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[Mesa]

SO I'm looking through the wikia for the Ben 10 universe and holy damn this thing is huge. Granted I've watched the first three shows when I was younger (grew old of cartoons by the time Omniverse came around, and it looks kinda disgusting, especially when it comes to some of the redesigns) and it really feels like something really big. (great way to put it, I know)

It could use an actually decent video game adaption though.

[Mageziya]

All the other Ben10 series were trying trying to ride off the success of the first one. The wave eventually became nothing more than a ripple with a grand predecessor.

Hate to double post, but Gravity Falls season 2 is here.

And it's still good

I love its season opener. I mean, it is good enough to be a season finale.

Have you seen the second episode? It's also really good. Good development with the characters and the overall story. Also, once again, I question how this is considered a show for kids.

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We also know, from a remark by the changeling, that the reason 6 fingered stuff appears everywhere is that the author of the journals has 6 fingered hands, or just 6 fingers.

[Neonivek]

Stan gives a HUGE hint for that if you pay attention.

[Karlito]

Dang, I still have to finish watching season 1.

[Mageziya]

Stan gives a HUGE hint for that if you pay attention.

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Well, there was the extra fingered glove, but I wasn't sure that the author was the one with the six fingers. Also, why did he need a 6 fingered glove to pull the switch?

[Neonivek]

Stan gives a HUGE hint for that if you pay attention.

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Well, there was the extra fingered glove, but I wasn't sure that the author was the one with the six fingers. Also, why did he need a 6 fingered glove to pull the switch?

Simple

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It was an electrical glove to protect against electricity, so he wouldn't get electrocuted.

[Reelya]

I thought cartoon network had a 7 season cap for how long a show could go on for

That would be very arbitrary. I can't see any network doing that - why would they not renew a show for an eighth season if they're going to make money off it?

I read something a while back about how TV contracts work, apparently the terms are very favorable to the networks in the short term, usually the first 4-5 years of the show, with the carrot being that the studios are promised a much bigger share of the profits if shows go longer. After that, the studios start to make real money. The networks really control the whole deal so they push these contracts that favor themselves in the short term, since they have the power to cancel the show at any time. Often it makes more financial sense (for the network, not the viewers or studios) to cancel a show near the end of this initial contract period even if it's still getting good ratings, because they can renegotiate a new contract with the same or another studio to pick up a new show for cheap.

So, it's a gamble between the networks and studios, you want your show to be so popular that they can't cancel it. "Just a little" popular doesn't cut it because they've got other studios desperate for the work with slightly shittier new shows they can replace your one with and cut costs.

[Mageziya]

That ... that explains every terrible decision ever made in regards to TV show cancellation.

[penguinofhonor]

That makes me angry

[WillowLuman]

That murder-suicide at the end of season 1 is no longer the darkest thing they've shown on-screen. Holy crap, I'm scared of airbending now.

[Furtuka]

WHAT HAPPENED? TELL ME IM NOT ATCHING THE SHOW

[Glowcat]

WHAT HAPPENED? TELL ME IM NOT ATCHING THE SHOW

It was pretty dark. And no you don't get to find out unless you watch :I

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Unless you read this. There was cold-blooded murder by airbending.

[Furtuka]

...I guessed that already!

IN WHAT MANNER I SAY. IN WHAT MANNER

[10ebbor10]

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Humans require air to function

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Suck the air out of someone's lungs, then surround them in a bottle of vaccuum till they die a gruesome death.

[Furtuka]

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 YAAAAAAAY ALL THOSE YEARS OF PEOPLE COMMENTING ON THE FUNCTION HAVE FINALLY BEEN VINDICATED