The trope discussed:
THE TOUR GUIDES HATE ME: This Ron ranges from being a tactless oaf to an abusive, pointlessly jealous traitor. At meals his mouth will be stuffed full of food and his general manner will be unfailingly crude. Never mind Voldemort, this brute is the cause of all of your problems. His envy for Harry Potter may also inspire him to join the other side and slaughter all of the other less offensive Weasleys. This not only introduces a heartrending betrayal, but has the double effect of both ending his proximity to the other Potterians and providing a new villain for those tour guides who want a Good Draco.
— The Tough Guide to Harry Potter fanfiction, on one of three possible characterizations of Ron
Also, I don't think Simba is really as cruel as he was portrayed as here, but it was needed for the story.
— NinaRoja, author of Outsiders
7. Vendetta Fics. A vendetta fic is a story in which the writer decides to “punish” a character he or she doesn’t like by portraying the disliked character in the worse possible light imaginable. I’m sorry, but how fucking childish is this? Specifically:
7a. Idiot!Ron/Rapist!Ron/Thug!Ron. I hate it when Ron is portrayed as a bumbling idiot whose best features are his lack of table manners and his obsession with Quidditch. In canon, Ron’s a flawed individual, sure, but that doesn’t make him evil. In point of fact, there are no perfect, shining individuals (the closest you can find is Luna Lovegood, and she's not perfect, either) in any of the Harry Potter books, so punishing Ron for not being perfect is just plain dumb.
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7d. Harry's friends turn their back on Harry because... um... because... hold on... I'll think of some stupid reason in a moment. This is another cliche. Usually, its the two youngest Weasleys who turn on Harry because of some really r*** reason that makes absolutely no sense whatsoever and turns Ron and Ginny into complete OCs, because regardless of how much you dislike these two characters, even you haters would have to admit that their portrayal in these stories is out there like friggin' Pluto...
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7e. Ginny only having three settings: bitch, whore, and bitchy whore. Can we get more childish than this?
7f. Molly Weasley only having two settings: shrieking harridan and violently shrieking harridan. She's not as bad as the Weasley haters portray her as. Really.
7g. Harry-sent-to-Azkaban stories where his closest friends turn their back on him for no real reason whatsoever. It's almost like Hufflepuffs are the only ones capable of loyalty.
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7i. Harry's interest in Ginny first appears about the same time as love potions, ergo, Ginny used a love potion to ensnare Harry away from (insert other female here). And usually, the "other female" is Hermione, who's probably being dosed with love potions by Ron. Guys, this has to be the most addle-brained, paranoid, delusional bullshit I've read, and in that I am comparing it to most Conservative political screeds I've read. There's no canon evidence of it. None whatsoever. And no, you idiotic moron, I'm not missing the "subtext". Rowling is amazingly anvilicious with her subtext; she's not subtle at all. If this is what was really going on, she'd have been explicit about it. So get over yourself and stop acting like a loon.
7i(1). ... with Molly Weasley's assistance, of course. More bullshit on a galactic scale.
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7d. Harry's friends turn their back on Harry because... um... because... hold on... I'll think of some stupid reason in a moment. This is another cliche. Usually, its the two youngest Weasleys who turn on Harry because of some really r*** reason that makes absolutely no sense whatsoever and turns Ron and Ginny into complete OCs, because regardless of how much you dislike these two characters, even you haters would have to admit that their portrayal in these stories is out there like friggin' Pluto...
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7e. Ginny only having three settings: bitch, whore, and bitchy whore. Can we get more childish than this?
7f. Molly Weasley only having two settings: shrieking harridan and violently shrieking harridan. She's not as bad as the Weasley haters portray her as. Really.
7g. Harry-sent-to-Azkaban stories where his closest friends turn their back on him for no real reason whatsoever. It's almost like Hufflepuffs are the only ones capable of loyalty.
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7i. Harry's interest in Ginny first appears about the same time as love potions, ergo, Ginny used a love potion to ensnare Harry away from (insert other female here). And usually, the "other female" is Hermione, who's probably being dosed with love potions by Ron. Guys, this has to be the most addle-brained, paranoid, delusional bullshit I've read, and in that I am comparing it to most Conservative political screeds I've read. There's no canon evidence of it. None whatsoever. And no, you idiotic moron, I'm not missing the "subtext". Rowling is amazingly anvilicious with her subtext; she's not subtle at all. If this is what was really going on, she'd have been explicit about it. So get over yourself and stop acting like a loon.
7i(1). ... with Molly Weasley's assistance, of course. More bullshit on a galactic scale.
— Fanfic author Worldmaker's "Things I Can't Stand to See in Harry Potter Fanfiction"
"Things I Can't Stand to See in Harry Potter Fanfiction"Gumball: What am I gonna do? All the cool guys have nemesesies.
Penny: Like who?
Gumball: That boy wizard who had that creepy ginger dude following him around.
Penny: That wasn't his nemesis.
Gumball: Really? He never helped.
Penny: Like who?
Gumball: That boy wizard who had that creepy ginger dude following him around.
Penny: That wasn't his nemesis.
Gumball: Really? He never helped.
"There's no reason why Christine wouldn't be happier with Raoul. He's closer to her in age, they've known each other longer, he's sincere, utterly devoted to her, and not psychotic, so Lloyd Webber and his cronies randomly turn him into a bitter neglectful drunk with gambling problems in order to smooth over the fact that they're trying to push Christine onto a guy who tends to strangle people when he gets upset. In order to make sure the audience gets the point, Raoul has a big solo about what a terrible person he is and how he doesn't deserve his oh-so-special wife's affections."
Great, he was in one of those 'Harry is neglected for his twin brother' universes.
Just to clarify -x I do like Janeway, just not as the main character. Nothing confuses fans more than saying, "I love Janeway, she's my favourite villain".
There's a lot of things you could critique with Inside Out, but if you genuinely think Joy being this malicious antagonist is a valid criticism, then these children's films are probably a little too advanced for you.
— Schaffrillas Productions on using this midset to ignore Character Development, Every Pixar Movie Ranked.
.Aang: I was surprised when Mia beat Katara into having a miscarriage. Seems kind of out of character and a bizarre tone-shift?
Harry Potter: Tell me about it! It seems like every other week Ron turns into a Death Eater.
Harry Potter: Tell me about it! It seems like every other week Ron turns into a Death Eater.
— Terrible Writing Advice, "Shipping"
"People always use the fact that [Amy Rose] hits people with her hammer to say that she's abusive. First of all… what? Second of all, and I can't believe I have to say this, a cartoon hedgehog hitting another cartoon hedgehog with a big goofy cartoon hammer is surprisingly not equivalent to actual real-life domestic abuse. Cartoon violence is a thing, and it doesn't matter how seriously a Sonic story takes itself, these are always going to be cartoon characters."
In-Universe Examples
"I hate Ralph Macchio! I hate him, hate him, hate him! He is not The Karate Kid! The Karate Kid was William Zabka, star pupil of the Cobra Kai dojo, whom this monster defeated with a cheap, illegal head kick in the most tragically haunting film ending of all time."
— Barney Stinson, How I Met Your Mother, "The Bro Mitzvah"
Batman: There's no coming back from this for him.
Huntress: No coming back from what? It was a war. Admittedly, thanks to Superman, it was a very short war. He saved lives.
Batman: He slaughtered thousands, Huntress.
Huntress: He's a hero in the eyes of almost everyone around the world. But not in your eyes. Even after he saved the lives of your friends. Go on. Tell Green Arrow and Black Canary why their being alive offends you.
Huntress: No coming back from what? It was a war. Admittedly, thanks to Superman, it was a very short war. He saved lives.
Batman: He slaughtered thousands, Huntress.
Huntress: He's a hero in the eyes of almost everyone around the world. But not in your eyes. Even after he saved the lives of your friends. Go on. Tell Green Arrow and Black Canary why their being alive offends you.
— Injustice: Gods Among Us, Year One #25
"It soon became clear to me that The Joker, so often described as a raving homicidal madman, was actually a tortured soul crying out for love and acceptance. A lost injured child trying to make the world laugh at his antics. And there as always was the self-righteous Batman, determined to make life miserable for my angel."
Creator about Forest Viewer: Ibrahim is so precious.
Brother Dearest about Forest Viewer: He was a monster made of a demon from the skies. It crawled inside his brain and covered him with eyes that could pierce the veil of the Location and thus he trapped me and my dear siblings here while he left with his vassals.
: Ibrahim is so precious. Brother Dearest about Forest Viewer: He was a monster made of a demon from the skies. It crawled inside his brain and covered him with eyes that could pierce the veil of the Location and thus he trapped me and my dear siblings here while he left with his vassals.
