User blog comment:ThatGuy456/A Guy's Thoughts: Slight Shortcoming/@comment-25453486-20181122001730

Well, finally, the article I've been waiting for, by none other than the person I expected it written by... *please, drums* Guy. -or Mattalamode- hahahahah.

Great one. It's been I think almost two years since I use my cellphone to read the articles here, but, given the content of this one, I felt impelled to write a decent review from a more comfortable device, aka, my laptop, so...you might imagine the extent of my thoughts on this one.

This is the very first time I feel someone dared to voice out what I've been thinking and struggling to digest from the series for quite some time. I love Gumball. But those three issues that you brought up to discussion are too evident. As seasons 5 and 6 progressed, I felt even more and more discouraged to keep on watching it. It just wasn't the same...Agh, I guess what better way to say it than writing a post about it here? Finally, hahah, I know you suggested me to do it someday...I guess the time has come for me to try it out :)

The Penny problem doesn't feel as disappointing as the other ones. There was a time in which I loved Gumball's genious with passion. Those were the glorious season 3-4 days. Every character arc felt promising, full of potential. And I guess The Shell came in the right moment. The crew had been developing Penball for a few years, so the fact that it was later eh...somewhat neglected felt slightly compesated. We knew it was still there. However, what they did with Carwin...ah, I suppose you can sum it all up in a simple 'Why did you even bother in the first place?'. I know the show is not centered in romance, but...the fact that you decided to enthuse everyone with something that you weren't even going to attend to in the first place leaves an unmistakable taste of utter frustration in your mouth. Ah...this is a material I'd like to work with in the promised blog post I'll try to write.

As for Rob...what can I say? The Ex was one of the most unpleasant episodes I would have never expected from Gumball. Truly, it felt as though it were an intentional bad joke. But at one point I merely reasoned the Gumball crew ran out of ideas and dropped the overall quality of the show because of it. That sadly included the decision of withdrawing from the idea of making Gumball a more consistent and mature series, at least in regards to character development, because right off the bat of season 5, the show already felt a lot less witty, original and remarkable, going down from that until becoming an overall so-so cartoon, with sudden, but ocassional bursts of creativity and brilliance. (Denoting the wit was still there somehow, but could shine as bright no longer.)

You see, my intention was to write a review in length, but turns out that if you make me talk, I talk. Too much. Enough to make a blog post, hahah. So...thanks for writing this. As I first stated, this is the first time I read a description of my thoughts and feelings that's so neat. Thanks. I'll make sure to mention you as the source of my inspiration to write, hahah. ;)