Quotes / Jerks Are Worse Than Villains

"Why do people like a character who's committed war crimes but hate this other character just because they're annoying" because it's fiction Susan, and being annoying in fiction is a greater sin than being a supervillain, because it won't make me want to read about them. It isn't difficult to understand

— girlcaligula

"Easily the most annoying character in the show, every single scene she's in is "Peter Parker's the worst thing ever" repeated ad nauseam. At least with Jameson, we saw very early on while he didn't trust Spider-man or anyone wearing a mask, he is a widower because of a guy in a mask after all, but Anna Watson, she will never, ever say anything good about Peter, insulting him in front of Mary Jane and Aunt May, who is supposed to be her best friend. There's even one point where Mary Jane goes missing, she blames Peter and basically sics the Punisher on the guy with no evidence whatsoever. How is that Jameson can create a super villain specifically designed to bring Spider-man down, run several smear campaigns against the webhead, put a bounty on his head twice and still be a more likable character?"

— Werezilla rants on how Anna Watson's irrational dislike for Peter Parker makes James Jonah Jameson look less of a jerk despite his own hatred for Spider-Man

curly-eyebrows: fictional characters can kill as many people as they want but it’s illegal for them to be annoying hope this helps
aciddial: you see, fictional lives are made up, but my feelings of annoyance are real. hope this helps

— A post on Tumblr

"Can we fight Chrysalis again? Or how about Tirek? You know? You know why those were fun, is because I haven't fought a giant parasitic bug queen or a magic-eating centaur before. I'm just saying, it had a nice element of fantasy to it."

— DWK explains why Zephyr Breeze is so uncomfortable to watch, My Little Pony: Totally Legit Recap

Screenwriter: There's Walt's wife Skyler.
Producer: Ok, and what's her deal?
Screenwriter: Well, she just wants the best for the family and she wants to get to the bottom of all of Walt's lies and deceptions.
Producer: Sounds pretty reasonable.
Screenwriter: Yeah, but she's gonna be a little naggy, so the audience is gonna hate her.
Producer: Oh, they are?
Screenwriter: Yeah, people are gonna hate her more than the violent criminals on the show.
Producer: Jeez!

— Screen Rant Pitch Meetings, Breaking Bad

"At the end of the day, Donaldson is a coward. So cowardly, in fact, he didn't even want to join the Network, but profit off them instead. He uses everyone that he can for financial gain; he's manipulative and scheming, and one of the few characters in the show that shows no signs of redemption. So yes, I am saying he's worse than the man who shot literal children."

— Pyrocynical, on Christian Donaldson from Utopia

Kelly: Annoying. Annoying! I wanted to throttle him. I hated him so much. I seriously have not hated a character this much –
Patrick: No, he’s so bad. He’s so bad.
Kelly: Like, I don’t give a shit that all this [bad stuff] happened to him, I don’t care! Lots of people have horrible lives, they don’t go around being annoying as fuck.
Patrick: Slash kidnapping people. It’s funny that that’s the lesser crime. The main crime is he’s annoying as shit!
Kelly: He was annoying about it. It would be one thing if he was just being delusional, but he’s being an asshole!

— Hosts Kelly Nugent and Patrick Ehlers on the character of Brad in Lois Duncan’s The Twisted Window on the Teen Creeps podcast.

"I think that's the element of realism that triggers people the most; compare Voldemort to Umbridge, people can like Voldemort and not get flamed for it but EVERYONE in the HP fandom hates Dolores Umbridge. While Voldemort is more of a typically fantasy villain, Umbridge feels like a person you could meet in real life. She's a bureaucrat who takes over the school and enforces her oppressive and nonsensical laws with an iron fist. Power wise, she doesn't stand out from the other wizards but she has institutional power, which makes her terrifying as a villain. It's easier to defeat the one Big Bad and save the day but it's damn near impossible to destroy the System that makes little Umbridges every day."

— let-us-cultivate-our-garden on Lord Voldemort and Dolores Umbridge

"Okay, girl... There are... literal genocidal maniacs in Pokémon that I despise less than you."

— Josh Scorcher on Carmine

"How is it possible that I hate the sister more than him?"

— Steve Wilkos on Sharla, the wife of the man who stole her sister's money. The Steve Wilkos Show, "Who Stole From My Disabled Son?"

"Characters like Mandy illustrate a point that's very hard to convey otherwise. Annoying characters in any given media are so much worse than pure evil villains. Tamaki doesn't understand the fact that a little sarcastic ball of hate/superiority complex isn't going to apply to NEARLY as many people as she hopes by being "Relatable" Because fans of D.C and people in general hate annoying stuck up characters. I'd much rather read a comic about Blackfire being basically Space Hitler instead because at least then the main character the story is focusing on is MEANT to be one we disagree with and/or despise. Think of Deok-Su vs Han Mi-Nyeo from Squid Game, More fans disliked her character because she was annoying instead of his who was pure evil (They're just actors though and they did an amazing job)"

—James7919 on "I Am Not Starfire Sucks (Part 5)"

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