Even wackier theory: Dreamworks sabotaged VLD to promote 3below, an animation that premiered DAYS after VLDs8 and whose plot follows VLDs1 so damn closely: basically the same, but with alien teens on Earth instead of Earth teens in space. Before She-Ra, DW was piting crews of VLD and Trollhunters against each other (it backfired). Trollhunters had a lot of positive media attention for its final season and a chill fanbase. VLD had little media attention until The Shiro Reveal and notoriously terrible fanbase. 3below is a spin off of Trollhunters that is VERY similar to VLD. Make out of it what you will.