I am happy that there are so many fans out there that can be as philosophical as Theo and say that the series is more than one actor.

I really am happy. That is the right attitude when you consider that this is just another TV series.

But my point is that, had this been >>
<< just "another TV series," it would have not created the phenomenon that is the #SaveSanditon campaign.

It would have died with ITV& #39;s cancellation and we would have all kept on living without thinking about it twice.

But the fact that Sanditon did, in fact, generate >>
<< this response in the fans means that it was something extraordinary and for people to treat Theo James& #39; disappearance from the show --and with him, the male lead and romantic pairing for Charlotte-- as just an insignificant and inconsequential change in the storyline is >>
<< disingenuous.

Sidney was meant to be Charlotte& #39;s forever love. How do we know? Refer to Andrew Davies& #39; and Belinda& #39;s statements about Sidlotte.

And if you still doubt it, then go to Austen herself and analyze her novels. She had a "formula." She made her heroines have >>
<< such an effect on the men they loved that these men changed for the better.

We were promised a Sidlotte HEA. It& #39;s what Jane would have delivered. Somewhere along the way, things got screwed. I didn& #39;t dedicate the past 14 months of my life for Charlotte to get a "hottie," >>
<< as if her love for Sidney had been just another fling. He was not. They were "IT" for each other!

Sidney didn& #39;t sell himself. He SACRIFICED his life with Charlotte to save Tom and his family. There were ways to make this story work out for #SidlotteForever and >>
<< all we& #39;re left now is people trying to rationalize how the story is truly Charlotte& #39;s and she will find her happiness in someone else& #39;s arms.

But let& #39;s be real: it wasn& #39;t meant to be that way. #SanditonSeason2 should have been the story of Sidney finding his way back to >>
<< Charlotte. That& #39;s what we were promised and that& #39;s how Jane Austen would have done it.

I am devastated that Theo& #39;s philosophical approach to the Sanditon story will not allow him to give us Austen& #39;s natural HEA for Sidlotte. We worked so hard for it. We deserved it, but >>
<< it didn& #39;t matter. For Theo this is just another job. Screw the fans.

For us it was passion!

But I& #39;m also angry at the way this entire affair was handled. We were teased into yesterday& #39;s announcement with the #ByTheCoves promo, allowed to celebrate joyously yesterday, >>
<<and even coddled with the #SandArt video.

It was heaven, wasn& #39;t it?

We had saved Sanditon!

We were on Cloud 9 until the nuclear bomb was set off on our heads this morning: the Sanditon we thought we& #39;d saved was not to be... because there would be no #SidlotteForever.

>>
<< Let there be no doubt that these last 17 or 18 months of 24/7 campaigning to #SaveSanditon were always intended to #SaveSidlotte. Nothing else.

That was the & #39;ship that mattered.

Charlotte and Sidney.
Sidney and Charlotte.

My heart bleeds knowing that Sidlotte is dead.
This thread with my thoughts about today& #39;s debacle is for
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@RedPlanetTV
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@masterpiecepbs
@pbs
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I love the #Sanditon cast and crew, and will cherish the 14 months I dedicated to the #SaveSanditon campaign.

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