Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-4948390-20130404130721/@comment-2133523-20140622143641

Firstly, no, I don't think anyone hates Dwayne McDuffie.. Secondly, I kinda agree that they are changing way too much, way too fast. Getting rid of most of the supporting cast and replacing them with new characters in the 5 episodes.

Look at everything else that did this. Doctor Who suffered terribly when they switched from Tom Baker to Peter Davison, and this was mainly because the only characters that had remained a constant were 1 character that all the fans hated, and a second that was only introduced 2 episodes prior to Toms departure.

And Power Rangers: Turbo did the same. First episode, Zordon and Alpha leave and they introduce 2 new mentors, a load of the supporting cast, like Ernie left, only to be replaced, and then, 10 episodes in, they got rid of all of the rangers, only to replace them with new ones.

If this change had been gradual, then I think people would have responded better to it. Have an episode that showed Gwen and Kevin making their plans to move away, do another episode that shows Julie and Ben drifting apart. Don't just say "Well, new series, you know all of those characters you like? Well, not anymore, they're gone, to be replaced by these brand new characters THAT YOU ARE GOING TO LIKE!!!"

Honestly, I am surprised that these changes have been taken as well as they have been. I mean,  Rook fulfills almost all of the requirements to be a Weasly Crusher, Ester fulfils them all.