That's odd: in most articles, I read plenty more comments of extreme anti-cas penchant. Being glad for a new character, even if it is for the silly reasons you point (personally, I've never read anything of that sort, but if you say it's out there, ok), sounds much less negative than constant demands for a character's head on a platter.

And the bodyguard blog thing was cringe-worthy all around: from posters pointing fingers at Cliff, to posters sucking up to Cliff. The kind of discussions that were there is NOT something I'm comfortable reading outside of the fandom realm. The secondhand embarrassing hurt.