User blog:Zman12346/why do so many people disagree with the nice and mean sisters trope

While I do feel that none of the sisters are "bad people" in the pure sense of the word and all bring their own unique and interesting contributions to the table, it should be blatantly obvious for any watcher who marathons the show to see that some sisters are indeed much nicer than others. I am not trying to say that any of them are perfect, since all of them do have their mean moments as well as moments where they pile on Lincoln unfairly(often for things he didn't do). Episodes like "Brawl in the family", "No Such Luck" and "Heavy Meddle" can attest to that.

What I'm trying to say is that there are some siblings who are if you will "The lesser of eleven evils" (And yes I'm counting Lincoln as a sibling who is being judged).

For instance, take a look at Luna, the sibling who a lot of fans claim to have a closer bond with Lincoln than the other sisters. In her two major episodes "For Bros about to rock" and "House Music" she did indeed have flaws that were well showcased. But in the former episode, she risked her skin to try and break Lincoln from Prison as well as give him a heartfelt explanation of why she did what she did as well as a genuine apology. And in the latter episode, a quick lecture was all it took for Luna to realize her faults and try to fix what she had done. She also already felt guilt for her actions before said lecture. Essentially Luna was ready to repent her wrongs at the end of the episodes that had their focus on her.

Now lets look at Lynn and Luan, two of the fans least favorite. Let's start with Space invader and No Such Luck. In Space Invader, Lynn was a terrible roommate to Lincoln doing terrible things like abusing his favorite toy "Bon Bon", snoring Loudly so that Lincoln had to move to the bathroom to sleep as well as constantly trying to change his room against his wishes and giving him annoying dutch ovens all the while. She only apologized to Lucy slightly at the end of the episode, and not to Lincoln for doing all the above mentioned mean things. And in No Such Luck, She threatened a very tired Lincoln with a bat and called him bad luck just because she couldn't take a loss well ("Lynner takes all" further shows she can't take losses well) She only apologized to Lincoln at the end because he was now "good luck" and not because he was kicked from the house and his furniture was sold.

And as for Luan, all three April fools episodes should explain why she just isn't the most likeable sister of the bunch. These three episodes are "April Fools rules", "Fool's paradise" and "Fool me twice". In these three episodes she laughed at the misfortune of others and refused to repent or change her ways. She apologized at the end of "Fool me twice" only when she saw her comedy props being sold and not when she saw her family being humiliated.

I do therefore think that the nice and mean sisters trope is a good one, even if you don't agree. I feel that this trope encourages the mean sisters to try and learn from the nice sisters while the nice sisters try even harder to improve even more.