User blog:AustinDR/Thoughts on Diary of a Loud

So...."Dairy of a Loud." I still have yet to read all of AnimationFan15's stories, a few that I have liked so far were "Whitewashed," "Diary of a Loud," and "Loudcasts." With "Whitewashed...." I really have no problem with it; yeah, the girls were @$$holes in that story, but to be honest, when you compare stories that take the mean-spiritedness even further such as say "Syngesophobia," that one wasn't remotely that bad. I guess it had to do with the fact that, once again, I didn't care much for Lincoln to really care about the fact that his hard work got destroyed and then he got beaten up. I don't mean to sound as though I'm completely apathetic towards anything happening to Lincoln, but my dislike for him primarily came from how rabid fans of the show would complain about Lincoln getting the short end of the stick. Other than that, I did like how Lincoln sucker punches Lori without even trying. Anywho, here's "Diary of a Loud."

When Lola is pressed to find something she could take to school for show-and-tell, she secretly swipes Lincoln's journal, and reads it to the whole class. Naturally, this leads to Lincoln (and to an extent Clyde) to become laughingstocks at school. Lola eventually realizes that she royally messed up, so she needs to find a way to redeem herself. So going with the whole plot of the fanfic, it honestly felt like it could pass for an actual episode of the show. Execpt, there are a few things that I didn't like about it. My main criticism for the story is the extent of how the journal being read aloud ruined Lincoln's life. I get that he would be made fun of at school for his misadventures (such as that wonderful time he and Clyde got covered in Lily's unmentionables), but...Ronnie Anne dumps him solely because she discovered that he liked watching that Dream Boat show. It struck me as pointlessly cruel. Really, why would Ronnie Anne dump Lincoln for that reason? While they aren't dating, Lincoln treats her very well in some of their scenes together, so I really don't see how Lincoln watching this slightly feminine show would be enough of a valid reason to dump him. If he were to have - I don't know, met a girl behind Ronnie Anne's back - that would make it more justifiable to dump Lincoln. But no, he didn't: if anything, I would've expected for Ronnie Anne to probably keep up the act and make fun of Lincoln whilst speaking with him in private about what happened. It especially doesn't make sense that this would trouble Ronnie Anne since her brother watches that show....though, admittedly, he only likes the show because Lori likes it....really seems that he's too dependent on her, but that's beside the point. Overall, Ronnie Anne's reasons for dumping Lincoln didn't make sense to me.

The other problem has to be how Lola sets off on her journey for self-redemption. After Lincoln tells his sisters that Ronnie Anne broke up with him over the journal, Lola strolls down the stairs, and accidentally exposes herself. Lola then proceeds to laugh at Lincoln's face as if she had no remorse for what she just did.....and Lincoln punches her squarely in the face. The force of the punch causes her to fly off the stairs, knocking her unconscious.