User blog:AndrewBrauer/Discussion - Is Luna Loud becoming Irrelevant in the series?

This has been something that has been on my mind for the majority of season 2, I've also talked about this with some other users so let's bring up the big question: Is Luna Loud becoming irrelevant in the series?

Let's take a look at this picture to help support my statement...



After finding this meme online I found it both funny and true of how Luna is being used for season 2, namely in episodes focused on the entire family used for the plot, so I won't be focusing on episodes like Frog Wild or Baby Steps since those are clearly episodes where Luna or certain other sisters weren't needed. If you've noticed in more of the family focused episodes like Lock 'N' Loud, Vantastic Voyage and No Such Luck, Luna does appear with the rest of her siblings but she's only given about two or three lines at best for her dialogue, and these lines feel non-distinct for her character as anyone other sister could've said what Luna said in any of those episodes and there wouldn't be a difference. Even in episodes like Back in Black or Cheater by the Dozen which are two episodes that didn't even need all of the sisters involved, Luna is STILL given little to nothing in those episodes, making me wonder if the writers only put her just to please her fans. Aside from 11 Louds a Leapin' and maybe Suite and Sour, season 2 of The Loud House has treated Luna pretty badly, which is quite shocking considering how popular she's gotten over the first season thanks to House Music (my personal favorite episode of season 1) and especially For Bros About to Rock earning her more fans and love from the fandom, at best for this season she's been nothing more than a background character with almost all of her fun personalty taken away in favor of just a few lines she says to progress the plot but hardly stands out, but at her worst she's become an unlikable character taking some of the same traits as Lori and just being a completely selfish twit who agrees with her sisters plans even if it's against her own brother Lincoln, just for the sake of the plot. Now I could be wrong for where Luna is progressing from season 2 since we still have plenty of episodes left to finish off the season, but I've seen this start to happen as early as Snow Bored in season 1 where she seemed to be the only one not doing anything during the snow day or when Lisa was firing snowballs at everyone in the house, this ended up happening again in No Such Luck when she was left out of the montage of Lincoln telling his sisters about his bad luck. At first I thought she was the only one who didn't believe Lincoln's bad luck and thought it was a lie, until she leaves with the family for the movie and ends up siding with her siblings, showing that the writers didn't even care enough to include her finding out about Lincoln's bad luck which strikes me as just lazy writing on her character.

So now let's look at some possible reasons for why Luna has been poorly written in the most recent episodes.

She's become too popular

Luna has garnered so much love from the fandom that the writers have decided that it's too much and has overshadowed the other characters, so they've given her less to say so they can give more scenes of dialogue to the other sisters. As of now Lynn and Lisa (and possibly the twins Lola and Lana but that's debatable) seem to have been given more time for the dialogue and comedy over any screentime Luna could have, which for me is NOT a good sign when the worst character on the show is given more to say over my favorite character (the more I've seen Lynn this season the more I've disliked her, especially in No Such Luck) and that more scenes with Lisa have only made me feel somewhat worse about her. (I blame most of that on Making the Grade which made me outright dislike her character) I could be wrong since this is just my opinion, but I'm sure I'm not the only one who thinks that this could be true.

The writers don't know how to write Luna in the episodes

I get the feeling the writers originally only wanted to use Luna just to reference a song depending on a scene, and so far we haven't seen her make many song references this season. I'm probably wrong on this but it's just a suspicion I have with how she's written in most episodes. What the writers don't seem to get are the traits about her character that so many viewers adore about her, it's already been said by everyone in the fandom that Luna and Leni are Lincoln's nicest sisters out of the family (based off of the artwork and fanfics it's made even more clear) but if you're just starting the series with watching the newest episodes you would never know that. Her down to earth and chilled dialogue makes her likable among the fans, and the fact that she seems to get Lincoln the most out of all the sisters shows that there's potential for more episodes involving the two together. But in episodes like No Such Like she immediately agrees with the rest of the family that Lincoln is bad luck and is completely fine with kicking him out of the house, not worried about the possibility of her own brother hurt or lost. This seems to be where Luna is going for her character and it makes me even more worried for how she'll turn out by the end of this season.

She's Just shoehorned in just to please the fans.

I've already mentioned this but the sisters seem to be shoved right into the story depending on the episode, which is quite pointless in episodes like Back in Black or Cheater by the Dozen since they are given very little to nothing in those episodes. Back in Black should've just kept Lori, Leni and Lola as the only sisters who help Lucy get a makeover for Rocky since Luna and the other sisters had no point being in the episode and were given maybe one line of dialogue. Cheater by the Dozen should've just been Lincoln and (to my surprise) Clyde only in the episode since the other sisters (except Lori) served no point in being a part of the two investigating Bobby, in previous episodes the other sisters seemed to not care at all about Lori's relationship with Bobby yet in here they are completely serious about it making it their number one goal to learn the truth about what Bobby is doing, which doesn't fit at all with the other sisters especially Luna given how, once again, she's given nothing to do in the episode. I wish the writers would properly use Luna better in episodes where she feels like her presence is both necessary and believable, but now it feels more like her and all the other sisters are involved in an episode just to satisfy the fans of each sister.

Those are my thoughts on how Luna has been used so far in the series, (as of season 2) if you have your own reasons or possible theories for how Luna is being used or why she's being used this way, let me know in the comments below I'm always open to discussions with you guys.