User blog comment:BigFanofEntertainment/Dance, Dance Resolution - Epilogue/@comment-31022739-20170502225030

The thing I always ask myself whenever I read a fan sequel, AU, epilogue, continuation, etc. of a preexisting episode is, "Does this work add anything of significance to the episode?"

After reading this, the answer I have to give this is a resounding "no". Don't get me wrong, I don't think your story is bad or anything but ultimately, I just don't think that it enhances "Dance, Dance Resolution" at all. The trend of these epilogues seems to be "righting the wrongs" that the episodes is guilty of; namely for the narrative chewing out Lincoln while his sisters get off scot-free. Personally, I find those types of revisions rarely necessary but that's besides the point.

This particular epilogue doesn't really fit anywhere in the episode when I think about it. The conflict is Lincoln juggling four dates while avoiding Ronnie Anne and everything is resolved with not only Lincoln and Ronnie Anne remaining on good terms but his other dates don't spend the rest of the evening lonely. Is there really a need for loose ends to be tied up when everyone ends up happy?

On top of that, I'm also not a fan of how much humor was lacking here. Everything's dedicated to saccharine, melodramatic apologizing and mollycoddling, which doesn't leave much room for anything else of real value. That ultimately means that I, someone who didn't hate Luna, Luan, Lynn, and Lucy getting away with they did, can't get any enjoyment out of this because there's nothing else to digest.

If I have one more complaint to have, it's that I don't really feel like I'm reading the characters that are in the story. It's all just expository dialogue that doesn't reflect their respective personalities. Luan, for instance, isn't cracking jokes and Lucy isn't macabre. I get that the resolution here is supposed to be "serious" but it's supposed to be "serious" about the Loud House characters.