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Scorpion451
(Edited uphill both ways)
22nd May, 2018 02:29:02 PM
Common reactions to various forms of The Scrappy
molokai198
Since: Oct, 2012
Randy, a ten year old boy, acts, well, like a ten year old boy, which the fandom takes issue with. "What bad writing." Everyone says. "He should be more mature." Meanwhile, the fandom opinion of Charlie is very good, but Alice finds him such a jerk, whenever people praise his complexity she grumbles that there's nothing complex about being a 100% Insufferable Douche, ignoring his backstory and the nuances behind his actions. This could be a sort 'Fandom' logical fallacy-giving a ten year old character the maturity of a ten year old is perfectly realistic, and not bad writing at all, even if some people dislike it. Also, Alice eventually comes to terms with the fact that a character can be well written (and completely unlikable). Or a fanfiction writer rewrites ten year old Randy as a bland mini-adult, which everyone treats as somehow better, despite being unrealistic, OOC, AND one dimensional.
Edited by CatcherInTheWry