User blog comment:Funnyman12/Take tropes and explore something new with them/@comment-30592229-20170707025543/@comment-30592229-20170707032427

The middle child who has several things different from his siblings, and many refer to as an outcast, who also happens to be the star of the show about the family.

A teenage girl who's a phone addict, wonder where I've seen that one before.

The attractive blonde with half a brain cell, I can't think of any other media characters like that.

The musician who just happens to love the guitar more than anything else, that's the most surprising one so far!

The comedian who nobody finds funny, I don't think I could come up with something more original than that!

The athlete who loves messing with the protagonist, man, these ideas keep surprising me!

The doom and gloom goth, gee, I would have SUCH a hard time trying to make a top 10 list of characters like this.

The polar opposite twins, wonder how they could have possibly even thought of this.

The young chold prodigy who uses big words, and has huge glasses, I wonder what stuff the were on when they came up with an idea like that, if anyone knows, let me know so I can get on it.

The baby who seems to know more than the other characters give her credit for, man, I wish I had half of the originality that these writers have.

The thing is, they are very cliche and tropey, and some of the episodes are too, but the cliches work, you don't feel tired of them, the same can be said of the Leni and Luna trope, they seem to do the most nice things for Lincoln in the show, (like seriously, name something a single sister has done by herself that comes close to trying to bail Lincoln and Clyde out of jail), and have their moments of jerkiness, just like the other sisters, but have done the most meaningful nice things for Lincoln. I wouldn't call them guardians, at least not Leni, but having them side with Lincoln works as a trope and doesn't feel old.

Oh And I totally agree with you on the nicer/meaner thing, but that trope died months ago.

Sorry for the long reply.