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I do think you\'re being a bit confrontational over this myself, but I\'ve seen this episode and I don\'t like it, but mostly it comes from the awful handling of the issue being discussed. The problem is of the Loonatics\' own making, yet they act like unreasonable demands are being made of them when somebody they shot with heavy weaponry demands some kind of restitution. And yeah, if you think about it, they are completely and totally imperiling everyone in the world over something really stupid they did by insisting on battling it out. I also disagree that you can call Lexi and Duck \"best friends\". If you watch this show they\'re at each other\'s throats all the time, and the show makes it clear you\'re supposed to support her over him all the time. I might even argue you can\'t say the Loonatics have fought stronger villains because they never had to fight a full-scale alien invasion before, but that\'s neither here nor there.

I do agree you shouldn\'t hand over your friends the moment something unpleasant happens. But the Loonatics were absolutely at fault, and they absolutely did imperil the people they\'re supposed to be protecting over an idiotic thing they did. The problem is the show never stopped and actually presented them as being at fault, seeming to expect you to take their side in anything that happened because they\'re \"the heroes\". If it had done so, then it all would\'ve gone down a lot more smoothly. As it is, it\'s mostly a case of Protagonist Centered Morality and just poor writing in general, and yeah, this isn\'t really an example that belongs on this page.

I do think you\'re being a bit confrontational over this myself, but I\'ve seen this episode and I don\'t like it, but mostly it comes from the awful handling of the issue being discussed. The problem is of the Loonatics\' own making, yet they act like unreasonable demands are being made of them when somebody they shot with heavy weaponry demands some kind of restitution. And yeah, if you think about it, they are completely and totally imperiling everyone in the world over something really stupid they did by insisting on battling it out. I also disagree that you can call Lexi and Duck \"best friends\". If you watch this show they\'re at each other\'s throats all the time, and the show makes it clear you\'re supposed to support her over him all the time.

I do agree you shouldn\'t hand over your friends the moment something unpleasant happens. But the Loonatics were absolutely at fault, and they absolutely did imperil the people they\'re supposed to be protecting over an idiotic thing they did. The problem is the show never stopped and actually presented them as being at fault, seeming to expect you to take their side in anything that happened because they\'re \"the heroes\". If it had done so, then it all would\'ve gone down a lot more smoothly. As it is, it\'s mostly a case of Protagonist Centered Morality and just poor writing in general, and yeah, this isn\'t really an example that belongs on this page.

I do think you\'re being a bit confrontational over this myself, but I\'ve seen this episode and I don\'t like it, but mostly it comes from the awful handling of the issue being discussed. The problem is of the Loonatics\' own making, yet they act like unreasonable demands are being made of them when somebody they shot with heavy weaponry demands some kind of restitution. And yeah, if you think about it, they are completely and totally imperiling everyone in the world over something really stupid they did by insisting on battling it out. I also disagree that you can call Lexi and Duck \"best friends\". If you watch this show they\'re at each other\'s throats all the time, and the show makes it clear you\'re supposed to support her over him all the time.

I do agree you shouldn\'t hand over your friends the moment something unpleasant happens. But the Loonatics were absolutely at fault, and they absolutely did imperil the people they\'re supposed to be protecting over an idiotic thing they did. The problem is the show never stopped and actually presented them as being at fault, seeming to expect you to take their side in anything that happened because they\'re \"the heroes\". If it had done so, then it all would\'ve gone down a lot more smoothly. As it is, it\'s mostly a case of Protagonist Centered Morality, and yeah, this isn\'t really an example that belongs on this page.