User blog comment:Gumball2/Am I Taking the Show Too Seriously?/@comment-30307603-20170619152944/@comment-30307603-20170619162821

Thank you for being so polite. I really appreciate it.

I see where you're coming from with characterization; I too have a limit. If I'm allowed to allude to other shows, than I would like to mention "The Dream" from Gumball. To me, this episode wasn't funny; it made too much of an unlikable and unreasonable prick out Gumball for me to really laugh. I'm all for comedy, but that episode tried too hard and it felt like a betrayal of his character. It doesn't help that the jokes told weren't all too funny, all skimming down to Gumball not forgiving Darwin despite Darwin's earnest efforts to apologize for what he did. Perhaps you feel similarly about "Fools Paradise"?

It may be a combination of the fact The Loud House executed the concept much better in "Fools Paradise" and the fact I'm more attached to the Gumball characters, but the episode didn't bother me. However, I can see why that episode wouldn't sit right with Loud House fans.

Good discussion. Thanks.