User blog comment:AustinDR/Serious Plot Lines/@comment-24852772-20170701210959

I actually made a blog on this very subject hours before this one the other day. I don't know...I have mixed feelings on this one. I'm not necessary against change. On the other hand, I do have some concerns whether The Loud House could turn mostly dramatic, and I may not enjoy the show if it happens. If the Season 3 episodes would have something like Mr. Grouse's situation as you have mentioned and still have funny/heartwarming moments, I'll have no problem with that. But if those episodes abandon comedy and contain deep, emotional moments akin to Steven Universe, etc., then who knows? If that doesn't work, then it's proof that The Loud House isn't that kind of a show to go into something like that. I wish Chris Savino could have been a bit more transparent over how serious the future episodes will be, but then again I do understand if he doesn't want to spoil much.

We're at a time when cartoons with mature storytelling are very popular, and many people are favoring them over silly, laid-back ones. (However, by some miracle, the only exceptions where comedic cartoons are highly successful are Teen Titans Go! and this one.) I know many people want some comedic cartoons to turn serious, but when and if it happens it could potentially divide fans. For me, I was frustrated over Adventure Time's sixth season and, to a lesser extent, the latter half of the previous season. I like the first several episodes of the sixth season, but as it progressed it took itself seriously. I know it does have some fans, but I felt that the show was pretending to be something it's really not. I tune to AT to be entertained, not a lesson in philosophy.

So while I do love TLH and am kind of interested in how would the show's writers would go with this direction, we all have to wonder whether they really know what they're doing. A part of me thinks whether they're doing this just because of the success Steven Universe, Star vs. the Forces of Evil and others.