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SO MUCH WORD TO ALLLLLLLL OF THIS!!! Everything you said is on point!!!

Start it at about the 73:10 mark: https://www.podcat.com/podcasts/hs6zfR-combat-radio/episodes/ThxCtQ-december-18-2015

HONESTLY!!!! I mean!!!! How hard could it be?!?! I just don't understand why it was so difficult for the writers to write stories that stayed on track with what the show was supposed to initially be about!!!! What the hell?!?!

Had you all heard this before?.... In an interview Shernold Edwards did last year she talked about how "Abbie" wearing her hair natural wasn't taken lightly. Nicole had wanted to go natural and the EPs of the show apparently weren't A-OK with it. Shernold said she was sitting there at the same table with the EPs while they were discussing this "issue" and neither of the EPs even bothered to ask Shernold for input about it! The one black lady that actually wears her hair natural and could've offered some insight!! They sat there and talked RIGHT IN FRONT OF HER, as if she wasn't there. She said she would've liked to been asked for opinion. I just find this so interesting and insane! Something so simple as the girl wanting to wear her hair natural and TPTB took issue with it! Really?!?!? I mean, I can only imagine the difficulties a person of color must deal with in this industry. The issues that come about that shouldn't even be issues! We see that Nicole did get to finally wear her hair natural in the second half of the season, but just knowing that her request caused a stir and had to be questioned by the TPTB?!?!.....I just can't. I'm sad like everyone else that Nicole is no longer on the show, but, honestly, it truly seems like it's for the best. I'm sure the stuff that girl witnessed and experienced during her time there...well...no one wants to experience. It's just ultimately not worth it. .

LOL!! Hilarious! I don't watch TVD, but I've heard about the Bonnie/Damon fans wanting that pairing. Yeah...good luck with that. Lol. You mentioned shows always putting a black guy with a black girl, as if that's the ONLY option possible. I swear, it's just so insulting!!! I've been a daytime soaps watcher for years and they pull that mess ALL THE TIME!!! The two blacks are always coupled together (that is, if they even get a story in the first place!)! God forbid they put the cute, black female actress with the hot, white romantic lead. Oh no---can't have that.

LOVE!!!! And I like the word "shenanigans," too. :)

TWD will forever get my kudos for starting Richonne. They knew the fandom had been rallying for it for so long, they built a great story for them, and finally went for it. Fans couldn't be happier. They had the balls to do it. TPTB involved with Sleepy Hollow just doesn't get it.....they just don't get it. As for Tom, he is the reason I checked this show out in the first place. I saw him on a billboard for the Season 1 premiere and thought he was so hot. So yeah, he's what drew me in and I honestly wouldn't have watched if it weren't for him, as I'm not really a fan of sci-fi shows. I had never heard of Nikki prior to the show, so she wasn't even a factor for me. Once you start watching the show, you see how cute she and Tom are together that you can't help but ship Ichabbie. It just sucks that we never got that before Nikki left.

This is hilarious!! I have never seen this before, and I was literally laughing out loud. It is a pretty versatile word, isn't it? Haha.

Seeing Lyndie's name brought up, it is interesting how she hasn't tweeted anything about Nicole's departure. But then again, NONE of the other cast members have, either! Lord. This is obviously all just a mess. Lol.

YEEEEESSSSSS!!!! Your first paragraph.....I said the same thing in another thread!! Who's buying that she just organically wanted to spread her wings after JUST TWO seasons?!?!?! I know you mentioned she wanted to leave during season two, but I believe the article said she had wanted to leave after season 2 was done. Gee, how ironic (only not!) that that's the season she got sidelined in stories and wasn't asked to do commentary for the DVD. I mean, seriously! This stuff is not coincidental!! C'mon now! As for killing off one half of the LEAD PAIR that keeps this show going in the first place.....there are just no words. None. It will never, ever make sense no matter how much the writers try to sell it.

THIS!!!!! This more than anything!!! It's not about her simply deciding to leave, but WHY she decided to! This show is only in season 3!! THREE!! It'd be one thing if it were in like season 5 or higher and Nicole was like, "Ya know, it's been fun for this long, but I'm ready to spread my wings and try something new." After 5 years or more of doing something, I can more easily understand just simply wanting to move on and try something new. Fine. But, THIS nonsense situation?!?! Please!!! You're only up to season 3, which 2 of the 3 weren't considered very good, and you're already ready to bounce?! And I'm supposed to believe that it has nothing to do with her and her character's treatment in season 2?!? If season 2 hadn't bombed, if Abbie hadn't been sidelined, and if Nicole, herself, hadn't received shady treatment from TPTB, you can't tell me that she'd be ready to leave the show in ONLY IT'S THIRD SEASON! Absolutely not. So yeah, it ultimately was her decision to leave, but it's the shady going-ons BTS that are the reason for it!!!! Who wants to put up with feeling less than, especially when you don't have to?! I truly believe when it comes to not being happy in the workplace, you have to do what's best for you. You just do. Yet and still, I'm definitely shocked by her departure (as it just hit us all without warning!) and sad that Ichabbie as a couple never happened. This show just sabotaged itself when it so didn't have to, and that sucks!

Ha! Seriously!?!?! Is he following other cast members???

The bolded made me laugh! I can't disagree with ya...Richonne is pretty awesome!

Uh, excuse you! Paula Abdul and Jane Child were the bomb!!!! Don't EVEN compare them to the uninteresting Joenny! Lol. Funny you mention Jane Child, though, because I was jamming to her song in the car just a couple of days ago. I miss the early 90s, so! :(

Huh? What do you mean "Twitter?"