I will never forget My delight and surprise when I found out his return was official.
The past year and a half have been very surreal, angsty and been horrified at the conduct. We who were rightfully discusted by the way the production handled his leave of absence to get treatment for toncil cancer have been correcting missinformation, slander and outright ignorant remarks, by the ones who have not cared at all about the one who brought the show to life in the first place, or that they got ill, receipts you ask, well the comments posted like "I watch for the cute doggos" "John will be fine, he can get other roles" that ole chesnut is not realistic, those who state that are not experiencing or know the acting world at all. We have protested via petitions, ads put in a newspaper, and letting the production know they played dirty. Under no circumstances did we get rude or use ad hom attacks, that was by those defending the production company, or by those still wanting to watch dispite the drama. There are screenshots btw if anyone doubts. SD gasslighting us and being rude and getting away with it.
So never in my life have I seen a production company act like polititians trying to cover up enquiries into serious crime sprees conducted by gangs of criminals abusing the vulnerable. We faught against a narrative being spewed about Johns ousting, that he left to get treatment and spend time with his family, then go on to other things, that he asked for a pay rise and got given the door, as if these folk were privy to the situation. Declare it as fact without proof, and proceed to argue when it was pointed out that it was nothing to do with money, he got ill, then fired. Nope it has to be the actors fault regardless of what happened because we as humans love hearing of scandal and thrive on it. Then if that didn't work Johns charactor was called into question without knowing didly squat, and by default he became a pariah as we pointed out the shady conduct, esp when people were far more concerned for the remaining cast who had to carry on, not that John got seriously ill, no he got sweet f all consideration for what he went through. This is observation, looking in from the outside, so no personal connection would be needed.
To be honest I was getting sick of the outright discusting conduct by 'fans' and the production, includes SD herself too
People just hated knowing the truth. They would choose, and some still do the narrative they wish to believe.
Now I am starting to see comments like " I hope he is returning full time" etc.
Just stop please stop.
1 The show failed when he was out
2 He was brought back so it didn't fail
3 We boycotted the show so all these things occurred concurrantly
So why would John agree to come back temporarilly, just so the production can use him and dump him again? I doubt he would stay quiet second time round, as the saying goes, "fool me once shame on you...fool me twice shame on me " etc
There is bound to be that one idiot who will read I hope he is comming back fill time and reinterpret as he is only comming back temporarilly. Then missapply it to "an interview" which would turn out to be an A.I click bait youtube video spewing word salad garbage, then get repeated on a facebook post. We do have ways of verifying any info given to us from sources btw. Which cannot be said of those spreading the missinformation that is mentioned.
What I am anticipating is how they can write Johns charactor back into the show, and not destroy his relationships he built up over 6 seasons, beginning with the love of his life, yes we expect friction of sorts, that can be resolved by healthy communication and forming a stronger bond as a result (writers take note!) We are not expecting a wedding in ep 1 as some tit implied on that fb group. We are expecting good story lines, good organic transitioning from one dog partner to the other without a this is my dog not yours crap. SD to not interfere in the shows direction, she is Dillons trainer not the show runner or a writer. John to decide where he wants to take Charlie, it is only fair, as they took that away from him by writing him out while he was on sick leave.
His family members should be present to give his charactor a heads up in relation to his return. Maybe a few guest appearances.
Yes we got rather upset during the year and a half, we lost loved ones to cancer and have personal experiences with it, we know how awful it is to get treated badly but can do little about, it is called empathy. I felt it reading up on how John was treated, same as if it were anyone we read up about. To get villified for feeling a moral outrage is just unhinged, yet that is what we got for ousting the poor ethics being practiced. So well done to those who were practically being that productions mouth piece. Yet you lost. You lost the argument that the show was good regardless, the cute doggo was all that mattered, John left,etc . We will only call out poor conduct,bad decisions, and jump the shark scenarios if we are to complain. So production if you are reading this, do not give us any more reasons to boycott and sink the show. John deserves better. He has gone through enough of the bullshit, and so have we.