User blog comment:ScorpioTheBadGuy/The Ridonculous Race's Spoiler Explosion/@comment-25027229-20150615133104

While the leaker is an idiot for doing something like this and deserves a fine to keep the legal system fair, I must admit that this leak was a breath of fresh air for my RR hype. Fresh wasn't doing anything interesting to promote the series once character reveals stopped, the show was pushed back, and those backgrounds got boring after a week, but now that we have all this information, we can learn the cast, pick our favorites, and speculate. The so-called "suspense" was non-existent and was just anger inducing boredom that went on for three months of nothing, so this leak was a great stimulus for a dead community.

The leak ended up relieving my fears of a terrible cast, no Noah, and other worries. I'd say it's the best thing that could've happened to the fandom right now, but that's probably an unpopular opinion. I'd rather have three months of excited waiting and fandom hype than three months of worrying about who's in and having nothing at all to talk about.