I didn't so much get the sense he was hinting/spoiling, as I got the sense he was trying hard *not* to spoil, but (at least, as I see it) tends to back himself into a corner by answering pretty much every question (I might have complained to you already how much some of those askers drive me nuts, asking questions about interpretation that they could easily make up themselves, hello, people, FLEX YOUR FAN MUSCLES...). So when people recently asked things about "Does this shift in behavior/tone I sense from so-and-so mean xyz about the future," Rogers would be like UM WE'LL SEE WAIT FOR IT *cough*. (Not literally, that's my interp. *g*) And that made me wonder, hmm, is something big coming up? Heh.

They really do love their characters and their show. It's so nice not to feel...what, pandered to? No. Looked-down on? That feeling when you love and cherish the characters so much more than TPTB who pretty much just see the show and its fans as a big wad of dollar signs. That thing.