User blog comment:MarvinDarwin/Analysis Crisis: Darwin Watterson/@comment-30307603-20170626155645

Nice to see that you've finally decided to write a blog post. I found the post cute and charming, and a nice overview to what composes Darwin's character.

Though, I have to disagree with you on "The Gripes". The whining aside, the episode has the brothers constantly trying to reject and deflect the townsfolk generosity. The reason they eventually succumbed into lying was not for attention or money, but rather because the denizens put them into such a moral corner that choosing to do something else would have made their public image go down substantially. Whether the boys went with the morally-correct path is up for debate, but simplifying their motives to something so petty as fame and fortune is such a disservice. There is some depth to this moral dilemma the two find themselves in, and its one of the stronger aspects of the episode.

That being said, I agree with you on "The Stars". Not only is it oddly out-of-character for Darwin to be reduced to a whiny Google reviewer, but it dampens the episode because there is no real straight man to counter Gumball's absurd philosophies. "The Stars" is far from the worst episode in my opinion, but the episode could have benefited from a more in-tuned Darwin, both for the sake of the story and the social commentary.

If you do choose to continue this, there's a certain technique you should try that can help strengthen the writing. When writing, you should always assume your readers have seen the source material and have a decent understanding of the plot. That way, you're forced to dig deeper and look beyond the surface; only use plot summaries when you have to, and even then, keep those to one/two sentences maximum.

Also, thanks for the kind words. Glad that you think of me in such a way. :)

Oh, look! Guy used an emoticon! What a time to be alive!