User blog:AustinDR/Overhating

Like many shows, the Loud House isn't perfect. When it comes to reviewing shows like this, some tend to not understand why would you critique something that should be a kids' show. Now I get that idea for the most part. I am older than the target audience for the show, but I watch it whenever it would come on. Even though at this point, I feel that four episodes a day pushes it for me, because it feels as though they are too afraid to give other shows a chance. I understand that it is a business, but at the very least, they should give more focus to quality. Basically, they have a two edged sword in their possession; on the one hand, giving attention to shows like LH or SpongeBob would help them in a short run, but as they continue to depend on these shows for success, the further the ratings would go down. On that note, I'd like to say that hating one episode of the show doesn't mean that you no longer care for it. I'm even willing to say that you aren't even a true fan of the show if you don't criticize it.

Now, I love debates: they can be insightful and provide new information that I hadn't thought of. However, sometimes debating devolves into outright bashing especially when it comes to certain aspects of the show. Case in point, NSL. I personally didn't hate that episode, nor did I like it. To me, it came off as a below average episode. However, ever since that episode premiered, many fans were outraged. Some have criticized Lynn for taking that one loss at softball too seriously, some also shame the family as a whole for mistreating Lincoln culminating in kicking him out of the house. As I've stated numerously, I felt indifferent towards this episode. To me, all of the characters were at fault here. Sure, Lynn and the family would take most of the blame because of their hostility towards Lincoln, but Lincoln himself isn't fully innocent. He had the chance to rectify that he wasn't bad luck, but instead, he took advantage of it so that he could get out of attending his sisters' events. While I understand his motivation behind this, him lying didn't bode well with me. To me, the episode was trying to teach that one white lie could lead to severe consequences. As a result of the lie, Lincoln faces the consequences for lying. I will admit that Lincoln's punishment was slightly over the top, but the show is known to blow things out of proportion, so I don't see why this is a dispute. But ever since that episode, this episode had received a massive amount of hate. Some users even claimed that this episode traumatized them, or that it sealed Lynn's fate as one of the most hated characters in the show. Truckloads of fanfics have been made to correct the episode, and the main article for "NSL" even got over 1,000 comments, mostly discussing how much the episode left a bad taste in people's mouths. While I understand the hatred behind the episode, this is seriously getting ridiculous. You dislike the episode? Good, can we move on? I don't understand people continually pushing their thoughts on the episode.

And there are other episodes that are easily over hated like "BITF." Don't get me wrong, I still greatly dislike this episode, but at most, I'd briefly explain why I despised the episode and then move on. I'd personally call this one more worse than "NSL" because at the very least Lincoln did something to warrant the punishment. But most of my hate for this episode came from when I was up to my neck in homework and my dad got sick so I had to take him to the clinic. If none of that happened and I then watched the episode, my dislike of it probably wouldn't have been that strong. As it stands, this is one episode that I actively avoid watching, but my hatred for it had lessened.

It seems more that in some of these cases, people are complaining solely for the sake of complaining. Take the Emoji Movie. Even before the movie came out, many people expressed their immense anger for the premise. Some even blame the movie for the cancellation of the Popeye animated film. However, on that note, I don't really care that we didn't get that movie. If anything, it was a blessing in disguise: had the movie not have been cancelled, we probably wouldn't have gotten season 5 of Samurai Jack. While I wasn't a huge fan of the show, I did enjoy the final season...though I have issues with the ending that I would've changed myself, but it at least had a proper conclusion. Now, I didn't go out to the movie theaters to watch The Emoji Movie mostly because I wasn't interested in it. However, the film wasn't the big flop that everyone was expecting...mostly because the people complaining over the film paid money to see the film anyway. So, who is the fool here? The animation studio for conceiving the film, or the person who - despite being vehemently against the film - watched it anyway? Or then there's Pokémon: Sun and Moon. When the trailer for the newest season of the Pokémon anime came out, I was convinced that it would blow. At that point, I had quit watching the show because it started to decline in quality. I also was slightly miffed about how X & Y ended. I'm totally not mad that Amourshipping didn't happen...not one bit at all (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_y00kb_jVc). But ever since the anime moved to Disney XD, I watched some of it, and I actually enjoy it. It's by no means the best season of the anime, but it is entertaining, and creative in how the Pokémon look in the Alola region.

I guess what I'm trying to say that while it's fine to hate an episode from a show, or a movie, there is a certain point where the anger towards it becomes too irritating.