User blog comment:ThatGuy456/A Guy's Thoughts: Slight Shortcoming/@comment-28593625-20181121202153

Great article! Now I feel compelled to write a long, multi-paragraph comment that basically amounts to "Yeah, I agree with you," so here goes.

We've already talked about the problems with Penny to an adequite extensive excessive degree, but it's mostly been on the topic of her shallow personality (Can dry land be considered shallow?) rather than her underuse. I'll admit, Penny's sparse usage in recent seasons hasn't really bothered me that much, but looking at it from an objective standpoint, yeah, it's pretty messed up. In addition to your points, she's the main character's girlfriend, she should be one of the most important characters. Even more, further usage could develop her character and give me a reason to care about her. So yeah, color me convinced.

Carrie and Darwin, on the other hand, are a much more apparent problem. I don't think anyone who has given it any thought would tell you their usage as a couple is satisfactory, which is strange because the show was so eager to jump into it. I don't really have anything else to add other than... yeah, the show pretty much dropped the ball with this one.

Unlike the other two, I think the problem with Rob is pacing rather than neglect. They should have committed to making his arc either entirely in Season 4 or throughout the remainder of the series. It would be much more satisfying to see it start and end entirely within a set time span, but they left the door open to new plots with the character, which I think was a big mistake. I hope Rob gets some closure within the last few episodes, but even if he does, the arc will still have lingered far past its climax.

I think the problem connecting these is that the writers don't really seem to plan past the current episode. It's clear to me that they've been winging it with Carrie and Darwin, and with Rob since The Disaster and The Rerun. The show doesn't have to have its trajectory planned out seasons ahead of time, but when they establish a new status quo, they need to find a way to use it.

Congrats on 2 years of writing! 20 articles minus "A Blog With Wrong Opinions," "More Wrong Opinions," and the Gumbomb reviews is a success rate of 13/20, a D, which means you haven't failed and have therefore succeeded! flawless logic. Real talk though, you're a much better writer than you give yourself credit for. I have a lot of respect for you, and it's been great getting to know and talk with you. I don't know how to end from there, so, uh, bye, have a nice day.