Thread:Weavillain/@comment-31789809-20170919160526/@comment-31022739-20170919233903

There was a time where I actually did like WiaPW, but then one moment ruined the entire story for me. Now, you might think that abandoning a story for one reason is petty and ridiculous, but I can assure you that that one moment made every subsequent addition to the story a null and void because the story refused to right the wrong that was made.

So, what am I talking about? I'm referring to one point in Lincoln's "Reason You Suck" speech to his family that's been done to death several times before and is rarely ever satisfying because instead of addressing the "problems" they bring up, they just spin a narrative of Lincoln's mistreatment of his family, thus debaseing the charming, heartwarming family dynamic in favor of making it appear as though Lincoln is the "black sheep" who's only guilty of being too good for his sinful family of degenerate abusers. These type of rants fail to do anything but misrepresent the show and ruin the characterization of the entire family. And the worst part is, it appears as though most of these pieces are inspired not because the author think they're interesting, but because they couldn't handle one "Lincoln torture" episode and write them as a self-indulging, self-therapeutic homework assignment to cope with their "triggeredness".

But even with all of that, I was still willing to stomach through the typical, repetitive, hollow, swear-laden mess of that speech because everything else about the story was actually intriguing.

And then...then, we got this:

"The boy's anger continued to build back up to its previous level. "Had to take the blame for clogging the toilet just because a certain someone can't handle criticism..." Lucy hung her head in shame."

I...I had, and still have, so many problems with this. This speech was written as "You go, Lincoln!" moment, meaning that I was supposed to find everything that Lincoln was saying to his family as acceptable, and that I should also be satisfied that Lucy feels shame. Although I could find some merit to a few of the points Lincoln brought up, this one with Lucy was just horrible and in more ways than one.

1. Lincoln did not have to take the blame for Lucy. He voluntarily chose to endure the etasing and the punishment for Lucy's sake.

2. Lucy's problems had nothing to do with handling "criticism". It had everything to do with her not being able to handle teasing the same way that Lincoln could. Speaking of which...

3. Before that point, Lincoln ripped into his sisters for laughing at his costume, yet Lucy was suppsoed to feel bad for not being able to take that same brand of teasing? Essentially, it's okay that Lincoln shouldn't have to put up with his sister's taunting, but Lucy is a horrrible person for wating to avoid what Lincoln thinks is messed up.

4. It takes one of Lincoln's best moments of the show and ruins it entirely by having him forsake his willingness to be a protective older brother for lashing out in an angsty drivel.

5. The narrative is not self-aware of how much of a d*** move it was for Lincoln to do this to his sister. Yes, the story makes a point that Lincoln acts out of blind rage during that rant and fight with Lynn, but afterwards, when Lucy and Lincoln meet up again, Lincoln is still acting like an odious, vile little pukestain, and there was no anger or rage when Lincoln, quite calmly, tears into Lucy again.

I don't care how much NSL took its toll on Lincoln or how messed up teh story wants to make it for him; you don't get a "Get Out of Culpability for Free" card when you act like a reprehensible human being.

So yea, after that, it was goodbye to WiaPW, and I haven't looked back since.