Since the show Nickelodeon debut in 2016, not only has The Loud House been crowned the
top-rated children’s animation series.
It’s been lauded as a feel-good show filled with positivity and good vibes.
From it’s themes of acceptance, to it’s showcasing of a loving family, to the fun
storylines that stem from childhood, The Loud House has put a smile on all of our faces.
With that said, it isn’t all fun and games in The Loud House.
There have been times when this show had some really dark moments which overshadowed the
joy and happiness that we’ve grown accustomed to.
What’s more, some interesting perspectives on the show have been revealed -- that turn
it from an ordinary tale of childhood to a completely gloomy and saddening story about
a family desperately trying to keep it together.
I’m Brad with WickedBinge.
And these are dark theories about The Loud House.
Lynn Loud’s Mental Health
Remember Lynn Loud?
Of course, you do!
She’s the fifth-oldest child in the Loud family, and a prolific athlete.
She plays just about every major sport, including lacrosse, football, hockey, and even rugby
and baseball.
Considering that there are eleven kids in this household, we wouldn’t blame you if
you forgot her: Sometimes, it’s hard to keep up with all these characters.
In any event, with all the sports she plays, Lynn might seem like she’s got everything
together for herself.
However, when you look closely, Lynn might not be all that right in the head.
According to Reddit user ‘AlexZedKawa’, Lynn Loud might be suffering from obsessive-compulsive
personality disorder, or OCPD for short.
Medical reports seem to suggest that those who suffer with this condition tend to be
extremely inflexible when it comes to the way that they feel, think, and behave: in
other words, they are pretty tense and strict people.
To be more specific, one of the major characteristics of this disorder is the need for strict adherence
to rules and details, so much so that the person loses any happiness gained from doing
a specific activity which would otherwise make them happy.
In the episode ‘Net Gains’, Lynn is fixated and enrapt with taking home the trophy at
a basketball tournament.
Note that I said ‘taking home the trophy’, meaning that for her, this wasn’t so much
of a team activity as it was a personal victory so that she could earn another title for herself.
In her quest for personal victory, she loses sight of the fun and the main point of playing:
teamwork.
Lynn seemed to have forgotten that there was no “I” in team.
Then, there’s the inherent need to be perfect at everything that she does.
Does anyone remember that time in season 3 where Lynn tells her teammates to let her
be the one to score all the goals, almost as if the only possible way that they could
have won was through her involvement?
If this doesn’t convince you, when her teammates wanted a shot at playing, she refused them,
slyly suggesting that she is the only person who can win on her team.
Another important characteristic to bear in mind is that people who have OCPD tend to
enjoy hoarding things a lot.
Let’s flashback for a second to the third episode of season 3, ‘Insta-gran.’
In this episode, Lynn is shown to own what she believes to be ‘lucky jerseys.’
She keeps these jerseys in a huge, unorganized heap on the floor.
Because she views them as valuable, she is neither willing to dispose of them nor put
them away.
She keeps them right in her line of vision as a constant reminder of her prized, lucky
possessions.
People who have this disorder have impeccably high standards.
They feel as if they and only they can accomplish a task perfectly.
Therefore, when someone attempts to do it for the person in his or her stead, there
will always be a conflict as the OCPD patient will never be satisfied with the job done.
Returning briefly to ‘Net Gains’, it’s clear that Lynn believes that she’s the
best.
At first, she refused to allow others to play.
To her, she would have preferred to do the job herself.
She sees herself as better than her teammates.
This superiority complex is something which is noted across practically all persons diagnosed
with OCPD.
Lastly, we’ll take a look at how she’s so inflexible.
People who suffer from OCPD tend to follows rules down to a T. We see a perfect example
of this in “Intern For The Worst” where Margo needs to use the bathroom.
Lynn doesn’t allow her to go to the bathroom as she feels that using the bathroom before
a sports game brings bad luck to the team.
Only after winning the game was the team allowed to go to the bathroom.
This just goes to show how stubborn and unnaturally inflexible Lynn can be, proving that she has
OCPD.
Lincoln Was Adopted
Ever wondered why Lincoln had white hair?
I mean, it’s weird enough that he’s the only son in the Loud family with 10 sisters,
why does he have to have white hair as well?
Well, Reddit user ‘Plottyscorpion’ believes that he has the solution for this puzzling
problem: Lincoln isn’t actually the biological son of the Loud parents: he’s adopted.
The logic is as follows: initially, the Loud parents’ dream was to have a son.
When their first born (Lori) was born and they realized that she was a girl, they were
happy to bring new life into the world but weren’t particularly happy that the baby
hadn’t been a boy.
Still hoping to give birth to a boy, they tried again.
Yet again, they were unsuccessful.
They kept trying and trying but were unable to have a boy.
Realizing that this was an act in futility, they turned to adoption as a means to an end:
if they couldn’t have a boy through biological means, they would simply adopt one.
This, my friends, is how Lincoln came about: he was adopted and integrated into the Loud
family as their own.
This would offer an explanation as to why there is hardly any similarity between him
and his siblings (although an argument can be made for the twins Lola and Lana:) he has
white hair while all his other siblings have either blonde or brown hair.
This would be quite a bit of a downer for the show as it could possibly speak not only
about Lincoln unknowingly living a disingenuous life but also the secrecy of his parents in
hiding the truth from him.
Lynn Turned Lucy Into An Emo
In all honesty, this theory is not a huge surprise, especially when you examine the
overwhelming evidence which can be used to support it.
Before we get into the meat of the matter, we need to understand the dynamics clearly.
Apart from the fact that Lynn and Lucy are roommates, we need to reinstate that Lynn
is Lucy’s older sister.
With that as our background, a plausible reason as to why Lucy has such a low self-esteem
and has, in general, a sad disposition is that she was ignored by Lynn as a child.
During a child’s formative years, if he or she has a bigger sibling, typically, that
child gravitates toward that sibling as a sort of mentor.
A child craves to be noticed, approved, and acknowledged by his or her older sibling.
In this regard, it’s likely that Lucy attempted to gain Lynn’s attention as a child but
was sadly neglected by her older sibling.
To provide a timeframe, it’s likely that this occurred when Lucy was 5 and Lynn was
8.
Bearing in mind that at present Lucy is 8 years old, psychologically, this is an integral
period in a child’s life where his or her personality traits begin to take shape.
Consequently, the sadness she felt as a child from being rejected obviously plays a part
in the development of her individuality, and also explains her reclusiveness.
She spends her time mainly writing poetry, away from the rest of the world.
After all, why on Earth would Lucy purposefully seek dark, lonely places in the world in which
she could stow herself away?
Granted, Lynn is hardly in the room with her, so she does spend the bulk of her time in
solitude.
Perhaps the neglect she felt as a child didn’t only make her antisocial, it also made her
feel unappreciated by those around her.
But why would Lynn harbor such negative feelings toward her own sister?
Well, there might be a good reason to explain why.
In all likelihood, the room which the two sisters are currently living in belonged exclusively
to Lynn prior to Lucy’s birth.
Having bonded immensely with her room, not only did she become territorial with her own
space, but she enjoyed being alone in her immediate surroundings.
Therefore, the concept of sharing her room with another probably did not sit very well
with her.
We can therefore imagine a situation where Lynn treats her sister unfavorably because
she, in effect, ‘robbed’ her of her privacy.
Unconsciously, Lynn started disliking her sister for this.
Lucy, feeling the lack of affection from her older sister, one who she naturally admired,
sadly turned into an anti-social emo with low self-esteem.
There is no indication that Lucy may ever revert to being a normal girl.
For all we know, the psychological damage she’s suffering with is so extensive that
she might be a lost case.
But what do you think?
With so many different personalities in the show, we’ve only scratched the surface when
it comes to darker theories that revolve around each character.
Do you have any dark theories of your own?
Let us know in the comment section below.
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