User blog:Weavillain/Is Clyde Too Similar To Lincoln?

Lynn Loud Jr.

Yes, you heard me right. Where am I going with this? Well, let's just say that right now, I think it's safe to say that by and large, the fandom doesn't regard her as a very good character. In fact, she might be one of the most disliked characters of the show.

Clyde McBride.

I think it's safe to say that by and large, the fandom doesn't regard him as a very good character. In fact, he might be one of the most disliked characters of the show.

However, there is a difference between the two. Unlike Clyde, the trend of hatred towards Lynn has been a very recent development. She was one of the most praised and well-received characters that the show had at first.

See, while Clyde has his fans, he's never really been considered as a highlight of the show. He has many detractors that consider him to be one of the worst additions of the show, considering that he's Lincoln's best friend and gets plenty of screentime.

Some find his Lori obsession to be extremely annoying.

Others aren't fond of his constant Dr. Lopez references.

Others more think he's shallow for how much of his character and background seems to revolve around trying to rack up as many "diversity points" as possible.

But one major turn-off point for fans is how much they think he resembles the main character, Lincoln, too much for him to be an interesting character that serves as a foil to his friend. Instead, they regard him as a less interesting Lincoln that might as well not exist because...well, Lincoln already covers everything that Clyde does, minus those "annoying" quirks that I mentioned earlier.

That's the point I want to give attention to. Let's suppose that you're either a Clyde hater that's fed up with or a fan who doesn't really mind him but wouldn't be too upset to see him improve...

...do you believe that Clyde shares too many similarities to Lincoln?

Now, when you consider this question, consider how he plays off of Lincoln. It's fine to think about him as an individual character, and how those similarities either work or don't work for him as his own character, but obviously, regarding his friendship with Lincoln is crucial.

Well, does he? Yes No