Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-27913839-20160415125957/@comment-16845200-20160415131722

1. this has been explained in many places before. this is the last time i will say it: fiction reflects reality. media does not exist in a vacuum. media and entertainment influence and touch and affect real life, even if no one cares to admit it. most people don't realize how engraved media's messages have become in our subconscious. it doesn't matter that these characters being killed off are fictional. it doesn't matter that they're not real, because the people who experience them and relate to them and connect to them are very real.

2. yes, the target demographic is 18 - 49. however, you cannot ignore the large number of younger viewers who are also watching the show and were, for the most part, the ones who promoted the show and its most vocal fans. you cannot ignore them and toss them aside like the 100 did.

3. the reason why i spend time on something that "so clearly upsets" me is because i want to see change on my screen and i don't want to see myself dying of misguided, stupid tropes every single time i turn it on.

thanks for your time.