Thread:Stryzzar/@comment-1037137-20150203224621/@comment-24152851-20150204043837

Well to start off, I think the best way to present such points is to not come off as being just one of the many haters busy flaming their social media, but more as someone who's responsible and is genuinely concerned about where this is headed. What I find the best way to hone the point through is, you remain unsatisfied with the issue at hand, but you're sort positioned as being neutral among the fan/hater crowd. What's important is to not get too harsh while criticizing, and it probably helps to bring up something that was done well in the past. While at the same time, adding on what is they're currently doing wrong, and maybe throwing in a bit of encouragement that they are capable of doing better. Remember, everyone likes to hear good things about them, and even while giving feedback/criticism, it helps to stand out and be mature.

As for the specific points you mentioned. I think they've heard enough about Wreck-ening, Mike, the balloons, and the Reset Button for now, but if required that can be addressed alongside the other issues. I'm not sure what kind of feedback they've gotten on SMS and Bold and the Booty-ful, but somehow they really need to know just how wrong those episodes were. How I would go about doing it, is specifically bringing up how the characters were prior to getting wrecked, and it would help to praise how well the characters were done in the past. Then comparing the different versions of the characters side-by-side, to highlight just how far they have fallen. Again, best not to firmly point the finger at any particular person, but focusing on the problem itself. Finally, to really have your feedback leave a mark, remind them of the original intention of the series. It was to entertain, inspire, and in some cases educate, and how these episodes achieved the exact opposite. Explaining why Courtney's Satanisation, or Gwen's bear crap painting is so unfunny, and how it's so different to what the series's original goal was. In such a case it would probably help to get some "secondary sources" as examples, of just how poorly received the episodes were.

I went into the characters a bit in the paragraph above, but I'll add some more points here. It's important to remind them that the characters are the very thing that keeps the show alive. A show without proper characters is like a fishtank without water, doomed to fail. Correct handling of characters is essential, and they should be reminded of just how important their treatment is. Something I suspect was going on in the studio was the priority did not go to considering the character's outcome, but instead to meet the deadline ASAP, and making whatever cuts were necessary. If that was the mindset, then the production team really needs to work on straightening out the priorities. You're absolutely right in avoiding that "bring this character back" crap, to be noticed you need to put yourself as being more maturer then the rest of the cohort and on the same level as the production team themselves. I had such a discussion with Julie a while back, and I think she could tell I was a different to a lot of the people who message her.

Emphasizing on the Broken Base would be helpful to say the least. It's more of that, "if you can't take my word for it, have a look for yourself". Show them how TDAS tore the fandom apart, and just how profound an impact it was. There's always going to be fans and haters for everything, but when it's to this magnitude, then there's definitely something being done wrong (though best not to use that last line in the actual message).

Okay, so that's all the input I can give for now. Hope that was helpful.