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You're right. I've watched both shows, and it's not that similar to Gumball, really. I support a rewrite.
Also, we usually don't need consensus from other tropers for Laconics.
I don't know if it's official, but I know there's a lot of support in the laconic cleanup thread
to ban X Meets Y and Recycled In Space-style laconics.
But anyway, yeah, that's pretty useless.
Laconics are typically made by some random guy with little quality control. Laconics for tropes often misrepresent the trope, which is a known issue.
I also thought work page laconics were discouraged these days? Not sure if this is official policy or what.
"It's just a show; I should really just relax"
I don't know if they are "discouraged", but they tend to be really dumb and Fan Myopia-dependent. But that is more discussion for Wiki Talk.
"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
Are Laconics approved by other tropers in an overall... consensus sort of thing? I don't feel like Apple & Onion has a good Laconic considering it compares it to something else that I believe has a dissimilar tone in my opinion? It's probably YMMV but I feel like it should rely less on another show in the Laconic.