I wonder if it's possible to spin some analysis on how certain characters and situations are generally handled by the same writer/boarder teams (like nearly every lars and sadie episode being raven and paul, or nearly every flashback involving Katie Mitroff); though outside of Ian JQ leaving and Joe being promoted to director, there isn't any variance with the outline writers (Matt and Ben with ideas from Rebecca, Kat, and Ian/Joe)
This is something I’ve discussed before in this ask but let’s talk about it again :D
I would say the outlining process gives us the bare bones of the plot. What needs to be moved forward? Who needs to develop to set up for a future episode? Who gets introduced? It’s a very big-picture process when working on a show.
At the same time, outline writers may have specific big moments or imagery that needs to be conveyed, sort of like a vision. That’s why Rebecca has mentioned sometimes she gets into boarding the scenes herself, because there’s a specific thing she wants to show and it’s much clearer for her to do it herself.
Once the direction has been said, the meat of the story has to be fleshed out. That means dialogue and mannerisms. The kind of non-word sounds like “Hnggg” and *splutter* are part of this. So it’s possible some things in the original draft get changed in the process, should it be more believable or in-character for particular characters to do this instead of that.
The reason I think we have the same people working on particular characters, is that it supports the rationale of the show. It’s based on real-life relationships. That means outside our protagonist, Steven, the characters are protagonists in their own stories. They’re also growing and changing and it’s a little more difficult to get into that mindset of the character from a big picture, since there’s a bigger plot that needs to get moving. In that regard, I’d say particular work teams have better expressions, visions for these characters and it would make sense in their development to have the same people handle them.