User blog comment:Mattalamode/A Second Opinion: The Others/@comment-30307603-20170323205851

Aye, I'm going to get to work on the counterargument for the collab this weekend. It's just that this week has been quite the burden when it comes to schoolwork; rest assured, I intend on finishing by Saturday night (live) (bad jokes are bad).

On to the actual post, I thought "The Others" was good. The majority of episode was really solid; I felt that for the most part, the commentary on the "teenage melodramatic drama (that's what it's called, right?)" and how it contrasts with the zany nature of Gumball was quite enjoyable. The way its handled sort of reminds me of the fanatics who want to force melodrama into the series unnaturally, with their original characters and their contrived drama (Penny is some [redacted] that never loved Gumball and Gumball hooks up with Ben the Hedgehog, the edgiest edgehog of them all). Heck, the way Clare conducts herself reminds me of an original character; a fairly flat character that takes precedence over the main characters for no reason. However, I may be interpreting the episode this way because I totally don't read fanfiction for this show in my free time.

My only real gripe is the opening sequence. Putting aside that the Dragon Ball joke is slightly lame and "cringe-worthy", especially compared to how well executed it was in "The Pest", I'm not the biggest fan of the brothers being so oblivious that they don't even know what grade their own sister attends. I get that Gumball can be self-absorbed in his own manners at times and that Darwin can be fairly oblivious, but the notion of them not knowing this basic information rubs me the wrong way.

Tina Rex as also in this episode looking awesome, so that made me happy. (Good and nice bias).