User blog:Weavillain/Should "L is for Love" Be Ranked as a "10/10" Just Because of the Twist?

*sigh*

Well, folks, it's time for some of you to pull out your umbrellas because this is the part where I might start raining on your parades.

First of all, let me make this perfectly clear: I didn't hate this episode. I didn't find it the best episode ever but it was very good, nonetheless. There was a lot to appreciate from today's episode:

• Leni. We see one of the most conventionally attractive characters on the show pining for a guy who a majority of people wouldn't consider attractive. It just goes to show that Leni's not shallow and values character over looks...most of the time(*cough*"Study Muffin*cough*).

• Lily. Being as cute as always. I love how varied they make her adorable moments. You never quite know what you're going to get.

• Rita/Lynn Sr. It was a cute look into their past and it breaks the mold a bit by having the girl sending a love letter to the guy instead of the other way around.

• Luna. It explores her confidence issues in herself because of her own perceived sense of inferiority to her crush. It's a nice contrast to what we usually see from her energetic, outgoing persona that seems like it's always ready to take the world by storm.

• The twist. I guess you all saw this coming with me placing it here but boy oh boy, it was a jaw-dropping bomb of a twist that's still being felt around the fandom hours after it aired. Even though the LGBT representation was fine and all, I love how subtle it was presented. It didn't feel forced at all, as if the writers were pandering and trying to "make a statement". That's the at it should be.

And for all of those reasons, plus the humor of the Loud siblings trying to get their crushes to notice them, "L is for Love" is a 10/10 for me.

But the thing is, I see a lot of people giving this episode such lauding solely for the twist and nothing else. Not even because it wasn't forced but just because it happened. And in my mind, that doesn't give this episode the justice it deserves. Like I just went through before, there was way more going for it than "OMGZ!!1!1!1 LUNA IZ BI!!1!1!1!1 TENOUTTATEN".

But those are just my thoughts. What're yours? Do you think "L is for Love"'s only worth was the twist or did you find the episode worth more than that?