History Main / UnintentionallyUnsympathetic

* ''Webcomic/SlyCooperThiefOfVirtue'' has atleast 3 of these; [[RuleOfThree all affiliated with Interpol, all of them conservative, and all of them preachy as hell]].

** As of "Serpent's Kiss", Ned was supposed to be a DoggedNiceGuy who we're all supposed to feel bad for [[DidNotGetTheGirl because he didn't get Carmelita]] and wish nothing but the best for, but more often than not he seems more like an obnoxiously flat character who's ''constantly'' feeling sorry for himself to the point of being obnoxious; [[TheEeyore His behavior demonstrated through the entire chapter as well as at the midpoint with his conversation with Carmelita]] only exacerbates the incel-like feel to his character. Ontop of that, he's demonstrated little to show that he's grown as a person aside from a preachy SuddenPrincipledStand against Torus in "Wrath of the Wolf King", and yet ''somehow'', ''[[DisproportionateReward this warranted him becoming the Director of Interpol and a love interest]]'', the latter which bares no relevance to the comic or series.
*** The last part is made even worse in "The New Director" given how much AscendedFridgeHorror it's loaded with when he begins to reveal his originalism; the beginning of his answer to [[StrawLiberal the second reporter]] asking to how Director Ned intends to fix [[FantasticRacism the targeting of specific animal types]]? He begins it with a ''dogwhistle'' and then follows it with a tone-deaf speech that doesn't even bother to address the reporter's concerns. When asked if he intends to take Interpol down a progressive direction? Ned yet again dodges the question and states [[LawfulStupid he'd enforce every law exactly how it was written]], [[LameExcuse even if he “disagreed” with them]]; basically this insinuates [[JustFollowingOrders he'd enforce the law]] ''[[ToBeLawfulOrGood even when it's the morally wrong thing to do]]'' and then hide behind disingenuous sympathy to downplay the fact, which reeks of hypocrisy given how he worked with a master thief similar to Jack Lupus. Essentially he becomes an [[{{Foil}} Anti-Torus]] at the end of the story and runs Interpol exactly how Jack would have run it, which in reality isn't a good thing at all.

* Calvin's parents in ''ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes'' are this. ParentsAsPeople is in full effect here (perhaps a [[GoneHorriblyRight little too much so]]), and Calvin is a BrattyHalfPint, but his own parents hardly ever interacted with him in a loving way or tried to understand him, even though many modern readers see Calvin as having, at the very least, an AmbiguousDisorder. There are also several strips where they act like they downright hate or neglect Calvin and consider themselves martyrs for putting up with him, such as when his mother threw Calvin out hours before the school bus arrives so she can get a morning free, or when his father said he'd would rather have raised a dog and considered throwing Calvin into the alligator pit at the zoo. There are ''some'' tender moments between Calvin and his parents, but they are few and far between. It would get so bad that Bill Watterson had to address it in a commentary, where he expressed regret that Calvin's parents were mostly seen when they were in a bad mood, but Watterson has also claimed that "they did better than [he] would've" with regards to Calvin. Which tells you a lot...
* Anthony in ''ComicStrip/ForBetterOrForWorse''. You're supposed to feel sympathy for him because his wife, Therese, doesn't want their daughter, and he also feels like he no longer "has a home". But the fact is that he had ''harassed'' Therese into getting a baby when she didn't want one in the first place. Anthony lost even more ground when it was revealed that he ''promised'' Therese that ''he'' would stay home with the baby, but he didn't intend to keep his word for no better reason than because he just expected "the magic of motherhood" to kick in and make Therese ''want'' to quit her job (which was even implied to make more than his did) and become a stay-at-home mother. But she is supposed to be the bad spouse simply because she wanted Anthony to actually keep the promise he made as a compromise with her and because she's not the maternal type. Then throw in that after saving Elizabeth from sexual assault - on the very same night in fact! - while she's recovering from the shock, Anthony decides that this is the perfect time to confess that he's in love with her and is so terribly lonely... while he still is married to Therese at this point, and even if he had been single, he was pretty much taking advantage of a woman who had just nearly been raped by a stalker. No words can describe the level of disgust that this garnered from readers.

* Les Moore, the ''de facto'' lead character of ''ComicStrip/FunkyWinkerbean'', is a clear example of a character who was meant to be sympathetic, and in theory should be. He fell in love with a woman (Lisa), who'd been in some abusive relationships in the past, married her, had a daughter, and then lost her to cancer. After her death he turned his grief into art, writing a graphic novel about his life with Lisa and another about new love with his second wife, Cayla. So what's the problem? He thinks entirely too highly of himself. He thinks ''Lisa's Story'' makes him an important writer, when in reality his writing career depends almost entirely on [[MuseAbuse milking personal tragedy]]. Also, as a teacher he seems to be defined by contempt for his students.

* ''WebAnimation/TurnaboutStorm'': Some felt this way about Trixie. She acts incredibly smug, arrogant, and condescending throughout the entire series, has no qualms about trying to get Rainbow Dash wrongly prosecuted simply for revenge on Twilight, and repeatedly prioritizes revenge over the truth. Phoenix at times says Trixie's doing certain things for noble purposes, but virtually every one of these instances is actually explainable by Trixie just serving her own selfish ends. [[spoiler:She even savors Rainbow Dash [[FissionMailed temporarily getting declared guilty]], rubbing it in Twilight's face and declaring that she felt on top of the world afterwards. She's meant to get a CryForTheDevil in the form of black Psyche-locks which Twilight describes as "filled with sadness and sorrow", but these are [[InformedAttribute never explained]]. Trixie never even apologizes or shows remorse for what she did, not even when Phoenix generously helps her out and saves her job. The only really noble thing Trixie ever does -- write a secret, reluctant thank-you note to Phoenix -- came at no cost to herself whatsoever, and as far as she knew, would not be discovered by anyone else.]]

** Therkla. She's only in the comic briefly, but she's more or less every negative stereotype of modern teenage girls in the form of a half-orc Ninja: she compromises her mission because she has a crush on a boy, she's overly dramatic about her home life (treating the fact that her parents are sickeningly in love on the same level of harsh and disgusting as being a ChildByRape, though at least this is completely PlayedForLaughs), her primary complaint about the lack of reconciliation between her crush and her mentor (who are on opposite sides of a good-vs-evil conflict) is that it means she never gets her way, and she ends up committing what amounts to a form of suicide because a guy she liked wouldn't dump his girlfriend for her. It's sad that she died young, but she spent most of her time acting like a brat with levels in Ninja. The Giant says that Therkla is meant to represent the neutral in the good vs. evil conflict, but her idea of compromise is basically asking the good guys to let the evil guys (including herself, since she's complicit in the actions of her evil mentor) get away with the murder of dozens, if not hundreds, of innocent people.

* Calvin's parents in ''ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes'' are this. ParentsAsPeople is in full effect here (perhaps a [[GoneHorriblyRight little too much so]]), and Calvin is a BrattyHalfPint, but his own parents hardly ever interacted with him in a loving way or tried to understand him, even though many modern readers see Calvin as having, at the very least, an AmbiguousDisorder. There are also several strips where they act like they downright hate or neglect Calvin and consider themselves martyrs for putting up with him, such as when his mother threw Calvin out hours before the school bus arrives so she can get a morning free, or when his father said he'd would rather have raised a dog and considered throwing Calvin into the alligator pit at the zoo. There are ''some'' tender moments between Calvin and his parents, but they are few and far between. It would get so bad that Bill Watterson had to address it in a commentary, where he expressed regret that Calvin's parents were mostly seen when they were in a bad mood, but Watterson has also claimed that "they did better than [he] would've" with regards to Calvin". Which tells you a lot...

** The features they chose to highlight had this problem too. All the PC advantages the ads waved off as boring were things most people actually need, while the Mac advantages were all things that are useless to anyone who isn't a dedicated artist. More than anything, it makes the Mac character come off as someone who doesn't have a job and thinks that's something to be smug about.

* Anthony in ''ComicStrip/ForBetterOrForWorse''. You're supposed to feel sympathy for him because his wife, Therese, doesn't want their daughter, and he also feels like he no longer "has a home". But the fact is that he had ''harassed'' Therese into getting a baby when she didn't want one in the first place. Anthony lost even more ground when it was revealed, that he ''promised'' Therese that ''he'' would stay home with the baby, but he didn't intend to keep his word, because he just expected "the magic of motherhood" to kick in, so Therese would want to quit her job (which was even implied to make more than his did) and become a stay-at-home mum. But she is supposed to be the bad spouse, because she wanted Anthony to actually keep his promise and because she's not the maternal type. Then throw in that after saving Elizabeth from sexual assault - on the very same night in fact! - while she's recovering from the shock, Anthony decides that this is the perfect time to confess that he's in love with her and is so terribly lonely... while he still is married to Therese at this point, and even if he had been single, he was pretty much taking advantage of a woman who had just nearly been raped by a stalker. No words can describe the level of disgust that this garnered from readers.

* In summer 2021, Wrestling/BaronCorbin underwent a HumiliationConga starting with losing his CoolCrown & status as king to Wrestling/ShinsukeNakamura, that seemed to be an attempt to have him make a HeelFaceTurn. The problems with this are, Corbin's troubles are so over the top [[note]] Somehow, no longer being King means that he lost all his money, his car, had to move in with his (non-existent) wife's (non-existent) parents, has to take the bus, etc. [[/note]]that it [[{{Narm}} borders on the comical]]. Adding to this is massive FridgeLogic (if he's poor, why does he still appear every week on WWE TV?) and the fact that despite being depicted as a [[WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants Squidward]] level ButtMonkey, he still gets booed by the fans cause they haven't forgotten how much of a JerkAss he was(which Wrestling/KevinOwens even [[LampshadeHanging pointed out]] is the main reason people are reluctant to help him).

* The Phantom from ''Theatre/LoveNeverDies'' is supposed to be someone who still adores Christine and conspires to bring her back because he misses her. However, his threatening to take Christine's son (who he later learns is really his own) away if she refuses to sing for him quickly ruins that. Additionally, it's a lot harder to sympathize with his quest to not be alone when, rather than being a complete outcast from society as in the original play, the Phantom is an extremely wealthy man with a good-sized social circle and support network.
* Angelica from ''Theatre/{{Hamilton}}'', to a certain point. While there's no doubt she's utterly devoted to Eliza, since she sacrifices her own happiness for her sister's so she can marry Hamilton, you have to raise an eyebrow at how Angelica realizes right away that Hamilton might eventually cheat on her—and as kind-hearted and lovable as Eliza is, what guarantees that Hamilton won't do the same to her? Of course, Angelica wants Eliza to be happy, but shouldn't her first instinct as a big sister to shield Eliza against a potential heartbreak and scandal and advise her ''against'' marrying Hamilton? How is the heartbreak of an adultery lesser than a heartbreak from a Love at First Sight? A possible AlternativeCharacterInterpretation would be that Angelica started flirting with Hamilton in order to "avoid the unavoidable" (because any other interpretation, aside from Eliza being aware of the Not-Threesome, would make Angelica look like a {{Hypocrite}}), though you have to once again wonder if all the pain was really worth it in the first place...\\\
Adding to that, in a case of ArtisticLicenceHistory, what doesn't help is that the whole business described in "Satisfied" was invented for the show. By the time Eliza first met Hamilton, Angelica was already married to John Barker Church, with whom she had eloped (angering her father in the process - Eliza was the only Schuyler child to marry with her father's permission). The musical making little mention beyond "The Schuyler Sisters" of Angelica's intelligence and influence, and the extra time she's given being all centered around a LoveTriangle, has soured the deal for certain people, especially with Angelica being supposedly presented as a Mary Wollstonecraft-esque first-wave feminist.
* Jamie from ''Theatre/TheLastFiveYears''. The basic conceit of the musical is that Jamie and Cathy both contributed to their marital issues, and in the end, they just weren't right for each other. Cathy and Jamie are both shown as being sympathetic -- but a lot of the fandom finds it hard to feel too bad for Jamie. While his and Cathy's marriage clearly had problems from the start, some of which were her fault, and some of which were ''nobody's'' fault, a lot of the fandom lays the blame mostly on Jamie, since the final straw is him cheating (and he had a wandering eye for years before that). The fact that he informs Cathy he's divorcing her via a letter does not help his case, nor does the song "See I'm Smiling," which shows that Cathy is ''trying'' to make it work, whereas he's given up by that point. The film adaptation made it even worse, showing Jamie cheating on Cathy with several women (as opposed to just one, like in the stage show), which makes it difficult to argue he genuinely loves his mistress - and they also added a bit of dialogue where he responds to Cathy's (correct) suspicions that he's cheating by [[KickTheDog telling her she's crazy]].

* Website/GoAnimate "[[YouAreGrounded Grounded]]" videos: The parent characters who are punishing the troublemaking kids, particularly those of "baby show" characters such as WesternAnimation/{{Caillou}} and WesternAnimation/DoraTheExplorer. The makers of these videos intend for the viewers to side against Caillou and Dora (who, truth to tell, [[TookALevelInJerkass aren't the wholesome lovable heroes that they are]] canonically, themselves) and with their parents. But in all honesty, the measures the parents take to teach Caillou and Dora their lessons often come off as [[DisproportionateRetribution overly cruel]]. Even so much as hitting a sibling can lead to getting grounded for an incredibly long time or even murdered (directly or indirectly) by their parents. Additionally, sometimes the parents do stuff without Caillou and Dora just to be mean (sometimes even before the kid has even caused any trouble) and, in extreme cases, even tell them to their faces how much they and the world hates them. In the end, the parents frequently come off as [[AbusiveParents incredibly abusive]] [[{{Jerkass}} Jerkasses]] not worth rooting for over the [[JerkassWoobie Jerkass Woobies]] Caillou and Dora.
* ''{{WebAnimation/RWBY}}'': RWBY, JNR and Qrow's collective actions towards Ozpin when the AwfulTruth is revealed in Volume 6. While they have every right to be angry, the depth of their aggression towards him shows no regard for [[spoiler:Oscar's innocence as Ozpin's host]], or the fact that they've been shown such a personal, tragic back story that Ozpin has been reduced to tears right in front of them: Qrow punches [[spoiler:Oscar]] as he disowns Ozpin; Yang's rage is complicated by the audience not knowing whether she's ever revealed the secret she's keeping about Raven; and Jaune slams [[spoiler:Oscar]] into a wall because he's so angry with Ozpin. Their behaviour towards Ozpin is exacerbated in Volume 7 when they decide to keep the same secret from Ironwood that Ozpin kept from them, leading to Ironwood eventually turning on them the way they turned on Ozpin.
** Rhodes from Cinder's flashback in Volume 8 is supposed to be a well-intentioned, if not heroic GoodSamaritan who took it upon himself to train young Cinder to be a huntress so she could escape her slavery at the hands of her guardian, only to turn on her when she kills her guardian and adopted sisters. However, [[TooDumbToLive it seems extremely irresponsible and reckless of him]] to train a girl he knew - at least originally - had murderous intentions, and this is compounded when he doesn't try to calm Cinder down when he finds her standing over the corpses of her [[AssholeVictim tormentors.]] FridgeLogic makes him seem downright amoral, as well, because he'd found a ten year-old who was enslaved and [[ElectricTorture physically tortured]] by her guardians, but [[SocialServicesDoesNotExist did not think to contact the police or social services.]] Even if Cinder's treatment was somehow legal in Atlas (despite the kingdoms generally being portrayed as having western-like human rights laws, at least on paper), [[JustEatGilligan he could have easily taken her away to a better family or orphanage]] instead of making her put up with seven years of hell while he trained her, making his death seem almost as much his fault as Cinders.
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** Therkla. She's only in the comic briefly, but she's more or less every negative stereotype of modern teenage girls in human form: she compromises her mission because she has a crush on a boy, she's overly dramatic about her home life (treating the fact that her parents are sickeningly in love on the same level of harsh and disgusting as being a ChildByRape, though at least this is completely PlayedForLaughs), her primary complaint about the lack of reconciliation between her crush and her mentor (who are on opposite sides of a good-vs-evil conflict) is that it means she never gets her way, and she ends up committing a variation on suicide because a boy wouldn't dump his girlfriend for her. It's sad that she died young, but she spent most of her time acting like a brat with levels in Ninja. The Giant says that Therkla represents the neutral in the good vs. evil conflict, but her idea of compromise is basically asking the good guys to let the evil guys (including herself, since she's complicit in the actions of her evil mentor) get away with the murder of dozens, if not hundreds, of innocent people.

* In summer 2021, Wrestling/BaronCorbin underwent a HumilationConga starting with losing his CoolCrown & status as king to Wrestling/ShinsukeNakamura, that seemed to be an attempt to have him make a HeelFaceTurn. The problems with this are, Corbin's troubles are so over the top [[note]] Somehow, no longer being King means that he lost all his money, his car, had to move in with his (non-existent) wife's (non-existent) parents, has to take the bus, etc. [[/note]]that it [[{{Narm}} borders on the comical]]. Adding to this is massive FridgeLogic (if he's poor, why does he still appear every week on WWE TV?) and the fact that despite being depicted as a [[WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants Squidward]] level ButtMonkey, he still gets booed by the fans cause they haven't forgotten how much of a Jerkass he was(which Wrestling/KevinOwens even [[LampshadeHanging pointed out]] is the main reason people are reluctant to help him).

* On ''SHINE 63'', Notorious Nadi cheated to win her match in the Shine Nova Tournament and then cost Candy Cartwright her match against Dementia D'Rose for no reason. The next night at ''SHINE 64'', Candy Cartwright cost Notorious Nadi her match against Avery Taylor in revenge. The problem? Show 63 was in Michigan and show 64 was in Chicago, which meant pretty much none of the live audience [[ContinuityLockOut had seen what happened the previous night]] and switched from booing Nadi to booing Candy.[[/folder]]

-> "There's a difference between having a sympathetic backstory and actually ''being'' sympathetic."

* ''Webcomic/{{AGENCY}}'': [[spoiler:[[WesternAnimation/{{Arthur}} D.W. Read]]]]. The reader is supposed to feel sorry for her because she was kidnapped by [[NebulousEvilOrganization The Nine]], but both because of what a [[KidsAreCruel horrible little bitch]] she is in her home series and her treatment of fellow kidnapping victim [[spoiler:[[VideoGame/StarFoxAdventures Marcus McCloud]]]] (she [[ThrowTheBookAtThem throws a book at his head]] at one point), she comes across more as an AssholeVictim than anything else, and it's hard to not feel angry that [[WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants Sandy Cheeks]] and [[WesternAnimation/ThePinkPanther the Pink Panther]] have to save her.

-> ''"There's a difference between having a sympathetic backstory and actually ''being'' sympathetic."''

-> "There's a difference between having a sympathetic backstory and actually ''being'' sympathetic."

** Later in the same year of 2020, she would make another webcomic depicting another one of her characters being portrayed as crafty and endearing for shoplifting inside of an arts store. Her [[DearNegativeReader reactions]] to anyone who disagreed with her views on shoplifting wile also fully admitting having shoplifted for years without remorse didn't help matters either. And yes, once again, it would lead to her critics producing [[https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/sweetbeans99-shoplifting-comic fan-art of said shoplifter in a negative light]] (some even including the return of "New Guy") and many of those art-pieces would go on to earn nearly twice the likes and retweets of the original.

*** The last part is made even worse in "The New Director" given how much AscendedFridgeHorror it's loaded with when he begins to reveal his originalism; the beginning of his answer to [[StrawLiberal the second reporter]] asking to how Director Ned intends to fix [[FantasticRacism the targeting of specific animal types]]? He begins it with a ''dogwhistle'' and then follows it with a tone-deaf speech that doesn't even bother to address the reporter's concerns. When asked if he intends to take Interpol down a progressive direction? Ned yet again dodges the question and states [[LawfulStupid he'd enforce every law exactly how it was written]], [[LameExcuse even if he “disagreed” with them]]; basically this insinuates [[JustFollowingOrders he'd enforce the law]] ''[[ToBeLawfulOrGood even when its the morally wrong thing to do]]'' and then hide behind disingenuous sympathy to downplay the fact, which reeks of hypocrisy given how he worked with a master thief similar to Jack Lupus. Essentially he becomes an [[{{Foil}} Anti-Torus]] at the end of the story and runs Interpol exactly how Jack would have run it, which in reality isn't a good thing at all.

* Don José in ''Theatre/{{Carmen}}''. He is tragic, yes, but he's still responsible for his own actions due to his own jealousy and possessiveness. Yet the story seems to expect viewers to blame Carmen for everything he does and treats him like a hapless victim rather than his own person. Cristiano Chariot, who oversaw the 2018 Florence production, was concerned that Don José's [[spoiler: killing of Carmen]] would lead to real-life {{Crazy Jealous Guy}}s to commit similar crimes, which influenced his own take on it.

-> ''"There's a difference between having a sympathetic backstory and actually ''being'' sympathetic."''

It's an ''especially'' easy trap to fall into for villains: sometimes, a villain is meant to be seen as more morally gray, but their FreudianExcuse [[FreudianExcuseIsNoExcuse just doesn't cover the acts they go on to commit]]. For example, if the heroes bought the villain’s narrative that their little sister died in that [[ConvenientlyEmptyBuilding building a superhero battle knocked over]], thus somehow causing them to try to [[EarthShatteringKaboom blow up the hero's entire planet]], that would make them unsympathetic to the audience, despite the narrative claiming the villain as such. However, if the [[FreudianExcuseIsNoExcuse heroes throw that excuse back at the villain]], they are not ''unintentionally'' unsympathetic.

It's an ''especially'' easy trap to fall into for villains: sometimes, a villain is meant to be seen as more morally gray, but their FreudianExcuse just doesn't cover the acts they go on to commit. For example, if the heroes bought the villain’s narrative that their little sister died in that [[ConvenientlyEmptyBuilding building a superhero battle knocked over]], thus somehow causing them to try to [[EarthShatteringKaboom blow up the hero's entire planet]], that would make them unsympathetic to the audience, despite the narrative claiming the villain as such. However, if the [[FreudianExcuseIsNoExcuse heroes throw that excuse back at the villain]], they are not ''unintentionally'' unsympathetic.

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Compare and contrast HateSink when a character is ''purposely'' made as unsympathetic as possible by the author, and MoralEventHorizon when they do something that's intended to change their portrayal to unsympathetic. Also compare FreudianExcuseIsNoExcuse (when it's stated InUniverse that their "sympathetic" backstory doesn't justify their wrongdoing), DisappointedByTheMotive (same, but pertaining to the reasons for their actions) and RonTheDeathEater (when the audience hates a legit sympathetic character whom they find unlikable for what others consider frivolous reasons). Also contrast KarmaHoudini, who is intentionally portrayed as getting unfairly well-off despite their unrepentant wrongdoing. All these can still overlap with Unintentionally Unsympathetic if they're also unsympathetic for different reasons then the narrative intends.

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