I think the fact that Emily is doing interviews/press with Stephen and not Katie, who is meant to be the leading female on the show, says so much about how far embedded in the fandom Felicity/Emily now is and that the showrunners are acutely aware of that.
It also shows that despite your plans for tv shows, sometimes things go in a direction you never expected or foresaw and so you have to account for that. Which also gives me hope for Olicity.
