Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-26200221-20151211162449/@comment-26812877-20160216051148

Whatever you think that suits you. However, it's what the writers think which VA is suitable for the characters but it's up to the VAs to mean the writers expectations and how they can perform and deliver their roles. Also, of course Yuri does his "Ben" voice, which turns out to be his normal voice, because Yuri was voicing Ben. He has to do his "Ben" voice. He needs to but what matters is how. Lots of people also criticize Yuri's performance of Ben as well. Most people still prefer Tara Strong over Yuri to voice Ben too. It's up to the writers to choose which VAs are suitable for certain roles but it's also up to the VA to meet the very expectations that the writers, and most especially and importantly the viewers, have on the very roles that VAs have to voice and portray in. Again, whatever you think that suits you. If you like Yuri Lowenthal, that's great and I'm fine with that. I like Yuri Lowenthal as well and his performance as Ben had improved with each show. I'd just rather prefer Tara Strong over him. She outstandingly delivered the voice and role of Ben so much better than him. She greatly helped define Ben as a character. At least for me, Yuri just never managed to deliver on the very level that Tara did. Again, it's what you think that matters to you though. Did I say that Yuri did a poor job voicing Ben. No, I said he did an average job and I just mentioned that he did improve. I just don't think he improved enough.

In my opinion, if CN makes Ben a teenager again later in the reboot series, I would rather prefer someone else over Yuri. Heck, maybe give Tara Strong a try at voicing a teenage Ben. She could likely pull it off. Just need to mold and change her voice to suit the voice of a teenager. Tara managed to voice Ben 23, who was somewhere between 12 and 14 years old. If she can do that, maybe Tara can pull off voicing a 15 to 16 year old Ben as well. Then once Ben reaches somewhere between the ages of 16 and 18 is when they could bring someone else in to voice Ben. What do you guys think of that?