User blog:Weavillain/Why Is Luna Considered As Lincoln's "Guardian"?

Ever notice how in a quite a substantial number of fanfictions, fanarts, and headcanons, out of all of Lincoln's sisters, it's Luna that's slotted to be the most protective of him, the one that looks out for him all the time and wants him to be the happiest out of all of his sisters? I really don't know where this thinking and dedication came from and to be quite honest, even yours truly has been guilty of writing Luna as the sister with Lincoln's best interest at heart on one occasion (see: "Put a Bid on It"). I wasn't even trying to and yet there was just...an appeal about Luna that made shifting her into that role so easy.

Now, seeing as how I've clearly fallen in line with that philosophy once before, I believe I can give a somewhat satisfying answer but there's always a chance that I've missed the mark completely. But before I proceed, I think it's important that I make my intentions perfectly clear: I don't think Luna is Lincoln's "guardian". In fact, I don't think that any of his sisters are. I just think I have a plausible explanation, is all. And just like any plausible explanation, there are some that aren't plausible and those are ones that I'll be exploring first.

CANON:

Obviously, any headcanon is going to be based off of the actual canon of whatever it's based off of. That being said, I really think if one were to look at all the Lincoln/Luna moments of the show, I don't think they stack up as more impressive and substantial than Lincoln's other sisters. There's no gigantic chasm of bonding moments between Lincoln and Luna and Lincoln and everyone else. It seems to be fairly balanced for the most part, although I'd have to give the slight edge to Lincoln/Lori if I was being honest.

Now, when I mention moments, I'm not talking about little snippets that fly by in the blink of an eye like in "Roughin' It", where we briefly see flashbacks of Lincoln's sisters bonding with their brother by teaching him useful tricks of the trade. I'm referring to fleshed out, drawn out occurrences that usually take up an episode. The reason I'm not including the former is because I don't think that such a fandom-wide opinion like "Luna the guardian" would be brought about by moments that last mere seconds.

I mean, we have "For Bros About to Rock" as a nice Lincoln/Luna episode, and probably the interaction with the most to work with, but really, it wasn't as if Luna showed any sort of favoritism for Lincoln. It was shown that she had enthusiasm about making all of her sibling's first concert experiences something to enjoy. I can't deny that there was care on Luna's end, and I don't discount it entirely, but...eh, I don't think that this alone would be enough to really cement this semi-popular sentiment. It's not like we haven't gotten other "Lincoln/sister" episodes before that weren't just as cute, heartwarming, charming, etc.

Overall, the most I can say is that the canon aspect may only be one small part of this phenomenon but it's certainly not the most encompassing.

POPULARITY:

Like canon, I think that this fuels the "Luna the guardian" sentiment to a degree but not to the biggest degree. See, I think it's obvious that Luna is one of the most popular character of the entire show. But the thing is, there's someone who's even more popular than her (hint: her name rhymes with "penny").

So, despite Leni being more popular than Luna, I don't think that "Leni the guardian" trumps "Luna the guardian" in favoritism, at least not by my observations. Therefore, I don't think Luna's popularity, while massive, is the defining factor to be considered. In fact, I think it's the next one.

CHARACTER:

Remember how I said that there was just something about Luna that made it easy for me to write her as Lincoln's "guardian" in my fanfiction? Of course, you do. You've been paying attention like any good reader should, right? Right?

Well, to me, that "something" is her character. There's such an appeal about Luna that makes the "guardian" role almost perfect for her to assume. She's not as nice as Leni but she's also not as dim and therefore, more reliable. She's down-to-earth, indicating that talking to her about one's issues is easy. She's a bit of a free spirit, suggesting that she's pleasant to be around. I think taking all of those aspects about her, along with the assumption that "big sister = protective", is a combination that's potent enough to imbue the effect of "guardian" on some of the fans, even when they're not really thinking about it.

Overall, I believe it's Luna's character, and not a plethora of canon observations, that give Luna's guardian role the most credence and popularity. And, like anything I've written, I want you to tell me what you think about all of this.