User blog comment:KillRoy231/Another hiatus?/@comment-1031724-20190215034801/@comment-1031724-20190216183557

My patience ran dry waiting 10 years to see Voldemort defeated in film, though three years earlier I read his defeat in the books which at least was the mystery that shapes how the film goes. And, come the following year, another 7 years to see Thanos and another villain defeated, and unlike Voldemort, neither of them is likely to satisfy me.

Plus, I said I'm not watching anymore, I don't care if Castiel dies, Sam and Dean go to hell, and Earth is destroyed by Michael or overrun by ghosts in the end. I said they're being cruel to their most loyal fans.

Also, a lot of long-running shows are changing to fit the current style. For instance, non-magical-girl animes rarely kill major characters anymore (except the Final Act of Inuyasha, a hugely unpopular anime). Dragonball Z didn't used to fit that style, and Kai is a version of DBZ loyal to the manga so it has major character deaths, but its sequel, Super, best I can gather the only major characters to die (other than Piccolo and Frieza, who both get wished back) are Sorbet and Captain Ginyu.

@Orion I know right? That's why I used to wait until DVD release so I could watch them all at once. I only started watching them on TV at Season 12, finishing Season 11 just before the second episode came on.

And you're right, it isn't just Supernatural. I have been taking the occasional glance at Flash episodes on wikipedia (though I stopped watching after Season 3, but I might watch Season 4 since they already foreshadowed its villain, DeVoe, in Season 3, and I read its cliffhanger is more like the ending to the Super Mario Bros. movie). Star vs. the Forces of Evil is particularly notorious for this, one of the reasons I stopped watching after Toffee died thus finally concluding that arc (other being, it wasn't as fun as I thought).