User blog:IcyPenguins13/Popular Topic: L is for Love

The Loud House has become one of Nickelodeon's most popular shows since it's premiere, and who could argue? The show is animated making it easier for the writers/producers to introduce new characters, create plots for episodes, and is overall more appealing to a younger audience. However it's not just kids watching. The age demographic seems to reach kids, pre-teens, teenagers, and even adults. The show knows how to keep it's "family friendly" image while also being able to attract viewers of older age groups. That, to me, is a show that has potential. Another major aspect is that the creators of the show aren't afraid to push the limits of childrens' entertainment. The two examples of this are featuring a gay married couple, and having one of the Loud sisters revealed to be bisexual. It is one of these examples that I will be talking about here, and that is Luna Loud having a crush on Sam.

The episode "L is For Love" is about a secret admirer letter being sent to the Loud family with an unknown sender, and addressed to L. Loud. Obviously, everyone who lives in the house, except for Rita, has the initials L. Loud so the letter could be for anyone. After week of the Loud siblings trying to figure out which of their crushes sent the letter, a second letter is sent with a rose inside, and revealing that it is for someone who has brown hair. This leaves Lisa, Luan, Lynn, and Luna. The four give their crushes a token to see if they get a response, except for Luna who claims that Sam is out of her league, but the rest of the siblings tell her she's still a part of this. The final letter comes revealing that they love L. Loud's "sweet sounds" and "all things British". This quickly narrows it down to Luna who loves music and all things British. She is told to meet the admirer at "Banger's and Mosh" restaurant. Luna goes to the restaurant with her siblings, but can't find Sam anywhere. They do notice, however, their parents sitting at a table together. They explain how Rita was the one sending the letters and that they were for [http://theloudhouse.wikia.com/wiki/Lynn_Loud_Sr. Lynn Sr.] This was because Rita used secret admirer letters to get Lynn Sr. to fall in love with her when she was younger, as she was to afraid to speak to him in person. She did this as a "celebration" of the first date the two went on. Rita says she's sorry if Luna was dissapointed that the letter wasn't for her, but Luna says she wasn't after hearing the story. It had actually inspired her and the rest of her siblings to give their crushes a letter with their respected names. After a montage of the siblings each giving the letters to their crushes, we end off with Luna putting her letter in Sam's locker. Viewers expect Luna's crush to be a male, but when we see a band of 1 male and 2 females, we see that Sam is revealed to be a female. She opens her locker and sees the letter fall out. Keep in mind that the letter was written by Luna Loud, with Luna Loud written as the sender. When Sam finishes reading the letter, she smiles. Luna, looking around the corner, also smiles as she knows there is hope for her wand Sam.

Ok that was a long explanation. When I saw this scene, I was so shocked that I went online just to watch the ending scene again to make sure my mind wasn't playing tricks on me. I still couldn't believe it. I re-watched the episode and noticed some patterns. 1. Nobody ever uses a pronoun in place of Sam, she is always referred to by name. This is most likely a way to keep Sam's identity hidden until the big reveal. 2. The siblings, and most likely the parents, know who Sam is. When the siblings are at the restaurant, they claim that they can't see Sam anywhere. This shows that all of Luna's siblings know exactly who Sam is, and even bigger, that Luna's crush is female.

A few days later, I searched up "The Loud House" online to look more into this. When I scrolled down on the results I saw 3 recent articles about The Loud House and homosexuality, all on the same topic of Luna and Sam.

Now I know how late I am to the party but I just really wanted to show my side on this and what I saw from that scene. What I saw wasn't some form of protest or statement, I saw a young woman finding out that her love interest feels the same way back. This show made history with Harold and Howard McBride, and it has once again made history with Luna Loud.