User blog:Joekido/How will you fix the Loud House?

When we look at the Loud House, we usually see it as a cartoon sitcom about a large dysfunctional family living in one small house. The show however has it's charm but it suffers many problems that makes the show become stale quickly. So if you could ask, what exactly is it lacking and how will one fix it?

Before we go into that, there is a certain series I would like to bring up and it certainly relates to this question; a series is called One Piece which I have have been bringing up many times. For those who don't know, One Piece is a Japanese pirate manga series that has been going on since 1997, basically speaking, it's technically a cartoon. So let's explore the structure of the series before we turn to the problems Loud House faced and how will one fix it while using some examples from One Piece.

One Piece is at base a comedy series but it intent to balance itself. At one point it's a light-hearted goofball comedy tone and in the next scene it can get dark and serious. Even if it's technically a kid comic, it's not afraid to drop adult content with some parts of the manga becoming too brutal for children but it's careful not to go into the rated R territory. It's not afraid to show blood or death. The series also drops themes and philosophies that reflects the real world. It's also multi-genre where it's comedic, dramatic, fantasy, mystery, sci-fiction, action, horror and adventure all mashed together and is known for being wildly unpredictable most of the times. It is also known for having strange but interesting characters you could relate too and is known for how highly imagined it is. Like how the Loud House takes inspiration, One Piece does the same. One Piece is known for trying to do everything, focus on world building and is known for being creative with the story.

Although despite this, the series is far from perfect. Having to read the series due to having tropes I like and how interesting it was since 2004 and is still reading today; it still suffers many issues. So how is this connected to the Loud House?

First off the very reason I bother looking into this is because like with series like with One Piece or Persona; it has tropes I like and looked interesting enough to grab my attention but at the same time I noticed flaws of it that is apparent in all 4 seasons, even while Chris Savino is still working on the show. Let's list some problems:


 * The characters are mostly blend, with the Loud children are still stuck at their base stereotypes and would often suffers character inconsistencies or any development they had would be dropped at the next episodes.


 * The stories are riddled with tired tropes with nothing new added, often unpredictable twist and re-telling stories that was told in many cartoons, heavily relaying on cliches.


 * It often over use gags, the show has a bad habit of forcing comedy rather then allow it to flow naturally or repeats the same jokes over and over to the point it's not funny anymore or they repeat the jokes that are not even funny to begin with. Sometimes they have comedy go out of control to the point it's not even funny.


 * The stories, while simple intents to be extremely repetitive. Stories mostly has no variety, with plots focusing on the Loud family and their antics, Lincoln trying to get something but something always happens and has to struggle to get it by any means and at the end lessons are learned but as usual with many cartoons, it disappears at the next. And because of this the series suffers a broken continuity errors.

So how will you fix the Loud House? Here is what I would do:


 * Make the tone diverse. I would like to keep it comedic but you need to give it a tone to flesh out the series right. Like with One Piece I would push the series to be dark and serious, have it explore themes that we faced everyday in our lives and allow mature content in the series without going too far and still keep it bearable for kids to watch. What the series really needs is balance and it is mostly lacking it.


 * Give the story more variety. Let's say Lincoln decides to explore the world around him, giving him sense of adventure like digging up for treasures, finding strange things around Royal Woods or exploring the history of Royal Woods itself. Have him and and his siblings face real world challenges and facing different kinds of people. I would have them move away from their base stereotypes, have character developments continue into the next episode. While Season 5 is certainly gonna go into that path and I hope it breaks the mold of the first 4 seasons. I would have them travel around the world. I would even like to add more genres into the series to expand it more.

So basically speaking the series needs to be balanced and more diverse and more creative with it's storytelling like what One Piece has. While I still like the series, I wish Season 5 brings in the much needed but I'm not going to expect too much.

In fact, how will you guys fix it?