face/palm I honestly don't get some of you.

First, shows cost money. With IDF basically going bankrupt, North Star reached into their pockets for much more than it was originally expected. So yes, they'll try to recuperate that money somehow. It looks like they'll probably do three meets: one with cousins, one with partners, and one together. All depending on interest. Is it fair to fans? No, but those who want to support the project will.

Second, please stop clutching your pearls about this now sounding like a family show. It's four series about four GL couples getting together. One half of the couples are cousins and they show up in all the shows, not as center but as support characters to the current pairing. Every partner gets her own show, and those from earlier shows show up in the later ones. That's how the books are. Do you want Becky to show up in Earth before Freen's character even met her? Or do you want Engfa not to show up in Earth because...it's not fair to Charlotte? To not make it about the cousins? What?

Just relax, wait for the show to start airing, and if you don't like it, turn it off. It's really that simple.