User blog comment:Spongefan511/New Series or Remake/@comment-4165715-20170410212848/@comment-1323688-20170410221712

I started the EMPATH series years ago having it based entirely on the cartoon show interpretation, but over time altered some elements that I feel wouldn't properly work with the series. The incorporation of elements from the comic books and the Sony live-action film series were also done gradually so as not to be overwhelming with a confusing mishmash of characters and parts that wouldn't mesh together. That's probably what I would suggest: to pick which mainstream media interpretation of the Smurfs works for you as far as a foundation for your story series and then build and alter things in it as you progress.