up saying that they don’t like the direction their character is going, they’re getting less satisfaction from playing it, and can things perhaps change please. I can just imagine that Colin must have been excited for the couple of times this season where he got to play that douchebag pirate he signed on to play, with the BB stuff and the Past!Hook in the finale stuff. Must have been a nice change from what he’s been having to do for the most part.
Fandom is about finding people who love what you love. It’s about finding someone in Israel who has the same reaction to Milo Ventimiglia’s bottom lip, or someone in Singapore who will share in your Downton Abbey geekery, or someone in Michigan who knows what you mean when you can’t express your emotions beyond “!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.”
I love that they just randomly pulled three locations out of a hat, and those locations totally fit for people I’ve got to know (and actually meet) through my other big fandom.