Quote Originally Posted by Psyren View Post
Well for starters, I personally think the success of shows like Steven Universe and She-Ra that purposefully include non-binary characters and queer representation means it won't hurt, provided they do it well.
I would not attempt to extrapolate success from shows like those. It's hard to get numbers for She-Ra, since it's on Netflix and they aren't real open. But Stephen Universe pulled about 10% of the audience that Game of Thrones did - if GoT had that size audience, it wouldn't have made it. Success for an animated TV show on basic cable is defined so much differently than success for a live action show on premium cable, or networks or streaming, that it is hard to use one as an indicator of another.
This is not to say that altering the books for an adaptation is a bad idea, it is simply saying that there are radically different metrics of success when you consider animated vs live action, and between the different streaming services like Netflix and DC Universe, and even bigger ones between basic cable, premium cable, and broadcast TV.