User blog:MrTyeDye/Does Lynn need to learn how to lose gracefully?

I hate to bring up an episode that's already been discussed ad nauseum, but one thing I took away from No Such Luck is that Lynn is... well... kind of a sore loser. Accusing your brother of being a jinx after losing a game isn't exactly a mark of good sportsmanship.

It's understandable, if you think about it. She's so unbelievably good at sports that she's used to winning all the time, so losing must come as a bit of a shock to her.

That's why I'd like to see an episode where she gets taken down a peg. You know, have her get all pouty after losing a game, and eventually learn that part of being a competitive athlete is being willing to accept defeat. Shake the other player's hand, don't try to come up with excuses ("no johns", as they say in the Smash Bros community), and resolve to improve yourself as a player.

And I'm not saying this because I want the show to "teach good lessons" or anything like that. I'm saying it because I want to see the characters develop, and a big part of character development is having them acknowledge their flaws and learn from their mistakes. A character who's great at everything and wins all the time isn't very interesting.

You know, back when I first started to get into the show, I liked to joke that the Loud sisters' characters could each be summed up in five words or less ("Luan is a joker! Luna is a rocker! Leni is a dumb blonde! Lynn is a jock!"). Now, that's definitely not true anymore, at least not to the same extent. For instance, "Funny Business" showed us that Luan sees clowning as a serious art form, and "Driving Miss Hazy" let us see that Lori's insecurities about her role in the household. And that's great, but there are still some characters that feel kind of flat to me, and Lynn is one of them.

So... thoughts? Agree? Disagree?