Talk:IGoodbye/@comment-3552817-20120618121707/@comment-4196911-20120618231140

'But if they leave it open and drop hints that one of the pairings may get together in the future, fans won't be unhappy! If they closed the door completely on the idea of a ship ever happening, the fans would be sad.'

I don't think so. Even if Dan closes off one ship, fan-fictioners can do whatever they want and make anything happen they want. Nothing is ever "closed off" in fandoms because the fans make their own futures. Dan won't be part of that anyway.

You don't "drop hints" in a last episode like this. You do something that gives some closure. That's what a last episode is for - especially for a very successful show like this one. Dan should do whatever he originally had in his mind, and the idea that internet shippers who argue over the pairings will make him change what he was going to do in the first place, is too much for me to swallow (not saying you're implying that, but I've heard it).

Something big and emotional will happen, and the characters will be happy when it's over. Other than that, we know nothing.