I love it when show cast and crew are absolutely aware...

...of the shenanigans of the fandom.

For instance, take Bahia Watson, voice actress for Misty.

Note the profile pic. (Edit: She has since changed it. But still hilarious)

Toasty.

Comments

[Snowdrifter]

That picture is so heartwarming.

[The Blue EM2]

Who's the original artist?

[TheGJ90]

Hahahahaha! The fact that she did that at all is priceless! I wonder if Hasbro saw it and was like "we respectfully ask that you don't do that."?

[milesprower06]

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Makaryo

[Radu Nightshade]

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Warm and fuzzy, to the marshmallow torch degree

[The Blue EM2]

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The next thing I need to do is follow them.

[Starlight Glimmer1]

*roasting marshmallows over Opaline’s corpse*

Toasty indeed.

[KMCA]

sounds like we got the Tara Strong of this generation. Is she interacting openly with fans yet?

[justheretoreadstories]

It looks like there are some people on the show who follow the fan stuff like in Gen 4, which is good to see.

[Yoshifan30]

Awww that's cool

[Axolotl222]

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You what? Regardless of how one feels about the quality of the new gen, you can't say that the staff doesn't care about the show or the fans. That's just a flat out lie at this point.

[KMCA]

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Those are some nice words you're putting in my mouth.
I was asking if Bahia was getting involved yet or just acknowledging the fandom.

But I just got off a 13 hour shift so... let's throw some shade.
Were you even around during the early days of G4? I came in at the end of 2011 so I missed the initial stuff but I still was around as Tara worked together with the community to CREATE the memes, not just repost them. When VA's met fan talent and practically became family, I've drank with Lee Tockar and worked with several others to raise money for charities.

So yeah, we can take a stance that the staff and fans aren't tight like the last generation... Because we haven't built those relationships yet.
You want that to change, be the change you want to see. Talk with them, create jokes, stories, memes and experiences. Build relationships with them where they aren't just people voicing characters you like. Get people excited and put on dozens of conventions with them as guests. Because until you do all that... it is just a pale imitation of what we had last time. (and to be honest, there's nothing wrong with that.)

[Turbotune]

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You're right, and if you ask me, since friendship is the magic of our community, just be on good terms with the staff and encouraging them to improve already has a good chance of bringing back our bonds and make everyone happier.

[AgentKorpsman]

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Agreed

[Axolotl222]

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I should clarify:
I wasn’t saying about you. What was trying to do was to use your comments as examples to backup my point. Looking back I definitely should have worded things better

[MikiStenbeck]

is that Spyro buring in to background? o.o

[milesprower06]

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I believe that is Opaline.

[MikiStenbeck]

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oh yea, it is, XD got confuzed cuz he's the exact same purple too. XD