User blog:EpsilonMk46/Defending "No Such Luck"

I'm probably going to open up a can of worms for this but... here goes nothing...

You say that the family took things "too far", but one must ask something. Why did the family take things "too far"? Were they even aware of what they were doing? Were they in their right mind when performing certain actions and were they truly 100% to blame? Could it possibly be because the family went badsh*t insane over their superstitions so much so that they felt a need to board up Lincoln's room complete with hazard tape? All they had to do was really just tell Lincoln that he couldn't sleep in his room and that'd be all that was needed. But nope, they felt the pressing need to go all out and completely quarantine the entire room as part of being crazy psychopaths. When you think about it like that, this becomes freaking hilarious seeing them become deranged, superstitious maniacs who are willing to go to extremes to protect themselves. You know, them going on wild tangents on what could go wrong if Lincoln came along; them trying to get rid of his furniture because they most likely thought they were cursed along with him, and because they didn't have a stake to burn them at they only thought to sell them. Doesn't that just come off as drop dead hilarious? I mean, come on, do any of these haters even know just how much superstitions can cloud someone's mind to the point of mental insanity? Frankly, I'm surprised they don't simply laugh at these superstitious fools for their blatant madness and over the top actions.

I mean, sure Lincoln was kicked out of the house, but did anyone even think about why they did such a thing? Or maybe they were just caught up over the fact that their pwecious wittle Wincoln was put in harm's way, and they kept their heads in the weeds on this fact rather than seeing the whole forest and realizing that there might actually be a legitimate reason why the family wanted to lock him out other than oh so deliberate, hateful, and tear inducing "child abuse".

And about Lincoln bringing their superstitions to life, he should've seen all of this coming and he should've also anticipated just how far his family would've been willing to go. I mean, he obviously must've known they were superstitious because he wouldn't have thought the whole shebang would work if he didn't; and because of that, he really should've asked himself "Gee. What would happen if I said that I myself was bad luck among these incredibly superstitious people? How bad WOULD things escalate and how far WOULD they be willing to go to get away from anything they thought was bad luck?" As such, I have no sympathy for Lincoln because he really should've done his research before making an incredibly stupid move like that.

If you want to look at this from a simpler perspective, then I actually have a scenario that could bring this concept so it can be more easily understood. Let's assume for the sake of argument that this episode took place in say....... the Salem Witch Hunt. Lincoln is then seen in his home trying to sneak out of his sister's activities when he bumps into Leni where she proceeds to invite Lincoln to attend her wedding. And then, despite knowing that all people even suspected of witchcraft are hanged or burned alive, Lincoln comes up with the "brilliant" idea of saying that he himself is a witch, and that he refuses to join her in fear that his witchcraft will spread among everyone. So yes, Lincoln definitely would get to skip out on the wedding and that's all fine and dandy. But... do you know what else he gets? An all expense paid trip to the gallows... where he gets a noose tied around his neck for execution... as punishment for being a WITCH!!! And then, Lincoln will be all like, "Wh-Why is this happening? I never wanted this! All I wanted was to not go to the wedding...! How did it come to..." 'YOU CLAIMED THAT YOU WERE A F**KING WITCH IN THE MOTHER F**KING SALEM WITCH HUNT!!! WHAT THE HELL DID YOU THINK WOULD HAPPEN TO YOU?!?!'

'pant' 'pant' 'pant' 'pant' .....Point is 'pant' don't put a target on your back in the eyes of superstitious people. You will almost certainly regret it. ........And that's my two cents. Please do not hunt me down and kill me for this, for I am but a simple man who is endowed by our creators with the freedom of speech, and this is simply what I choose to use it for. Of course, I am all for constructive criticism and valid counterarguments to my points, but know this, if you do intend to write wanton bantering over how wrong I am and how my opinions don't matter in the slightest in the comments, just know that I will argue with you to the bloody ground with everything I've got; and just know that I will not hold back until you feel my wrath. ....Just something to think about.

Thanks for reading this everyone. ;)

-E Mk. XLVI

A/N: I actually recycled this speech from a conversation I had with a guy on Fanfiction.net, and I just thought this was too juicy to leave unnoticed.