User blog comment:AustinDR/My Views on Fanfiction/@comment-2175012-20170217005616

Even for fanfics that I like, there are still some issues I have with them. While I personally like Requiem (I mean, I reviewed it, made a response to it, drew a picture), there were some aspects of it that were unsatisfactory to me. Given how the premise is Lincoln is dying, I'm somewhat surprised that UnderratedHero is able to keep this from getting stale, for the most part. The fanfic is truly heartbreaking and dark, but in a realistic sense of the term. Really, it almost made me feel that this could've easily been an episode of the show (of course, it'll never be), and the reactions of the news are pretty spot on. The fanfic even made me think more about my mortality, and it shows that one person dying has a huge effect on others. I mean, it's too the point that Lincoln's sisters felt that they couldn't live without Lincoln. No story had ever managed to make me weep bitter tears than this.

Buuuuuuuut, there are some complaints. For one, while the fic is depressing, it dangerously skids close to being dark for the sake of being dark. I mean, this fic is just downright brutal to Lincoln. If Lincoln dying isn't bad enough, his older sisters are in an absolute wreck. Besides that, there are of course other sad scenes. Take Adrien: a boy stricken with leukemia introduced in the story. Yes, he does inspire Lincoln to make his final weeks count, but he's dead not a few chapters later. Or how about Lincoln having to come to terms with the fact that Lily will forget him when she gets older. Oh, or how about Lincoln entrusting Lana with a tree all while she's still in the dark about his limited time? And then comes the fact that Ronnie Anne's and Bobby's mother died in a car accident, thus making Bobby's reaction to Lincoln's impending death worse? I mean, lord jebus. I am not saying that UnderratedHero is milking feels from the readers by upping the amount of tragedies, but it just comes off as trying to make the Loud House into something it's not. It's not some deep show that discusses heavy subjects like death and morality. It is a comedy series that wouldn't even dare cross that path.

Or then there's that one scene in chapter 14 I believe.......Don't want to spoiler anyone who hadn't gotten to that chapter yet, but let's just say that it involves some underage drinking. With that, the fic committed the cardinal sin (in my opinion) of introducing subject matter not present in the canon show. With that, I dropped it. I'll praise Requiem for inspiring me to be more open towards fan works, but I have no wish to finish it.