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    Notes to writers and producers.

    IF👏 YOU👏 MAKE👏 AN👏 ADAPTATION👏 THAT👏 IS👏 FAITHFUL👏 TO👏 THE👏 ORIGINAL,👏 YOU👏 WILL👏 MAKE👏 LOTS👏 OF👏 MONEY.👏

    Witcher died when they started changing things

    Rings of Power died when they started changing things

    Game of Thrones died when they ran out of source material

    Halo died when they started changing things

    It has nothing to do with race, or gender, or whatever bullshit you hide behind for your ego trips. Take your ego out of the equation. Stop thinking “I can improve on this”. No, you can’t. People love this. Just write this. Stop thinking “oh, this would be so much better if I added–” NOPE. Stop. Even if you’re extending the canon, consult the original authors. And if the original authors say “this doesn’t really match the tone”, then FUCKING REWRITE IT UNTIL IT MATCHES THE TONE.

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      Rings of Power died when they started changing things

      Died? It barely got one season.

      Game of Thrones died when they ran out of source material

      The best season of the TV show was season 6, when the writers could finally start paying plot lines off rather than stringing people along.