#super long rant but here’s the summary: dbd will always be great and Netflix needs to do better

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Okay. Here we go.

Obviously I am devastated that Netflix has made the decision to cancel Dead Boy Detectives. This show was something special to me, one of those that gets you through hard times. It built a fandom community I felt I could be a part of more than ever before, and I believe that many others in that community had similar experiences aswell. I was hoping, more than I ever have before, that it would be able to last on for the hard times that are to come. Unfortunately, those hopes were unable to come true. Even more unfortunately, it is not a surprise.

I am disappointed in Netflix for continuing this culture of releasing shows that capture peoples hearts and minds only to cancel them when they produce niche and loving fandoms over those that are more widespread yet on average less attached. We’ve seen it happen so many times before(most similarly with Lockwood & Co.) and yet I was foolish enough to wonder if do to the success of shows like Sandman, Lucifer, and even Good Omens(on Prime but also involves Neil Gaiman) DBD could be the exception. It was not. Though this may be helping Netflix now, they are not making viewers, or fans, they are conditioning people not to trust them, and they are taking away from those they are meant to entertain.

So if anyone involved with Netflix sees my random Tumblr post(highly unlikely I know) Do Better. I want to ask you to reconsider to save DBD or other shows that you have canceled in the past, but that is a battle we have always lost no matter how hard we fight. So all I can ask is for you to try to care, to look at the value satisfying an active fan-base can give you, and when the next show in this pattern inevitably comes to the chopping block, give it the chance Lockwood & Co., Dead Boy Detectices, and so many more deserved.

As for DBD, just because the show is over doesn't mean I don't appreciate all it was and all it could've been. I truly loved this series more than I should have, and so to end this on a positive note, thank you. Thank you to everyone who made DBD what it was, even if just for one season, from the people involved to my fellow fans. It was really a great one, and I know we will let it live on for as long as we can.