yep.
without the showrunner.
Slay-er? Chosen One. She who hangs out a lot in cemeteries? You're kidding. Ask around. Look it up: Slayer comma The.
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le nubian - May 19, 2012 11:56:53 am PDT #5645 of 8624
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
§ ita § - May 19, 2012 12:04:15 pm PDT #5646 of 8624
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I can't follow the logic of that.
I don't understand what you don't understand...instead of ending abruptly with no pre-knowledge of the number of episodes they have, the difference is that they can actually arc and write an ending to the series.
-t - May 19, 2012 12:37:51 pm PDT #5647 of 8624
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
They still don't know for sure how much time they have left. NBC could order more episodes and a rep has been quoted explicitly saying that the 13 episode orders for 30 Rock and Community do not necessarily signify it's the last season for either.
Also, I cannot imagine what a proper ending would be. This season's finale would have been a good series finale. What's to be resolved in 13 episodes? Not that there aren't stories to be told - I want to stay in this universe and see all the stories - but there aren't a ton of loose threads dangling around.
§ ita § - May 19, 2012 12:45:49 pm PDT #5648 of 8624
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
What's to be resolved in 13 episodes?
At the most simple--graduating any or all of them from school seems the most obvious.
But I couldn't have imagined one single episode of this show, so I'm not going to say that any idea of mine is at all relevant. I just think that giving any writing crew a clearer idea of when their last episode is, as well as giving time to work up to it is never a bad thing.
The back half of this season was written (and filmed) into a vacuum. This is less of one.
-t - May 19, 2012 12:52:37 pm PDT #5649 of 8624
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I don't know, if this is what they do in a vacuum, maybe more vacuum is the way to go.
But I think I'm confusing what you originally meant. I was taking "Now they'll have time to end properly" as the motivation for the 13 episode order, which I can't see, but if it is just that having a final 13 episodes will allow for a tidy wrapping up, then I am understanding.
§ ita § - May 19, 2012 2:01:52 pm PDT #5650 of 8624
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Most of the articles I've read have said that the 13 ep order will give them a chance to write to a deliberate end. NBC doesn't give a fuck, but the writers are now afforded that opportunity.
-t - May 19, 2012 2:13:32 pm PDT #5651 of 8624
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
OK. I still don't find that a comforting thought, but I get the concept.
Steph L. - May 19, 2012 2:23:05 pm PDT #5652 of 8624
I look more rad than Lutheranism
What's to be resolved in 13 episodes?
At the most simple--graduating any or all of them from school seems the most obvious.
That, plus Jeff and his dad, which has been teased all 3 seasons. (Though without Harmon, that might be a plot line that's dropped.) Maybe Jeff and Annie will hook up.
§ ita § - May 19, 2012 3:30:08 pm PDT #5653 of 8624
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I think Troy and Britta are more in need of resolution right now. Jeff and Annie are in a stable place right now, as I see it. Troy and Britta are teetering on the edge of something undefined.
Steph L. - May 19, 2012 3:38:20 pm PDT #5654 of 8624
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Oooh, that, too.