Lucy walks up to you with a piece of paper, "I have written a list of things I'd like to do over the summer." Lucy shows you the list.

"Summon a demon

Dinner with myself (can't miss that again)

Fix the climate (tell nobody)

Stare into the abyss

Take out the trash

Bring the trash back in

Save Lynn from the Nth Dimension

Create a new spell

Pet Charles (he's a good boy)"

Minisode - The Return

Clyde and his dads finally came back to Royal Woods. As soon as they did, Lincoln and the rest of their friends took Clyde to Gus's Games and Grub to celebrate his return and catch him up on everything that he had missed.

Soon enough, they were approached by an unexpected character.

"Hey, you guys have room for one more?"

Everyone looked up to see Ronnie Anne Santiago, accompanied by a music stinger of the theme from her canceled spinoff.

"Ronnie Anne! What are you doing here?" Lincoln asked.

Ronnie Anne folded her arms behind her head, "Well, my spinoff was canceled and Mr. Dusk wanted to at least try to give me the character development I never got."

Plus I was getting bored of the joke of her never appearing in this story.

Lincoln shook his head, "I still can't believe they turned you into a more bland version of me and just handed you a skateboard."

Ronnie Anne raised an eyebrow, "Uh...I've always had my skateboard, Lincoln."

"Oh. Huh...forgot about that."

Clyde shrugged, "I did too, sorry. Heck, all I remember is that you were constantly made out to be Lincoln's girlfriend, but you weren't or something."

Ronnie Anne smirked, "Okay, give me your best shots. I'm a big girl, I can take 'em."

Stella stepped up, towering a foot and a half taller over Ronnie Anne, "Okay, um, I don't know you too well, so I'll go first. I'm Stella Zhau, the girl they replaced you with."

Ronnie Anne looked her up and down, "Nice to meet you…wait, they got a tall half-Mexican half-Chinese girl to replace me?"

"I'm Filipino-American." Stella corrected.

"Oh, I'm sorry." Ronnie Anne sincerely apologized.

Stella shrugged, "It's fine, you're not exactly wrong. They also mirrored my introduction episode with yours."

Ronnie Anne looked insulted, "...dang, and I thought they were lazy when they made my show."

"I also got a lot more episodes and more character development than you ever did and the show didn't just make me Lincoln's love interest."

Ronnie Anne turned a little red, "Okay, getting a bit too harsh, who's next?"

Zach stepped up, "I'm pretty sure nobody watched your show who wasn't already watching the Loud House. And even then, they only really watched it waiting for Lincoln or one of his sisters to show up."

Ronnie Anne cringed, "Ooof...well, that did happen...a few times."

Zach nodded, "Yeah, it'd be all like 'Remember Lincoln? Remember Lori? Ronnie Anne is still pining for Lincoln. They're in love, right?' And-"

Ronnie Anne covered his mouth, "Okay, stop."

Liam stepped up, "That talking bird was more annoying than a broken rooster with a sore throat and they used him WAY too much."

Ronnie Anne groaned, "I know! Everyone knows that! They tried too hard to make that bird popular and it didn't work!"

Kid-appeal characters tend to be hard to get right.

Lincoln shrugged, "Sid was great at least, especially since they gave her more of a character than they gave you. She was also more appealing to kids."

"...if she's better than me, why isn't she here?" Ronnie Anne asked.

Lincoln rubbed his chin, "Hm, good question. I think Mr. Dusk might include her later."

I might. I make no promises.

Liam shrugged, "The other characters were solid I guess. Honestly the only bad ones were the bird, you - but they didn't give you much to do - and arguably your mom who created the conflict in your movie for no reason."

"Her mom is still hot though." Rusty added.

Ronnie Anne punched him.

"Worth it!"

"You got anything else to say, Zits?" Ronnie Anne asked, patting her fist in her hand.

Rusty nodded, "Okay I know a little Spanish because the ladies love it, and even I know the title was stupid. Casagrandes...Biggest House? Really? Last I checked, the Louds have a bigger family! You didn't even have a house! It was an apartment building! At least with 'Loud House' it made sense since that's not just their last name, they really live up to it with being so loud the cops get called a lot!"

"Please don't remind me." Lincoln asked.

Ronnie Anne sighed, "Well, at least it's better than Primos."

Rusty laughed, "THAT'S your bar? ANYTHING is better than Primos! They pretty much stole the idea for your show of cousins moving in! DORA THE EXPLORER is better than Primos!"

Yeah, at least Dora gets Spanish grammar correct. For real though, Disney's Primos looks like a trainwreck.

Clyde cleared his throat, "Okay, I'll be real. No offense Ronnie Anne, but I'm the one who should have gotten a spinoff. Even if I'm self-admittably a sidekick, a show from my point of view would've been more interesting, especially with the fact that I have two dads."

Lincoln nodded, "Oh hell yeah."

"Yep." Said Rusty.

"Definitely." Zach added.

Liam nodded, "Darn right."

"I'd watch that show more than the one with Ronnie Anne." Stella admitted.

Clyde and his dads were the best part of that live-action thing. I kind of wish the show was more about them, it would've made more sense since the McBride family is way more grounded and normal than the Louds. But I guess they didn't want to put an LGBT couple in the main focus because networks only care about the LGBT when it's profitable.

Ronnie Anne sighed, "Alright, I think that's enough about me. What have you lame-os and Stella been up to without me?"

Clyde shrugged, "Oh you know, vampires."

"Hanging out with the Grim Reaper and the Goddess of Chaos." Rusty added.

"Making friends with an elephant demon and a giant spider." Liam told her.

"And alien body-swappers." Zach included.

"Not to mention gaining new powers." Stella told her while making her hand glow a bit blue.

"And having my soul being eaten by a magic pendant." Lincoln wrapped up by showing Ronnie Anne his Bedlam Gold pendant.

Ronnie Anne was dumbstruck. Her face twisted in a way where she wanted to cry out in confusion and wonder given all the crazy things she missed.

Don't be too shocked Ronnie Anne, you went up against Mesoamerican deities.

Ronnie Anne snapped out of it, her eyes blazing at me with anger. "No, I didn't! I went on a pointless trip to Mexico because my mom wouldn't let me do what I wanted on my birthday! Instead, I had to deal with fake gods made up by a bunch of clueless Californians who didn't even bother to do any research!" Her voice rose, frustration dripping from every word. "How hard is it to look up a real evil Mayan god like Ah Puch or Camazotz? Or a female goddess like Awilix or Ix Chel? There's even a MOBA game with their lore right there, but they couldn't be bothered!"

Hmm…yeah, good point. Let's just pretend that movie never happened. We won't miss much anyway.

Lincoln nodded, "Yeah, believe me, it's best to forget about our mediocre movies and focus on making something more fun. Welcome home, Ronnie Anne!"

...

So...not a fan of Casagrandes. Not only did it make Ronnie Anne a blank slate right when she was actually getting character development, but it essentially split the crew of Loud House in half - which caused the quality of the show to drop - just for a show that didn't need to exist. Heck, the first couple of episodes of Casagrandes are considered to be part of the Loud House...so why not just leave it as that? I doubt nobody would have minded.

Also it didn't last long as it barely had three seasons before it got axed. I stopped checking it out after the start of Season Two. I didn't even bother watching the movie so please excuse me if I got the plot wrong which, to my understanding: Maria spontaneously decides to just drag Ronnie Anne into a trip to Mexico that Ronnie Anne didn't want to go on and instead of you know, listening to her daughter she just does the dumb sitcom parent thing. Also there's stuff involving Mesoamerican culture that the writing crew gets wrong.

Seems kind of a waste of an hour or so to me. But hey, Ronnie Anne is back, hooray. Special thanks to Scorvoltech (ELE73CH on AO3) for suggesting Lincoln and friends welcoming her back with a roast, beta reading, and writing the bit with the SMITE reference.