User blog comment:Angryman8000/My thoughts on the voice actors/@comment-31194372-20171110052340

This was a fun read! It's always great to see new faces helping enliven our Wiki's blog service since I'm pretty much the only person regularly pumping stuff out.

I do think you're a bit vague around Season 2, though, and I'll go and defend it as the show's most honed-in (not necessarily best) vocal performances from Gumball and Darwin. There's such a nice specificity with them that aligns perfectly with how the characters act - Logan's performance as Gumball is rigid and cynical, whereas Kwesi's Darwin is weary and patronizing while trying to maintain good spirits. Kwesi especially was remarkable in being able to really articulate with all the nuances of Darwin's psyche - his Season 2 characterization is intricate and hypocritical, and he plays all of that off swimmingly.

As for the new guys... I generally agree. I feel like I've come more to terms with Nicolas overtime, but both of the new VAs have struggled in leaving much of an impression and properly inhibiting their characters. Part of the joy of Jacob and Terrell's performance was how much of a break from Season 2 it was, and how liberating that was for the show, yet here, Nicolas' and Donielle's performances come across more as impressions. (I'm at least hoping Darwin's new VA will be able to bring in some much-needed energy to make up for Donielle's more lethargic performance.)

I'm hoping to see you around here more!