Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-26247132-20160223183610/@comment-26164766-20160404100432

TheDragonair wrote: Alycia is a new actress and she is a woman who lives inside an industry that's man-controlled still or worst producer controlled. She can't really voice a disdain without putting her career at risk. Why do you think big actors start talking about problems they had on set AFTER they become big shots? Even if Alycia wasn't pleased with this, she wasn't be able to say so for another decade or so. I've seen the same comment somewhere, I don't remember either, but it is very true. However, I do think she is handling it extremely well and manages to give answers which are thoughtful, considerate, sensitive, but not disrespectful to the show either. I'm guessing she will become a big shot sooner than we think.

Nonetheless, somebody (Skyzy?) mentioned that the show is now down to only a few sponsors? That was quick, like a week ago, I think, it was only Maybelline who dropped the100 and since the fans didn't target specifically the sponsors with their tweets. Sooo I'm wondering if it happened partially due to Maybelline publicly taking a stand and partially due to the ongoing social media war? or was there something else that I've missed?

Which reminds me, did you guys realize that there is a new article if not two basically every single day about this mess? I think that is pretty amazing. Like have you seen the response  of one of the executives of TVD? Perhaps change is in the air?

"Julie Plec did apologize to fans for the decision to kill off the two lesbian Heretics. During her column with Entertainment Weekly[...] she said that the trope was one she and the writers were initially unaware of until recently. By this point, the story had been written, scenes had been shot, and there was no going back. She also defended the decision as on The Vampire Diaries there are very few characters that do stay alive; unless it is one of the main characters that dies and somehow comes back. However, she did go on to say that with this trope—something she should have found herself falling into with The Originals with the decision to kill Aiden in Season 2—and the discussion, it does encourage her to introduce more LGBT characters on the show and thanks the fans for raising awareness to the current problem on TV."