The Complaint About Complaining

Critique is a part of life, but is it going too far? Is everyone being too hard on Lincoln Peirce? Should all of this complaining end now?



Behold The Exploit Of Chad
On May 9th, 2020, an arc was settled. The way it was, however, didn't sit well for some people. It had Chad be adorable and then the conflict is solved. Mr. Rosa: an art teacher in the strip, had his job on the line. So for the arc to end like this felt, anti-climatic to some people. That is when a user titled SaysWannabe commented. "I feel like Lincoln is abusing Chad as a tool to add suspense but quickly return things to normal by abusing the fact that Chad is irresistible to the characters in Big Nate." The comment got featured, gaining 20+ likes, and 50+ replies. Although some of the attention was from spammers, the comment was still a success and set off the complaints that would come in the future. On May 10th, BiggerNate91 made an alternate ending to the arc, that comment got 10+ likes. Even normally positive people like ComicRater weren’t afraid to voice their opinion.

All Around Me Are Familiar Comics
There weren't any more complaints until May 13th, 2020. People noted that this comic was similar to other ones in the past, and that's when the complaints started to kick in. "They’ve done this kind of thing before" RandomMelon'''. "its kind of a repost but not really" SmashNewcome. "Again with that?" rey mondia. "He already used the ‘Nate annoys Gina by bouncing his leg’ joke." Yoshi. "rip lincoln peirce he’s finally out of idea" gumball's gumballs. "This exact same idea has been used in at least two other arcs." hev1.'''  "Why Mr Peirce? this story wasent contineud from the yesterday’s one, minding the fact it is reused!" Francis Explains The Joke. "This is like the fourth bouncing leg arc we’ve got." SaysWannabe. "this is unfunny in my opinion." sorcerersilas skywalker (neutral). "See? This is the problem with this comic. We’ve already seen this same arc before. Lincoln must be running out of ideas." grantlong. There are many other complaints on that strip, but it's too many to fit. There were also some people against the complaints, but they were underpowered at the time. The next day, there weren't really any complaints going on. There was a complaint by gumball's gumballs and his thoughts about Lincoln Peirce which went like this: "I feel like Peirce is isolating himself from his fans now, because I remember a time when he was active in the Big Nate comments but stopped after getting too many negative comments."

Something New?
On May 15, people were just complaining about Mrs. Godfrey and the poll, but nothing towards Lincoln. May 16th had a few complaints about the unoriginality, but it wasn't overflowed with complaints. May 17th actually had positive feedback from the fans. Everyone felt excited to learn what would happen next after May 18th, and the 19th-21st had everyone very happy. On the 22nd, however, some people started to feel a bit empty. Then came the 23rd, and the whole arc just ended like it was nothing. Everyone was upset, this had all just been a filler arc to give fans hope. People like BonkSlingr! were talking about how much potential the arc had, while others like DarthPlagueis knew from the start this wouldn't end well. Either way, people were very upset about this. To make matters worse, Sunday and Monday made it clear this wasn't going to go anywhere.

Not Even Laughable Anymore
On May 25th, a new arc begins. Nate is talking about the teachers not laughing, and right off the bat, people notice this has been done before. May 26th rolls around, and it fully sets in that this isn't very original. May 27th, people are too distracted by Coach John being a jerk that they focus their attention on that. However, RileyTheReformedReader said in his comment: "This comment section is a mess."

May 28 was set on Mr Staples doing a knowing chuckle when Teddy and Nate told them what they were trying to do.

Split
May 28th rolls around, and there are no complaints. But looking at the featured comment, you will see that gumball's gumballs was complaining, and it got tons of attention. By this point, the Lincoln defenders have grown in size and were getting upset at the hate. Today, the comment section is split between the constructive critics, the LP (Lincoln Peirce) defenders, the aggravated critics, and neutral people. It is not clear where this will go, but all we can do is wait and see.