In Angel season 1, was Doyle leaving and Wesley coming on advertised ahead of time? That's the sort of main-credits-casting-spoiler I definitely would not have wanted to read about here ahead of time.
Xander ,'Empty Places'
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(Moving this down, since there were so many posts made while I was editing:)
[edit: It didn't make it into the wording posted at the beginning of this discussion, but there was some suggestion that we apply this new spoiler definition only to changes made over the summer. So, Wesley leaving the show after S4 = not spoilery. Buffy being added to the regular cast midseason = spoiler.]
and should be discussed in the show threads
I'd amend this to say "may be discussed," 'cuz I don't like being told what I SHOULD do.
'cuz I don't like being told what I SHOULD do.
Gandalfe, you WILL go discuss William Shatner joining the cast of Angel, and you will do it NOW!
No?
Damn.
I don't think it will ruin anything for anyone as long as no one also give away story spoilers with the casting like "I just read on TheWB site that Xander is joining the cast of Angel to fix and marry Cordelia!"
Wrod. I would suggest adding to the proposal something along the lines of: "Any plot points related to the character's (not the actor's) arrival or departure are to be treated as spoilers."
In Angel season 1, was Doyle leaving and Wesley coming on advertised ahead of time? That's the sort of main-credits-casting-spoiler I definitely would not have wanted to read about here ahead of time.
No, not that I recall.
And I wouldn't want to know (if I wasn't a ho) about, say AB's addition in Seeing Red, or Lorne's last season.
But if AB had been added to the credits before S6? That I'd like to have discussed.
Did we discuss Fred prior to S3?
t edit Between Pylea and S3, once we knew Fred would be a regular, did we discuss her in the main Angel thread? Because that's exactly the kind of situation this proposal covers.
Between Pylea and S3, once we knew Fred would be a regular, did we discuss her in the main Angel thread? Because that's exactly the kind of situation this proposal covers.
I believe we did.
What Jess PMoon said.
Also?
Part of me wants to request that we split this question in half, with one question concerning summer additions to the cast, and a separate one concerning summer departures.
I want this, because I'm not entirely sure the "additions" one won't be rejected, but I find it patently ridiculous that we can't openly discuss someone who left after the old season ended, but before the new one begins. When that happens, the actor is not going to be playing a character on the show, and so it is not spoiling the show in any way. I am frustrated, because this unspoiler banning means it is impossible to talk about the ME cast plans outside of ME projects. Now, for example, if AD signed on to Law and Order, I'd be as likely to watch that, as I would to watch a Whedon or Minear show, but as it stands now, we can't discuss it outside of a spoiler thread.
Part of me wants to request that we split this question in half, with one question concerning summer additions to the cast, and a separate one concerning summer departures.
As much as I hate complicating simple things, this may be a worthy idea.
[And dude, that sounded way snottier than I intended it to -- I'm sorry. What I meant was, this is probably a good idea, in spite of the fact that it makes the proposal and vote slightly more complicated.]