It is as mentioned above. Characters like Josh don't ask for much screen time, so he may stay. The writers must have known that their show was allowed another season, with lesser episodes. I don't think Michael Narducci gave up that easily, he had to cut his own characters and their personal storylines. At least he quoted Lauren Bacall:
You don't always win your battles, but it is good to know you fought.
See this discussion with his followers:
https://twitter.com/MichaelNarducci/status/720285332311113729In the end Michael, and Julie, preferred the continuation of their show. So Carina Mackenzie could state at Twitter they never wrote the female characters off to make room for other love interests:
https://twitter.com/cadlymack/status/729885740788670464I believe her. The way things are now, I guess it will be difficult to give a decent ending to the story of the original, nuclear family, let alone their love interests.
If you'll ask me it is not wise to deny the fact you prefer to get paid above the best story ever told. People really do understand you have to pay the mortgage, and that art is for millionaires.
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TissuePaper13
9 years ago
I suppose that's true, but so much could have been done with at least Davina. She may hate Klaus, but she'd be forced to accept him for Kol's sake and would have been a viable asset to the family.
If she remained, I could definitely have seen her leave with Hayley and Hope to find a cure.
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ThinkBfourUSpeak
9 years ago
Characters like Josh don't ask for much screen time, so he may stay.
Exactly. I think Leah made a good choice- getting her character killed rather than giving her limited screen time with no story. I seem to recall Leah said something liked about her interview with MN and what and why they decided this end for Cami.
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ScorpionTDC
9 years ago
Leah had zero say in Cami's death. And I don't buy into the "she ran out of story" excuse. There was tons they could've done with her
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ThinkBfourUSpeak
9 years ago
And I don't buy into the "she ran out of story" excuse.
then there is no point in arguing on this topic coz that is a very legitimate excuse to kill a character esp in case of Cami :).
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ScorpionTDC
9 years ago
It's a valid reason, but I don't think it applies here. Them misusing Cami doesn't mean there's no story to tell. She never got the chance for one
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ThinkBfourUSpeak
9 years ago
She never got the chance for one
she never had one. They had chance in season 1 to explore her story with human faction but they never did that coz they wanted her to make Klaus redemption story, which they did and then they wound her story up by killing her bringing the redemption home.
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ThinkBfourUSpeak
9 years ago
Them misusing Cami doesn't mean there's no story to tell
I find this very interesting. A character is what and how
it is written not how it
should be written to make it interesting.
It is just like me saying they should have made Caroline Klaus's child mom. But Caroline was never meant to be that character just like Cami was what they showed her to be. What they didnt show is not what she was supposed to be.
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cecejk
9 years ago
They were closing out the story. The siblings are dead (?), Klaus is being tortured before his death. Hayley is off with Hope. If The Originals are all gone, why would they keep Cami or Davina?
They had time to change the final and throw in Freya's spell so TO can come back season 4. But was their time to rewrite Cami's death? Davina died so Marcel would kill TO. They killed off everybody. Maybe Vincent would have had the power to kill Marcel, too, if they weren't renewed.
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ThinkBfourUSpeak
9 years ago
Cami sole purpose in this show was klaus redemption as per canon. now that he is close to that what else is left for her ? she has done the max she could do for him. now it was time to let him leave the nest and be on his own and see if he can keep himself on that path on his own or does he still need hand holding? that is his real test in s4 imo.
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Daydreamer_47
9 years ago
Looking back, Cami had to die - not because of angst, but because she would have been on Marcel day and night to forgive Klaus; she would have been the one to call out Marcel on his BS excuses; she would have been the one to point out that he bears some responsibility for Davina's death by setting her on the path in the first place.
Edit: She also would have been the one to research how to cure everyone, including Marcel.
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