based on what i have seen from litecoin and its charts for all these years that it has been around, i have realized that LTC usually follows bitcoin which means with bitcoin price rising, LTC price should also start to rise pretty soon.
in other words i disagree with you saying its long term is bearish because bitcoin is starting its bullish movement.
Totally agree with this, i've also notice how the other cryptocurrency moves and behave, it is somehow or really following the bitcoin's price whether it increases or decreases the other cryptocurrency just follows. Great example would be the last year's ending month, december, most of the coins went to the moon like bitcoin and goes back right after a couple of months.