User blog comment:Nacho1804/Season 6 Expectations Analysis 2: The Expectationning/@comment-30307603-20180204210931

Okay, I am late to the point some of the information is outdated, but regardless, you bring up some interesting points that I would like to comment on.

First of all, your thoughts on "The Faith." While the synopsis has now been revealed rendering your prediction null, I find it interesting that you think the show would tackle religion. Personally, I am of the belief that it is unlikely the show will tackle religion and that it would be absolutely disastrous if it ever did.

Religion is a nuanced subject that cannot be truncated into an eleven minute time period, and to do so would be a disservice as to what could be explored with the theme. Additionally, religion is a very controversial subject that is very hard to write a comedy around, especially an animated comedy geared toward a tween demographic. One poor choice among the writers can cause major backlash. I thought that "The Worst" was poorly thought-out as it did not acknowledge that gender inequality is more nuanced than "everybody suffers! XD" and that the episode was more frustrating than funny.

Maybe I care too much about the complexity of these topics. Perhaps I am just cynical about how "The Worst" turned out. My issues aside, religion and Gumball sounds like a recipe for failure. Let's just keep to the occasional jab or reference.

Regarding your mentality for approaching "The Shippening," while it is good to not come in with too many expectations so that they are not immediately dashed, to call it a "rock-bottom" episode purely out of the inevitable disappointment seems unfair. Come in with an open mind, but try not to prepare for failure when possible. At the very least, I feel confident it will be a fun meta piece about ravenous crack pairings, so that should be fun!