User blog:Weavillain/How Has the Fandom Influenced Your Love or Hatred for Episodes/Characters/Etc.?

I think we'd all like to think ourselves as people who form their opinions completely independent on the influence of others—there's a sense of gratification when we know that the basis of our thoughts come from our own unique perspectives. As true as that may or may not be, however, I personally think that whether we know it or not, we can sometimes let an outside voice seep in and supplement our convictions amidst our principles. I don't necessarily think that there's any shame in that. After all, "following the herd" is a way bigger leap than simply agreeing or disagreeing with an outside source, which leads to us holding onto our beliefs with either a weaker or a stronger grasp.

Take me, for instance. I've enjoyed Lisa Loud ever since I first started watching the show. Unlike my current #1 favorite, Lori, it took me very little time to make an attachment to the snarky scientist. But it wasn't until I started to delve into fandom discussions that my love for Lisa grew. See, I was surprised to see that Lisa was among the fandom's least favorite of the siblings. Upon further scrutiny, I realized that one of the prime reasons for this is because they believe her inventions and abnormally high intelligence clash against the grounded tone of the show, making her appearance and contributions jarring. Now, up until that point, I had, for a lack of a better term, "shut my brown off" when it came to Lisa's science shenanigans; after all, as someone who loves the "kid genius" trope, it didn't take much for that facet of Lisa's character to please me. But now that I had that point of contention buzzing around in the back of my head, I had a new objective when it came to Lisa: to see if that "clash", she there even be one, be as jarring as her detractors made it out to be.

And after doing so after a few more episodes, I came to the conclusion that she really didn't. After all, her contributions are mostly used as gags for laughs, and they almost never influence the direction of the episode off course from the either the tone of the episode or the tone of the show. Thus, I came to appreciate Lisa's character even more, since I could see the consequences of lackluster and unfocused writing using her to muddy up the waters, and yet that's not what I've seen from her. Maybe in a minor, negligible way, but not to the grand degree that her "haters" continually purport to this day.

So, if you have examples of your own, I'd love to hear them from you. I think I have an idea where some of you might go, given the current climate of this wikia, and I'll let you know if I was able to hit the nail on the head.