Thread:Greenhatdigital/@comment-1037137-20140819000755

Hello Ms. Giles, I'm sorry to ask a question that I'm sure you've been confronted with on many prior occasions, but I feel that it is for the best to address the heart of this ongoing and critical matter in the fandom once more.

I'm sure you guys have received an enormous amount of feedback regarding the ongoing presence of Ezekiel in his feral form. It's been a running gag ongoing since World Tour. Unfortunately, it also happens to be one of the most heavily disliked jokes in the entire fandom. At no point has it ever been considered truly funny by the majority of fans and is widely regarded as one of the most severe cases of cruelty and abuse against a any single character in the lineup. Now there have been numerous cases of this where the cruelty to the characters has just gone way too far, to a point where the majority of viewers do not find it comedic. Cruelty does not automatically equal funny. Feral Zeke happens to be one of the worst cases of this, with this having been a very much unpopular joke from the start.

A great many across the fandom dislike this gag intensely and from what I understand it was designed as a direct response to fans of the character who had hoped to see him develop in a meaningful way upon his return, and instead got a Gollum gag that has been run into the ground.

Most wish for his reversion back to human form. And the reason I have heard given for why this hasn't been done is "His DNA is probably too scrambled for that to happen."

Respectfully, we're not content with that explanation. That just sounds like a reason to keep the joke in the running despite its enormous lack of popularity. And I'm sorry, but it is wrong to keep forcing something onto fans that almost nobody finds funny.

And I don't know why they'd want to continue it anyway, do they honestly still believe this gag is funny? Why are they trying so hard to get us to play along like we should think that it is? The bottom line fact of the matter is the fandom does not find Feral Zeke funny. Most of us are sick of this joke lingering, we do not like what has been done to the character nor is it considered humorous by any means.

I'm sorry, but nothing is being accomplished it keeping the joke going and there is no reason to keep it going, and the explanations we receive only sound like an excuse to keep it up in spite of its very vocal opposition across the fandom.

Which really prompts this question, why does the staff keep up things that the fandom openly hates, ma'am? What is being accomplished in keeping up something the majority disapproves of?

Feral Zeke was not a good idea back then and it isn't a good idea now, and that's just one thing among the many fans do not approve of in the grand scheme of things, but this is one of the most hated elements in the entire series. And nobody was complaining when he was absent from Pahkitew Island.

And it's an explanation that doesn't even really make sense. Scott and Alejandro both made full recoveries from grievous injuries that should've been more permanent if it was closer to reality, and yet they carry on like said injuries never took place. Healing is not an issue in this world, so there's no reason why Zeke can't be reverted or why Dakota can't have her own mutation reversed. Respectfully that just doesn't add up.

And now a few words from a friend of ours here on the matter:

A large amount of the discontent surrounding these gags also comes from the characters that have suffered from them. In Dakota’s case, many consider her to be one of the few well-liked characters from Revenge; as well as the best-developed. She has an enormous fanbase that is, quite frankly, disturbed that she went through such positive development; only to mutate into a radioactive monster.

In the case of Ezekiel, many consider him to be the most tragic character of the series. The writers have taken a character who was mistreated by his parents, life, Chris, and his fellow contestants; one who only competed so he could finally have friends, and turned him into this running gag. One that, as I said earlier, has been used, abused, and run into the ground. Ezekiel’s treatment has obviously made his fanbase livid; with a large amount dropping the show all together. --

They're the writers, they have the full ability to restore Ezekiel to his human form, as well as Dakota or anyone else who has suffered similar plight. And there is really nothing to stop them from doing that, especially if it's something the fandom would prefer to see. They are exhausted of these overly cruel gags that have never been considered particularly funny across the fandom.

So what's the real reason why this joke surrounding Ezekiel has been kept up amidst enormous disapproval ma'am? Nothing is accomplished in forcing the fandom to put up with something that they openly dislike. 