Ally Beardsley admits that the fuck the clown thing was a stupid idea that they said only because they thought Brennan had actually skipped their turn

Brennan says that he could feel it go off the rails and blames himself including smiling Richard Nixon for the problem

Brennan repeats that he thinks VtM fans stopped watching the season by now.

He also specifies that there was only one moment of real pathos in the entire season finale - when Vesper nearly died again. A series finale should have more than one moment of pathos.

Like. The players and GM themselves have admitted that while it was fun, it was not coherent or necessarily given the respect the story was meant to have.

The literal creators have admittted it was not what it was supposed to be. It was funny, but it was not good storytelling.