User blog:AustinDR/Review: Study Muffin

I shouldn't be rash when it comes to decision making. I just don't really have a lot of pride in what I do. Well, after one bad experience, I felt that I was unfit to do anything really: whether it be drawing, writing, critiquing, etc. No matter how many times people come to me and tell me that I'm doing a good job, or that I'm the best at what I do to a certain extent, I just can't really get it into my head that I am worth something. Having Asperger's doesn't really help much either. II just don't have faith in myself to the point that I often lean on other people to make me happy, when really, they do the opposite and make me feel worse about myself. I just really don't have any friends, well I do, but they either live in other counties, or they live on campus. So, I just really spend my time talking about movies and the show online to see if I could find someone who shared my interests. I shouldn't just quit when I'm getting ahead, but that just seems to be an automatic response on my end. Take I Love My Brother. I took my time to make it decent and presented it to JumpJump, who blasted it by pointing out several flaws in my review, some that I pointed out already. I just felt like such an outcast, that sometimes I felt bad for disliking an episode of the LH that other fans love. Take "Heavy Meddle." I personally found it average as I disliked how much a jerk Luna was in that episode. I never said that the episode was bad, but I couldn't get onboard by saying that Luna was just obsessed with impressing her idol. Personally, I didn't feel that it justified her rudeness, but apparently others said otherwise, so I asked for that review to be deleted. I shouldn't run away from my problems; it only works so long before I need to confront them.

"Study Muffin" was listed as a "Meh" episode for me, and I feel that I should give more reasons as to why. In this episode, Lincoln was falling behind in school, so he appoints a tutor to help him. The tutor's name is Hugh who cares. He's not going to be in any other episode, so I don't personally feel that it's that important. When Lincoln brings the tutor over to his house so that they could study together, nearly all of the Loud sisters become infatuated by him. As one could guess, this proves to be a problem.

Now, I found this episode hilarious, don't get me wrong. I mean, besides the sisters falling head over heels for Hugh, the pets cuddle against his legs, and even Lynn Sr. is enamored by him. And then there's the fact that Lincoln was falling behind because he was distracted by the substitute teacher that was hired in Agnes' place. So, by all means, this was one of the funniest episodes of the show that I have seen thus far. Well, in my opinion, at least. However, I did have a few problems with the episode. To begin, I felt that the sisters were out of character. That doesn't mean that they weren't hilarious, but it just seems that it would be the last thing for them to do. Take Lucy, for instance. She is the least girl I know who would actually become infatuated by a normal looking guy (of course, this is before "Back in Black," but that's beside the point). She even noticeably has more emotion in her voice than usual as she reads Hugh her poem. Or then there's Lisa. Again, Lisa is more concentrated on scientific matters to the point that it would seem difficult for her to process having feelings for Hugh. I mean, normally would she care about these type of things? Oh, and there's her smile that she was sporting when she was to use Hugh in an experiment. Just, good god: that was the most disturbing thing I have ever seen. Never make a smile like that again, Lisa. That smile just had so much bad intentions behind it, that it chilled me a bit when I first saw it. Some people were made to smile, while others should express themselves in different ways.

OK, so many people had criticized Lori for fawning over Hugh even though she is dating Bobby. So, here were my general thoughts: to me, I wasn't personally disgusted, but it does actually give me a few alternative ideas to think about. Namely, it involves Ronnie Anne x Lincoln. If Bobby and Lori were to marry, then that would mean that Linc and Ronnie would have to break up. If it took a picture of Hugh to actually make Lori forget who Bobby was, something tells me that they most likely don't have a deep love for each other. At least, that's how I saw it. Even in later episodes, she doesn't come off as loving to Bobby than she was in earlier episodes. Take "Back in Black," where she actually hits Bobby (albeit lightly) to get him to take part in the double date with Lucy and Rocky, or she writes things down for him. Now, I am not entirely convinced that they are in love.

Overall, a funny episode, but I just felt that it rewrote some of the sisters simply to get laughs. Which worked, but I felt that it wasn't true to their personalities.

Final score: 4 stars out of 5