User blog:Veenster7/View on Fanfictions

'''Note: This is all my opinion. I don't mean to offend anyone with what I am about to say; it's just something I've wanted to get off my chest for a while now.'''

The Loud House is the first series that I had ever read fan work of. Before it, I didn't see the point in reading something that is non-canon. Since I love TLH so much, I decided to break that habit and read what some fans wrote. At first it was great. I loved reading what many authors had thought of as possible TLH stories, but after a few months I started to not enjoy it.

I started noticing all these stories becoming too sappy, or as most call it, heartwarming. It's a major set off to me to see so many of these stories fall under that category. I slowly drifted away reading from authors that I absolutely loved to read the works of. I know most authors (probably all) think about plot first, but I have to ask, why does it have to go down the path of heartwarming? In my dead honest opinion, from all the authors I have read stories from, AnimationFan15 stayed away from doing it the best overall. His stories almost always have a serious conflict that has to be resolved. Some examples of the would be "Whitewashed", "On a Roll", "Diary of a Loud", and "In Memory of a Mascot". I'm not saying that AnimationFan is the best fanfiction writer or anything like that, but I am saying that his style appealed to me personally most.

From all the stories that I have read, the best story that isn't sappy would have to be "Trustworthy". There is no happy ending here, and we see a very realistic scenario in which a character doesn't immediately forgive. It's an amazingly written story that never went down the path of being a happy story, or one that is too sad or depressing.

That's just my thoughts on the fanfictions for TLH as a whole. Sadly I drifted away from them, and to be honest, I don't know if I will read them again. I wish the best to all the writers out there.