Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-98.235.154.24-20130913002452/@comment-11687-20131030153925

Zourin wrote: With only 5 minutes per week, do we *really* want a dissertation on Beacon's cohabing policy ...or... watch more story/comedy/badassery?

I say leave the nitpick alone and just enjoy the ride.

The issue here is that there's a difference between the desire to know more about the particulars of a given series, and the practical considerations that would factor in to satisfying those desires.

Simply put, while the latter is a very real consideration regarding why the former most likely cannot be fulfilled, it doesn't negate the former altogether. Telling people that there's no room to answer their questions about the wider setting within the scope of the source material undercuts their expectations, certainly, but not their desires.

As Jerry Holkins once wrote The urge to create stable frameworks and legitimize our fantasies, to make them internally consistent an therefore more real ''is something we’ve poked at before. I can’t resist it. I always feel the strong compulsion to build upon whatever I enjoy, to understand it better.''

While I can't speak with regards to every poster in this thread, the original poster seems to be aware of this, as they're not lamenting (or otherwise indicting) the show or its creators for not going into more detail on this issue. They're simply saying that they wish there was more information. That's something that, as a fellow fan, I can respect.