It is just that one can stray into the error of thinking things are
intentional when they were not and then the analysis can become almost a
conspiracy theory, straying over into tin-hatted craziness. I saw that in
Buffy fandom with people who seemed to seriously believe that things which
occurred in season 7 had been planned for and foreshadowed in season 1.
Something in S7 might carry on a theme that had been in existence and
evolving since S1, but only a writer of absolute genius (and supreme
confidence in their ability to get renewed) would have planned that far
ahead.
Exactly. While there is evidence in interviews and commentary that Whedon
knew the ending of S5 from around S2 or 3. He didn't from S1.
And he isn't that type of writer, he writes intuitively, he's not a
planner/plotter like the guy who did Babylon 5. He makes it up as he goes,
you can sort of tell. And most television writers do it that way, they have
to. The medium doesn't lend itself well for planners, you can get cancelled
halfway through your plot arc -- which is what happened to Farscape,
Babylon 5 and now Sense8.
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Re: Bill = Will = Agency
Date: 2 Jun 2017 12:47 pm (UTC)It is just that one can stray into the error of thinking things are intentional when they were not and then the analysis can become almost a conspiracy theory, straying over into tin-hatted craziness. I saw that in Buffy fandom with people who seemed to seriously believe that things which occurred in season 7 had been planned for and foreshadowed in season 1. Something in S7 might carry on a theme that had been in existence and evolving since S1, but only a writer of absolute genius (and supreme confidence in their ability to get renewed) would have planned that far ahead.
Exactly. While there is evidence in interviews and commentary that Whedon knew the ending of S5 from around S2 or 3. He didn't from S1. And he isn't that type of writer, he writes intuitively, he's not a planner/plotter like the guy who did Babylon 5. He makes it up as he goes, you can sort of tell. And most television writers do it that way, they have to. The medium doesn't lend itself well for planners, you can get cancelled halfway through your plot arc -- which is what happened to Farscape, Babylon 5 and now Sense8.