User blog comment:Justjackbros/VenturianTale has DIED???!!!?/@comment-25867149-20150402122832/@comment-25867149-20160628132159

A year on, I've got to say I do think VenturianTale has improved dramatically since I wrote that, though it's difficult to say if it's as good as the Classic Era because there are some marked differences. The humour's still 2014-2015 era and the FNAF is just a given now, though they don't turn up as often as before. I think Jordan's attempts to arrange some kind of continuity in the series, whilst well-meaning, was a little misguided in regard to the concurrent "wish fulfilment" scheme, and particularly damaging to the lore in terms of Spencer's backstory, which contradicts pretty much EVERYTHING about his original intro episode (unless the Spence is actually a separate entity from Spencer and something else happened entirely that we don't know about involving the two). Looking back, I guess the humour was a little forced and reliant on childish jokes, memes and prangs. Jack was certainly right about them leaning towards "popularity over originality", and as an older viewer I would like to see them do more, not adult, but "mature" content, by which I mean content that's not just aimed at younger viewers, but the whole fanbase, including the older viewers. VT in 2013 and 2014 was the best it ever was, and probably the best it's ever going to get. That's pretty much the last word on it for now. Roll on 2017, let's see what I have to say then. Hopefully things will be better.