Nancy Drew (CW)

Nancy Drew is a new CW television series based off of the character/book series of the same name. This version of the series modernized the series and introduced supernatural elements such as ghosts.
==Canon==
After the death of her mother, Nancy Drew's plans for college and her love for investigations both went off-track. Then, one night, she and her co-workers at the Claw restaurant get caught up in the investigation of Tiffany Hudson's murder as suspects and, however reluctant Nancy is to get involved, she has little choice if she plans to clear her name. The investigation gets a little more complicated when supernatural elements start to become all the more apparent.
===Main Characters ===
*Nancy Drew
*Georgia "George" Li-Yun Fan
*Ned "Nick" Nickerson
*Bess Turani Marvin
*Ace
===Major Characters===
*Carson Drew
*Ryan Hudson
=== Cancellation ===
On October 26th 2022, it was announced that Nancy Drew had been cancelled and the fourth season would be its final oneNancy Drew to End With Season 4; EPs Promise ‘Worthy and Resonant Payoff’ - TV Line. Later, during the final season's airing, director Larry Teng, posted on Twitter about how the cast and crew did not know about the cancellation until episode 4.10 and alluded that this shaped the final episodes as they were re-written to allow for a satisfactory conclusion to the series at short noticeTweets from @larryteng [1] [2] - saved at r/NancyDrewCW. A number of fans in the subreddit r/NancyDrewCW felt that it was overly optimistic — even naive — for the show-runners to not have anticipated a cancellationHow did they not know it’d be the final season? - Discussion are r/NancyDrewCW given the mass cancellations happening across The CW ahead of the Nexstar Media acquisition of the networkLocal TV Giant Nexstar Seals Deal to Buy 75 Percent Stake in The CW, Reshaping Broadcast Landscape - The Hollywood Reporter. 
However, other fans pointed out that the cancellations under Nexstar were very different to how The CW had handled cancellations and so it was understandable that the show-runners and the writers believed they would get a fifth season before Nexstar acquired The CW:
== Fandom==
The fandoms on both Tumblr and AO3 throughout the four seasons leaned towards focusing on the will-they-won't-they relationship between Nancy Drew and Ace. This ship was also popular and discussed widely on other platforms, but not to the same degree; Reddit, for example, had prolonged periods of focusing more on "what do you think..." theorising about supernatural elements and other aspects of the show.
===Shipping===
====Duaric====
Duaric or F/M ships are the most popular ships within the fandom generally and especially on AO3 where, as of August 2023, 1,094 out of 1,311 works are marked as F/M.
*Nancy Drew/Ace
*George Fan/Ned Nickerson
*Nancy Drew/Ned Nickerson
*Nancy Drew/Owen Marvin
*Ryan Hudson/Lucy Sable
*Ryan Hudson/Tiffany Hudson
====Sapphic====
Although Bess Marvin in canonically sapphic, F/F is uncommon on AO3, having 61 out of 1,311 works categorised this way as of August 2023.
*Bess Marvin/Lisbeth
*George Fan/Bess Marvin
*Bess Marvin/Addy Soctomah
*Odette Lamar/Bess Marvin
====Achillean====
Achillean pairings are rare in the fandom, with 33 out of 1,311 works categorised this way.
*Carson Drew/Ryan Hudson
===Criticism of sapphic relationships in the show ===
Ahead of season four, fans of Bess Marvin pointed out that her character and particularly her relationships fell victim to a common problem with LGBT+ characters in shows; as Bess was the only sapphic character in the main cast, while the other main characters had ongoing romantic story-lines with each other (Nancy/Ace, George/Nick), all of Bess's romantic relationships were with side charactersNancy Drew’s Bess Marvin deserves better - Fansided and this tended to result in her having less well-established side-stories for episodes at a time, especially after her relationship with her (newly found) family, the Marvins, broke down in season two. 
Opinions were also mixed about one particular romance, in season two, where Bess became romantically involved with a ghost, Odette Lamar, while Odette was inhabiting George's body. 
Many fans like Odette's character and enjoyed Leah Lewis's acting, switching between George and Odette and embodying the character of Odette well, but were less than thrilled about the direction the show had chosen to take with their only LGBT main character, especially given the fact that the show made it clear that nothing long-lasting could come out of it. 
The fact that the sapphic pairings tagged on AO3 suffer badly from being background tagged (only ~30 works remain once the works focused on F/M pairings or crossovers focused on characters from other fandoms entirely) has also been a source of frustration for some fans.
==Fanworks==
*a good life by anathebookworm, Nancy & Ryan, Ryan/Lucy, And so that was what he did. He held his daughter, Lucy’s daughter, for the very first time in his life. AKA the time travel fix-it fic no one asked for. (Post 1x16)
==Archives & Fannish Links==
*Nancy Drew (TV 2019) works at AO3
*Nancy Drew TV.com
*Tumblr tags: Nancy Drew CW, NancyDrewEdit
==Canon Resources==
*Nancy Drew (2019 TV series) at Nancy Drew Wiki
*Nancy Drew at the CW Wiki
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