>>144045917I think the show just needed all-around new writers by the time season 10 rolled around. S10 and Odder mostly retained the same writing staff and were trash, while ANW hired a whole new one who is able to capture the style of the og show's humor AND add a little bit of serialization which the old show lacked. The only problem with ANW is.... most of the characters are kind of dull.
>>144045924Tootie was actually sympathetic, a trait that Chloe completely lacked. Nobody gives a shit that Chloe "can't make friends"... which is never indicated or brought up again besides the end of her first episode.... while they see Tootie undergo some pretty fucking brutal (by Nicktoon standards) sibling bullying. That's why people keep saying she needed a fairy. Really, they just needed to resolve the Vicky vs Tootie plotline definitively, instead of chickening out like they did in Channel Chasers.
>>144045987I think neither adding new characters nor giving character's direct access to Timmy's fairies would've been a good solution. However, having some characters "in the now" and able to join in his adventures might've shaken things up a bit. It's really what the last few seasons became anyway (except Timmy teaming up with Crocker and other forgettable characters instead of Chester, Aj, Tootie, Trixie, Veronica etc), except they never really did away with the autistic secrecy stuff. They add a golden opportunity to do this after Wishology too, and IIRC people even wanted it that way, but resorted to the status quo and that was really where this show lost what good will it had left.
