#be warned moots

[arbutus-blossoms]

Hey, sorry, weird question, but what happened with Reddit and Westworld? Did the creators of Westworld change something about the show's future storylines because a redditer guessed what was going to happen?

So Westworld had a gigantic audience of 12 million, and it's surprising because this was HBO's attempt for a new tentpole franchise when Game of Thrones was going downhill.

A subreddit spawned, I was in it as a viewer capacity and there was a lot of speculation. Star Ward level of speculation. Which is good , if your show is good, you want them engaged.

So a bunch of redditors had guessed ( Spoilers) that Ed Harris was playing the Current version of Man in Black, and Jimmy Simpson was the younger version of Man in Black , William. That they were the same character.

And that's because the first season was actually beautifully crafted. Including one scene where Younger William enters the park for the first time, and debated choosing a Black or White cowboy hat. This is a simple storytelling device, character is nice, naive, believes in the good in the world, circumstances makes him lose that humanity. Then it made sense for William to be MIB, wearing the black cowboy hat. But until you saw the entire series it could be brushed off. But once you saw it, it made so much sense.

This is during the height of GOT, Star Wars when speculation and the need for twists and turns were paramount. Felt like you needed to outsmart the viewers if you want to be a good showrunner.

During that time, Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy have an interview to an audience, which they said things in a joking manner. But in the age of digital social media, things go fast. Especially if it's only a text blurb and people didn't see the actual clip

Turns out to be a tongue in cheek joke. But the damage was done and it spread everywhere.

They also decided to do a prank to reveal the all the spoilers of season 2, turns out they made a rickroll video to Redditors as a light-hearted joke.

With that said, season 2 started but there was a lot of thing that seemed off in the show, it started to get even more conveluted.

Multiple spanning timelines. The show also started to get more and more philosophical. Because the show is about Robots ( Hosts) , you never know if a character is a robot as well. So that could feel like a cheap gimmick.

Also it's not only focused on Westworld anymore, it spanned outside to the real world , making a show called Westworld...not Westworld ( even though the Old Westworld movie had multiple theme park sections as well)

I also worked in Marketing, I also want to take the hunch, that General Audience ( Not the hardcore Human Philosopher/ai/spirit/High Art viewer ) wanted to just watch Robots vs Humans and the drama surrounding that, not get too deep in the human subconscious.

But the showrunners made it felt they added twists and turns so much, maybe to outsmart said Redditors? ( As I said, joke or not right?) That the general audience started to be confused and lost interest

The show then went from season 1 with a staggering of 12 million viewers, to season 4 measly few million. And this is HBO rolling the red carpet for Nolan and Joy.

I feel, if you're a showrunner, you need to be careful because anything you say will be dissected and spread like wildfire, and sometimes written articles don't convey tone, especially if it's a joke, that click bait newest and even well known journals can run with. This you can clearly see if you are part of the Marvel fandom.

All of this is sad because Westworld season 1 was so beautifully crafted and written. But because of all of this, as a viewer, you're left wondering if Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy were genuinely trying to craft a twist because the story needed it, or done it for the shock and confuse viewers even more.

Nerdwriter went more in details on it's fall.

This is why I am a bit worried about the TV Fallout Series because they are the executive producers and also Nolan directed some episodes.

This is also why there is so many similar vibes to Westworld, especially MIB to The Ghoul, Dolores Abernathy to Lucy Maclean and so on as I posted on my Tumblr

Both Fallout and Westworld had the gaming aspect where your character could choose to be good, mid , or evil. As Westworld, humans can go in to just explore an enchanting Western theme park, but some are deviants and they go there to unleash their deepest desires.

The only hope I have is that Fall Out is a franchise, they have rules and lore.

Then again Star Wars had rules and lore but they retconned and brought back dead characters just for reusing legacy characters to make more money...

So yeah just my two cents 🥴

[anagirl444]

Never binge again in 2025

reblog to claim <3

[skinnylight1day]

I hope ana can accept me, i promise ill be good.

[justwannabenumb]

Who’s participating in no binge December ✨🎄❄️⛄️?

Stay strong my loves❤️❤️

Reblog if your participating with me⭐️

[han-ban-bam]

horizontober week 3; scary stories/ Myth. the sub functions are named for greek gods. I adore HADES the game I have two brain cells in which to rub together so Greek hero Aloy lets GO 🎉

[the-jade-jester27]

Citrine just got a SHIT TON of notes so imma post some doodles

The TF2 x SU au belongs to @lenny-link

also should I make a gem of Watchdog? I've made an attempt one time around when I first designed Citrine but should I try again?

[leal-hound]

me and the bad bitch i pulled by having the same trauma

[christiangeistdorfer]

AYRTON SENNA x SHUT UP AND DRIVE

[bitter-sweet5]

When I want to keep my hair healthy but I also want to be skinny😔

Apparently not eating enough can make your hair thin/fall out, does anyone know how to prevent that?? Any vitamins i should take/stuff i should use?

[souledeater]

This is so real 😭😭^ from tt

[st4rry-sky]

feeling like a FRAUD for using appetite suppressants some days instead of suffering through the hunger all the time like the rest of y’all 😭

[aheathen-conceivably]

I’ve been doomscrolling instead of Tumblr scrolling and I miss it here that is all.

[sleep-deprived-mf]

lil heads up for people finding my blog and wanting to be moots with me, uh..

im uncomfy with ppl over 18 being moots with me

if ur 18 or over, im ok with u following me, but dont expect a follow-back (unless i feel we can vibe as moots without me worrying about if ill end up a victim to gr00m1ng or smth)

also pls dont lie to me abt ur age just to moot me, its kinda creepy ngl..

[skippykw]

any of my moots into tf2? i got hit with that brainrot beam and now i want to play it!! just message me n i can send u my discord/steam ^^

[xagave]

Sorry for all the text posts lol but every day I wish tumblr was the popular social media site again bc I can't go on twitter without it immediately souring my mood >_> (if you leave me a comment on twit and I never respond I'm sorry it's bc I try to limit my twitter usage for my own sanity)

[bitter-sweet5]

im finally taking this losing weight thing serious after trying to count my calories and trying to eat less and stopping after a week countless of times, so i appreciate literally ANY tips anyone has🙏🙏

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