This might sound harsh, but if Lauren Faust had never joined McCracken on PPG and Foster's Imaginary Home then maybe Lauren would have had a brighter future.

Lauren Faust originally worked for features films like Cats Don't Dance and The Iron Giant.
Working for a low-brow shock humour channel like Cartoonnetwork is both a step down from her previous jobs and detrimental to her future as an animator and creator.

>Anon you promised me harsh stuff, this is mellow.
Fine. I think McCracken neutrally sabotaged Faust by not letting her find a suitable rich husband which would assure her real gigs at real companies like Disney, Dreamworks, Pixar, Warner Brothers and Paramount.

I think McCracken would have did her a world of good if he refused to be her husband and kept her away from him.