User blog:DandyAndy1989/Discussion - Is Lori's role in No Guts, No Glori really an antagonistic one?

Something has come to my mind as of late. No Guts, No Glori is one of the episodes that I personally like as one of my all-time favorites, maybe even being an underrated episode.

Now, this episode's sister episode Driving Miss Hazy is a perfect example of showing Lori as a bit of a baddie by having her siblings do tasks for her to earn their rides to where they want to go and sabotaging Leni's driving test so she'd be the only one in the family with a license...with a pitiable yet understanding reason for it.

But what about the episode it's paired up with? Does Lori being the one in charge to look after the house and keep her siblings in line really have her come off as a villain? Well, I'm here to discuss to see whether or not.

1. Lori's attitude while explaining their Friday night event

While Lori does get a little strict on the rules and denies her siblings anything fun which can bum any kid who wants to have fun on a Friday night, she is only doing it because the fact that she had to do it is due to how she's in a big family and if she let them do what they want, the house would fall apart in the midst of all the chaos. She only did it to keep the house in order and her siblings under control so none of them would get in trouble.

Plus, I LOVE the gag where Lori treats the whole discussion about what they'll be doing that evening like it's a military mission briefing. It's one of the funniest scenes. It didn't have to be done, but I'm glad they went with it.

Also, just a bonus here. Some people say that the blackboard showing the schedule but being labelled "Lori's Rules" is an error. Do you guys really think it being called something different is an error? Let me know.

2. The way she reacted to the idea of Lincoln being in charge

I'll admit, she does act pretty cocky about the idea of Lincoln being in charge. For one thing, saying that he couldn't lead Cliff to the litter box, which is eventually proven right, and saying he won't last five minutes while laughing like crazy.

3. Lori refusing to help at first when Lincoln begs her to

She was in the right to be upset with the way he and the other sisters attacked her and tied her up. Why wouldn't she refuse at first? Plus, some might say she was waiting for him to admit the whole Cliff thing, but she was actually waiting for him to apologize for the way he acted, with her response being, "That's all I needed to hear." She just wanted him to apologize for it before helping him.

And when you think about it, she was right. He didn't last 5 minutes.

4. Lori being back in charge

If it wasn't for her, the house would have been wrecked and Lincoln would have taken the blame for all of it because it was his idea for him and the others to imprison Lori the way they did. She was only doing it because their parents were gonna be home soon and they needed to clean up before they did. She led her siblings with panache and they got the house cleaned in time.

And while Lincoln learned his lesson to leave this kind of stuff to the professionals, Lori also learned that she was a little strict on her rules and that you can't say no to everything all the time. She was happy to join Lincoln in playing video games.

So, personally, I don't think Lori's role in this episode was very antagonistic as it may look. She was just being tough to keep the house in order.

What do you guys think? Do you agree with what I said and think she was only doing her job or disagree and believe she was way out of hand and bossy?

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