User blog comment:The Smarter, Wiser King Dedede/About the Whole "Meaner/Nicer Sisters" Trope.../@comment-28517097-20170724150546/@comment-32202721-20170724184959

You know, one of the great things about fanfiction is that we can go beyond canon. We don't have any editors, network executives or censors to answer to, and we're not confined to an eleven-minute run time, so there's no limit on what we can do with the characters. We can examine them from other angles and explore different aspects of their personality.

So when given the power to make the characters more complex and interesting, why do we choose to go in the opposite direction? Why do we regress them and reduce them to over-simplified stereotypes?

But that's what the whole "meaner/nicer sister" cliche does. It deliberately ignores all of the kind moments the so-called "meaner" sisters have shown and turns them into flat characters defined by one personality trait. Lori is bossy, Luan is a sadistic prankster, Lynn is a jerk jock, Lola is a spoiled brat, and Lisa is an insufferable genius. Boom. Done.

How is that fun? How is that entertaining?