Board Thread:False Info and Speculative Discussion/@comment-4753851-20140909163244/@comment-6383956-20140912034903

See, I loved True Blood at first but around season 5 (I think?) I felt they lost their way. They started having plotlines that never interconnected with the other stories (as cool as that ifrit story was, it was an island to itself) and Bill became like... a worse and worse person that the show kept trying to make me care about.... and I was disappointed that with all the exploration of Sookie's fairy heritage, they never touched on Jason's (in the books, the way he's irresistible to women is ultimately attributed to that).

But I enjoyed, as someone who's read all but the last two books of the series it was based on, seeing the things that overlapped with the books and the changes they made, reimagining their own version of the world.

ANYWAYS, back on topic, if I may... I think, when they began Teen Wolf, they thought "silly series about werewolves no one is going to take seriously!" They knew, or hoped, to have more than one season. But they weren't expecting it to be the hit that it is, or to have a fandom that takes it so seriously. And I think they've been struggling to find a common ground between what their original vision was (if you can really call it a vision) and what the show was suddenly expected to live up to. And, in the mean time, having an ever-shifting cast (through no real fault of their own but possibly the fault of the legal team that draws up the contracts) has not helped them at all. At least some of the things they had planned they had to scrap, and they had to introduce new characters to make up for the characters they had to replace. I do sympathize, I think Teen Wolf's been in a tough position.

But I'll also agree with DManCo that I think they rush to put too many ideas in the show all at once. I'd also say, I think they view the show as less of a character-focused show and more of a plot-heavy, lots-of-twists kind of show.... which would be fine if the cast weren't making their characters so intriguing (which is an actor's job, so kudos to the casting department even if it kind of shoots them in the foot. :P) It also means Jeff and his writing team are more concerned about jaw dropping moments than continuity, which is bothersome to me as well.