Personally, I'm glad that the writing team is continuing to write the stories that they want to write. There will always be a vocal minority of fans who will try to put pressure on them for various reasons. It's a tough position to be in because you can't really respond even to gross misinterpretations of your work without making an 'official' statement. The Q+A responded rather elegantly to this in a non-confrontational way, and I'm glad that the livestream community response was very supportive.