The Amadain and the Promposal could be better enjoyed if they switched release orders.
Okay, so I'm not quite sure if this was the case in production order, but the more I thought about it, I feel like Promposal should've aired first.
Now, tbf these episodes aren't that far from each other, barely 3 eps apart, but if their airings were reversed or one chooses to watch Promposal first it feels more fitting for Penny's progression imo.
While I do enjoy The Amadain, I can also see the point of view that Penny's attitude towards Gumball might not mesh well with the previous depictions of their relationship.
Consider the last Penny/Gumball centric episode of The Amazing Series, which is The Transformation with Penny dragging Gumball into an argument with her parents, which is resolved at the end. Gumball is rightfully kinda miffed that he a kid is supposed to be the mediator rather than a counsellor or therapist. Makes sense why the dude does not want that nonsense anymore.
Then, the first of the Wonderful series is the usual Gumball taking a relationship concern too far like previous episodes to reestablish the status quo of Gumball being the misunderstanding yet caring boyfriend.
It's a weird flow of why she would feel the need to trick him if she knew from experience that these situations aren't fun for him either. As well as having the question of if Gumball defended her from the beginning, was the plan just being cancelled? If she didn't enjoy not being defended where did she have the time to plan with her family to do all the things/ act that way unless she knew Gumball wouldn't defend her in the first place which is still not good for her as she would know the family stuff isn't his strong suit cuz they're both kids.
Now consider if the flow was Promposal and then Amadain.
You'd have Gumball take the backseat to the Penny Centric Episode show her masterminding a plan for an awesome Promposal showing that for their relationship Penny can be just as unhinged as Gumball.
Then Amadain shows up it's less surprising at the end, but it's more satisfying, but now we know that hey Penny can do ridiculous stuff too. It would show that she could plan stuff to strengthen their relationship/act a certain way. Now putting Gumball throughout all that stuff because he wanted a karaoke machine initially is still probably not ideal since she did invite him, but if it's Promposal first it at least sets the precedent that she's almost as crazy as Gumball rather than her seeming like the more reasonable one in her relationship and doing a weird thing if you go Astrological>Amadain>Promposal rather than switching the latter 2.
Now that still would make the shell reveal kinda weird that the ENTIRE family became Semi Chill overtime/offscreen, but it's one less nitpick I'd have with the episode
After all, things like these are subjective. What are your thoughts on the 4 episodes above? Would you rearrange certain character arcs for development. That would make more sense/ better flow. Why or why not it would be a fun discussion?