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This seems to me, to be the phrasing that tells what is and isn't allowable per Jim's proposal:
This only includes cast additions or departures that occur over summer hiatus only (not midseason) . Any plot points related to the character's (not the actor's) arrival or departure are to be treated as spoilers. The Main Cast are those characters who appear in the opening credits."
In other words
- Only changes that occur during the summer hiatus
- No plot points are allowed
Oh also, although it's not in the bit I excerpted above - in the proposal there is the bit about it being thread-show specific. So you can only talk about the Angel main cast in the Angel thread, not in Bitches, not in Buffy, not in Firefly, etc.
It seems to me, this boils down to whether or not we can approach a new season, acknowledging who makes up the man cast of a given series, right?
That is my understanding, but I would extend it to the woman cast too.
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I liked the "Upfront" language because it was specific. I was intending to add a sentence or two below the proposal explaining what the Upfronts were. But I can go either way.
I only take issue with that, if it is going to be a quibbling point, later on. In other words, if they ink DB, AD, and AA before the upfronts are announced, and don't ink JAR til the next day, do we have to spend the summer pretending JAR isn't coming back?
(All actors' initials are hypothetical.)
That is my understanding, but I would extend it to the woman cast too.
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Any plot points related to the character's (not the actor's) arrival or departure are to be treated as spoilers.
Ok, a little late here, and I think I get it, but if DB were leaving
Angel
because he was pregnant, we couuld talk about the circumstances of DB leaving, but NOT the plot devices used to make Angel leave in the how.
Right?
(Circumstance chosen because I'm relatively sure it is not spoilery.)
Right?
Right.
We can't talk about how they're being written in or out. We can say that AD left a life of show-business to kidnap me and take me to a secluded, remote, but well-appointed island retreat.
And by "me", of course, Cindy means
me.
if DB were leaving Angel because he was pregnant,
If he were, I would hope that the National Enquirer got called at some point!
And by "me", of course, Cindy means me.
*checks sword*
*doesn't have sword to check*
Nope. I don't think so, girlfriend.
I only take issue with that, if it is going to be a quibbling point, later on.
I just want it to be as exact as possible, with no room for arguing what does or doesn't fit. I think the earlier language does that better. But that's Jim's call, I guess.
