plenty of people are into much tighter TV. (There's certainly plenty of people writing Black Sails.) And Good Omens was pretty tight and that didn't stop fandom losing its heart to it for a whole year or so, with only 6 eps and a book. So, I think it's probably a personal thing, really.

True! Different people are drawn to different things, of course. I was probably projecting a bit since I am more drawn to good-but-messy.

I am so picky about tv! I have thought about getting into Lucifer--I have wondered if I'd really like that one.

it gets released all at once, so no week-by-week waiting (and screaming over everything), which means a big part of fandom tends to be this weird short-term migratory creature.

Excellent point.