Idk if this is relevant or not, but I found this written like in 2017. Any thoughts?

@thps48
yes

@Background Pony #F979  
Even though we’ve been discussing Shapiro, I instantly had Jared the Subway Guy jump into mind. XD

@Background Pony #F979  
Yes

Now we just need a jared lookalike hit it off with applebloom in the background

@Evil Emperor Proteus  
His behavior is unprofessional. Other than tha all I can judge is that he picked the wrong PPG waifu. Buttercup is better… And the one with less changes.

@Evil Emperor Proteus  
yeah that’s what I was thinking

@northern haste  
He writes the episodes. Seems more like they were performing damage control because of the massive negative reaction.

Apparently it wasn’t actually Jake self inserting himself but the character just happened to look like him so they had him voice him.  
I have my doubts about that but even if that is the case it does not make it better as they really should have thought through the implications

@Evil Emperor Proteus  
It’s nice to see the word cringe actually make sense for once

Wait wait wait… so this pedo made a self-insert character to date Blossom? Never bothered with the reboot, I knew it’s going to be shit the moment they announced there will be no old writers.
 
But holy fuck, this goes beyond insane.
 
And sad.
 
Mostly sad.

 
Jared Shapiro. Love interest of Blossom.
 
 
Jake Goldman. Writer for The Powerpuff Girls.

@Background Pony #4C1B  
^This. That is probably the closest he will ever have to a girlfriend, especially after the whole mess.

@Background Human  
We all know it was his idea. We all know he wanted this. No matter how much CN covers his sorry rear end, we know he made a legendary, fanfic level, waifu obsessed move, which when put in the canon for a show he didn’t create, is kind of a mix between blinder and dick move.
 
Why dick move? Well, bet he is not the only one who held blossom as waifu at some point in time. I mean, some elementary school children who watched the original show probably considered her an ideal gf.
 
 
@CardStock  
Well. If it was his own IP, heck, if both characters were written by him in someone else’s IP, I wouldn’t mind the self insert ship in official material.
 
I have seen more than one stories where self insert characters date a main character (More often than not being also main characters) it is actually quite common in one shot manga.
 
The problem is that this is a self insert dating a character the inserted man in question did not write. That is OK with fanfics, not on official stuff. Especially when done so blatantly.
 
If he veiled it a bit more, like giving the guy just one common trait with himself, he would have gone away with it without being noticed, or at least dodging the worst hit.
 
As I said, credit where is due. The guy achieved the impossible by effectively writing himself in a relationship with his waifu and cucking anyone who had blossom for waifu. He Flash Sentried at least a dozen of 90’s kids! Adn the resulting lulz are awesome.
 
TOP KEK.

@Evil Emperor Proteus  
Blaming the one guy is too simple. There’s a process. There’s a pipeline. It’s like a plane crash or a nuclear meltdown: a lot of things have to go wrong for it to happen.

@CardStock  
Them saying the Network did it and not the writer was just damage control. We all know he’s the one who does it, he’s the writer and he voices the character. How dumb do they think we are?

@ChuymaruZ  
For me, the only true 4th PPG will always be bunny, who died a hero.  
Forever remembered, and dearly loved. She went away too soon

@ChuymaruZ  
And apparently her name isn’t Bunny, like I assumed.

come on guys, this old drama, the fourth ppg is the current drama now

@raakamagna  
Exactly. Writers have a sort of self-insert all the time and there isn’t really anything wrong with that as a concept, but as stated, it’s the making them a romantic interest to a main character that’s when it gets incredibly cringy.
 
And I DON’T care if the network said that it was other writers thinking it’d be fun and not the guy himself that pushed it, the fact they went along with it like it wasn’t cringy or stupid shows just how little they care. I mean, yeah, nothing wrong with a romantic interest for a main character, but how about we don’t have it be a self insert. I mean, the guy didn’t object to it either and no one on the staff thought it was weird. The actual hell?
 
The only credit that can be given is that he is the ultimate of creepy fanboys. That’s not something to be proud of either. As much as I’d like it to happen, even if the opportunity was given, I would NEVER make my OCxLuna ship canon because my personal preference/fantasy is just that, personal. It’s one thing to do it as fan art or fan fiction, but to get it canon is just nuts.

I wonder what his handle was on the old PPG forums. You don’t waifu Blossom that hard unless you were part of the fandom.

I have no problem with self inserts if they’re background characters in passing. Why not put your pony self in the crowd instead of another Lyra clone, after all?  
Making yourself the love interest of a kindergartener? Not cool.

@Evil Emperor Proteus  
He self inserted into a cartoon as a desperate attempt to be with his waifu.  
He is already destroyed

@raakamagna  
>”We should give the guy a break.”  
No. Never. Attack until he is destroyed.