User blog:AustinDR/Too Much Lincoln?

OK.....Lincoln. Lincoln Loud. Linky whatever you prefer to call him. Now, I'll say this first: Lincoln isn't my favorite character, I don't really have a favorite. For the most part I liked Lincoln because he seemed the most relatable, at least where I'm concerned. We all have days where it seems that life doesn't go our way, we are sometimes selfish and put our own concerns in front of others, among other things. What I liked the most about Lincoln, however, was the fact that he was the problem solver. When you share the same household with ten sisters, things can get hectic. But with Lincoln, more often then not, he would figure out how to settle disputes, even if it required sacrificing his own happiness for his sisters' sake. No pun intended, but Lincoln was the link that kept the family together. In addition, Lincoln came off as the audience surrogate in which we experience the show through his eyes.

However, that's where the problem lies: there are simply too many episodes devoted to him. I know, I know, he is the main protagonist of the series, and he breaks the fourth wall repeatedly, but the spotlight is on him way too often. For instance, going into the series, I always wanted to see the show through his sisters' perspective. I am not saying that Lincoln is an unreliable narrator, but since he is the one who narrates the show, it can come off as slightly biased. How interesting would it be to have an episode wherein one of the sisters gave an entirely new spin on the show? Perhaps they could even perceive Lincoln in a different light. At first I didn't really mind this, until I watched "Patching Things Up." I loved the episode due to the bonding that Lola and Lana were having, and how they truly wanted to become Bluebell Scouts together, but the sideplot of Lincoln and Clyde nearly ruined the episode for me. Not only was the side plot filler, but Lincoln served no purpose whatsoever to this epiosde. He is only in it because "hey, he's the star of the show, so he gets a spot because reasons." That's not even getting into the fact that Clyde served no point either. Clyde is just a completely useless character.

So, I hate it that Lincoln steals the spotlight from other characters. Besides that, I just hated his role in "No Such Luck." I'm sorry, but I just couldn't side with Lincoln here. He just came off as a prick. It just made me dislike him, because of the fact that he deliberately lies about being bad luck so that he could stay home. This just didn't feel like Lincoln. Lincoln is selfish at times, yes, but he always puts his sisters' wishes in front of his own, I get that he could get annoyed by having to attend their events, but did he really need to lie? Or how in "Trash House" they seemed to remove his ability to solve problems just to make him the bad guy. After that, it just seemed that Lincoln just wasn't an endearing character anymore.

So final thoughts.....I don't hate Lincoln, I still find him relatable to an extent, but I just hate that he always hogs the spotlight from more interesting characters.