User blog:Funnyman12/The problem with Ronnie Ann

Before anyone gets mad I would like to state right now that I don't hate Ronnie Ann, I don't even dislike her. I just don't hold her on a pedestal like everyone else as there are a few problems with her character and how the show implements her. I have 3 main points on my issues with her and why I never got myself absorbed into the character like others.

1. Her personality: before you get pissed of I'm saying her personality very lightly here, as I do in general enjoy it. My main problem actually is that it's rather generic in nature and underdeveloped. In all honesty it's from what I gathered very similar to lynns actually just minus the jock part, (and People wonder why Lynncoln exist... jk) like she isn't the typical lady, likes to get her hands dirty, enjoys getting physical and being tough. Not saying they are the same character (firstdrellspector would kill me lol) it's just to prove a point as like Lynn it lacks coherent development. What I mean by this is her character lacks reasoning in certain aspects. The show has gone out of that stereotype of course which is why I like shell shock and relative chaos (i have an issue with the ladder that I'll bring up later) but as I said onto shell shock which I enjoyed why does she put up a tough girl persona exactly if she is rather polite and fairly responsible at home??? Is it because of an event that happened in her past(such as her father possibly dying and this is her way to deal with it), wanting to fit in, avoid getting pick on by building up her reputation, what exactly is the reasoning their. Also why did she pick on Lincoln so much if she liked him but got incredibly hurt with what he said about in save the date, what did she think that teasing would get him to love her. I don't hold her in contempt for it but that kinda bothered me. Also people like to say Lynn acts like a bully but seem to forget the fact that Ronnie Ann in canon is a bully, even shell shocked showed that she messed with other kids and said she even had a reputation for it. So why is that glossed over in the show then, her toughness is a bit of persona as shell shocked showed but she is still doing those actions. Also back to relative chaos (I like the episode but it gets into my point) in it she begins to actually act like Lincoln in it strangely enough, I'm not saying she was a carbon copy but it gets me worried that the show doesn't even have a full grasp of her character.

2. How she was introduced in the show: I think what initially made me not hold in high regard like others is the way she was introduced. For one thing she was a legitimately bulling Lincoln with seemingly little remorse, I get that kids don't fully understand emotions like love but I'm pretty sure if you like someone even as a kid you wouldn't go to the great length of bullying them, this might apply more to younger kids like 5-7 year olds as that's when you really lack understanding of your emotions such as empathy in general. By the time your ten or eleven that intial confusion is mostly gone, you don't fully understand them yes but you would know at least who you like and that picking on them wouldn't get you any where. That's what I didn't like about heavy meddle teaching a flawed and cliche moral. Anyways besides that, there is her official on screen debut in save the date which... yeah I have a few problems with it. For one thing even after the ending of heavy meddle Ronnie Ann is still picking on Lincoln and he had every right to be angry, was that rant done for the wrong reasons yeah, may it have been cruel yes but it wasn't like they were buddy buddy with each and in good terms like in the middle of the episodes at least, Lincoln was even very sorry about it himself. He was forced into going to the double date by lori to make up with bobby after he broke up with her for something she didn't even do or have a part in. Frankly making the sandigos look bad because either A) Ronnie Ann told bobby a biased story about Lincoln insulting her, leaving out the details like the teasing going on for a while B) bobby sees his sister Ronnie Ann crying about something and she mentioned Lincoln Loud which bobby out of anger and not thinking straight abruptly broke up with Lori. C) bobby knew that the teasing was going on but didn't do anything about it or advised his sister on how to handle these emotions and when it shot back in Ronnie Ann's face he decided to get a way for Lincoln to forcibly apologize (I highly doubt but still for options sake). And the really annoying thing is that it isn't ever addressed again, the teasing is all glossed over and fans act like it never even happened. With all the fanfics especially on the wiki that demonized the sisters over practically everything possible, they ignore that huge thing. The only fanfic that actually addressed it being save the date redo on deviant art which actively addressed that problem and put Lori and bobby in a more positive light. Anyways sorry about that anyways I wasn't actually as angry as I was letting on as I did think they were rather cute together I actually noticed those flaws later on in further analysis.

3. Her character being underused: yeah even if you don't agree with my most of my points this is something almost everyone has stated at some point in time. My issue being she isn't exactly focused as a character on her own. A decent percent of the time she is used as an episodes plot device. No these episodes I'm about to mention are actually some of my favorites but they still contribute to my points. Case in point one of my favorites loud house episodes "April fools rules" is guilty of this as Ronnie Ann coming over was a plot device for the episodes in order for Lincoln to get nailed by Luans pranks (which Lincoln could of easily avoided if he just told Ronnie Ann to meet him somewhere else, he would probably get nailed by the pie this time but still). As I said it was used mainly to progress the plot which isn't a bad thing really just doesn't add much to her character. Also why does Lincoln think just by canceling on her he will get pummeled for her, was no one else disturbed by that? Any ways it did lead to a nice character moment between her and Lincoln thou, same premise with dance dance revolution where Ronnie Ann is an object that Lincoln is actively trying to avoid, it did lead to a nice character moment but still we actually don't know much about Ronnie Ann herself except for a kinda maybe love interest for Lincoln. Before we had shell shock all we had for her character is that she was rather nice and cool. Shell shock finally gave us more thankfully but with her moving away it kinda makes that development seem pointless really, I just hope her character has more of a point other than a quick love interest for Lincoln. It is why I am with a few people in kinda wanting a spin off series with Ronnie Ann as relative chaos felt almost like a pilot for a spinoff and would have Ronnie Ann become a character in her own right.

Any ways those are my thoughts let me know how you all think.

-Funnyman12 out