Talk:Seddie/@comment-14284535-20140618135640/@comment-14284535-20140618165432

I stand corrected - I am aggresively ignorant of most social media because I despise their privacy policies. My friend who just left Twitter said I should be more open-minded, but what the heck.

The show won't work without a new lead and a strengthening of the Cat character. She's too weak to carry a plot on her own and the new character would need to be as strong as Sam is.

Obviously, Jennette boycotting the KCAs and having an issue with Ariana is both not in his best interest nor is it something he should find mature. But he has been a surrogate parent for Jennete for years and has contact with the people closest to her, so how could he NOT expect her to get upset and react accordingly? If you think about it, from Jennette's angle, this is a bit like being betrayed by a close relatively. If there are outbursts on the set, then everyone needs a few weeks' time-out long before something horrible happens. Some would internalise their issues, so the big outburst will be catastrophic. He absolutely should be able to put aside his feelings and at least understand Jennette's background.

What I don't understand is why DS allowed all of this to sprial so far out of control. That's why I came up with the theory that maybe Nick forced Dan to film as quickly as possible and had formulated the rigging of the KCAs well in advance. If he really had the best interests of the long-term run of the show and the chemistry of the cast, he absolutely would have suspended filming for a few months after Jennette's mom died. He also would have needed more Cat-centric episodes. A longer break and a lightening of Jennette's load would have maybe got his stars' personal relationship on at least passable footing. Honestly, also, if the problem was known on the set, he really should have taken Jennette and Ariana aside to figure out what was wrong.

He probably has enough clout at Nick to make these kinds of request stick. Instead, he did none of that. Has he been siding with Ariana the whole time? Or is there something else?