User blog:Funnyman12/I really hate no such luck fanfics.

No such luck is the worst loud house episode to date for me really as it is incredibly mean spirited, the character are portrayed horribly, lacked any actual humor (seriously this was one of the most humorless episodes of the loud house ever which really hurts it, other mean spirited episode like April fools rules balances out as it's mean spiritedness with it being over the top) the episode plays it out 100 percent straight. It is most certainly hated for a good reason

But if there is on thing I hate more then the episode itself then it is the ocean of terrible response fanfictions

My biggest problem with a lot of them is when the author is making a response fic to the episode, it is often even more mean spirited in cruel then the episode in question ironically. Making for an even worse story then one of the really bad episodes. Oftenly the sisters characters are drailed even more then the episode did and portrayed as even more. One core problem a lot of authors ignore in favor of Lincoln getting abused was really how the main problem with episode isn't that Lincoln is treated bad so much as how uncharacteristically stubid the whole family and how they don't even have a reason to think he is bad luck other then he said so. So trying to make a sequel to it just creates problems within the fic no matter what. Case in point one "what is a person worth" by that engineer. It's a very well written fic don't get me wrong, but I had a feeling that this particular fic was rubbing me the wrong way for some odd reason and I couldn't but my finger on why thou. Then it hit me which was that the source episode can't be used In a realistic Manner, his other fic works as it has a lot more material and logic carried from brawl in the family to be used as an an dramatic story. No such luck isn't a very good source at it is incredibly contrived in order to move the plot along, give brawl in the family some credit the character were in character just at there very worst and petty, and the protocol thou contrived as well followed some base of logic, the sisters actions to Lincoln was a little sensible (thou cruel) as he wasn't exactly making the situation better and through his stupidity made things much worse. They were mean but they at least felt like the actual characters being unintentionally jerks. In no such luck they are just flat out stupid with no actual reason to believe he is even bad luck at all, it comes up in that fic as whenever they are confronted about there actions they simply replay "I don't know on why we thought he was bad luck" because simply there was NO reason to. And that's a good written one so don't even get me started on the generic and bad written ones or we will be here all day. The generic fics don't try to fix the flaws of that episode as all and instead serve to be cathartic and just cruel to the characters in general or crank up the Lincoln torture to eleven. I think the best no such luck fic is "no such luck deleted scenes" by twisted darkness as it fixes significant flaws in the episode, making the family look better then they were presented in the actual episode.

Point being a no such luck fic can work if handled smartly and correctly instead of being made purely out of spite and annoyance from the episode as when that is done the finished product is more flawed then the source.

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