User blog:MrTyeDye/MrTyeDye's Unpopular Opinions

Insert self-deprecating remark about hopping on the bandwagon here.


 * The moments where Luna picks on Lincoln sort of rub me the wrong way (the one in Garage Banned being the most recent example). I call this an unpopular opinion because most fans either despise those moments or don't mind them at all. I'm somewhere in between; they don't ruin an episode for me, and I think it's silly when viewers obsess over them, but they can be a little uncomfortable to watch. I don't see her as Lincoln's "guardian" or anything like that, but... IDK, she always struck me as one of the chiller, more laid back sisters. And that doesn't mean she has to always be chill, but it's still a tad jarring to see her lose her temper.


 * It's a Loud 4x House is one of my favorite episodes of Season 1, in spite of one of the aforementioned moments.


 * I always roll my eyes whenever Brawl in the Family is described as a "Lincoln torture porn". Don't get me wrong, it's an awful episode, and one of the most egregious examples of an Idiot Plot I've ever seen in animation, but a large part of that is Lincoln's fault. What he said to Lori and Leni to convince them to make up was beyond stupid. Even if he didn't know that the conflict was already resolved, how could he possibly think that he could defuse the situation by telling them about the rude remarks they made behind each others' backs? And then at the end, he does it again!

On a similar note, I wasn't all that bothered by Lisa's remark at the end of the episode. No, she wasn't implying that Lincoln isn't part of the family, or that he'd make everything better by leaving and not coming back. Throughout the whole episode, everyone but Lincoln was committed to giving Lori and Leni their space, and he was the only one who kept trying to butt in. Once he stopped, the fight resolved itself. The aesop, that sometimes trying to intervene in a conflict only makes it worse, isn't a bad one per se.

Of course, in order for the episode to arrive at that aesop, Lincoln had to lose about 50 IQ points, Rita and Lynn Sr. had to lose anything resembling a spine, and it never occurs to Lori that she doesn't have to stay in the house... seriously, she can drive! She could have just gone over to Bobby's or gone to the mall while Leni cooled off in their shared room! And why did they arbitrarily pick Lincoln's room when there are a dozen other rooms in the house to... okay, enough.


 * Polly Pain was my favorite of Lincoln's dates in Dance Dance Resolution. I know most people like Tabby or Haiku, but Polly charmed me the most, not least of all because she decided to show up to a school dance in full roller derby gear. Seriously, who does that?


 * I don't know if this is an unpopular opinion, but I'll say it anyway; Mr. Grouse is friggin' hilarious, and probably my favorite character outside of the Loud family.

And... that's all, folks!