{"id":21842,"date":"2025-08-21T09:16:34","date_gmt":"2025-08-21T14:16:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/?p=21842"},"modified":"2025-08-21T09:16:34","modified_gmt":"2025-08-21T14:16:34","slug":"yelling-about-mischaracterization-pt-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/2025\/08\/21\/yelling-about-mischaracterization-pt-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Yelling about Mischaracterization Pt. 2"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Helloo!! I\u2019m not done being mad!! <\/strong><\/p>\n

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This is a direct continuation of my last blog post, in which I talked about mischaracterization and\/or misperception within fandom spaces and common things I see which I hate. If you haven\u2019t seen that one, go look at it!! This isn\u2019t self advertising!!! Trust!!!! If I add more exclamation points you may believe me!!!!!!!!<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Horrible Four: I cry!!! I feel emotions!!! BLAME ME FOR IT!!!!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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We all know that character, we all have one as a favorite \u2013 he or she may be our favorite character, but every time we see them drawn or in any sort of fan content they\u2019re reduced to a singular emotional aspect of themselves, whether it be that they cry a lot, or they\u2019re motherly, or they\u2019re angry.. I was going to put Izuku Midoriya in here, but his face was staring at me the entire time I was writing this and it got unsettling.<\/p>\n

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No one knows you like i know you, Katara. No one.<\/p>\n

Believe it or not women are allowed to feel things, and no it\u00a0doesnt<\/em> make them hysterical!! Guys it’s 2025!! we’re better than this!! She’s a character who is bad at forgiving people and holds a grudge, she’s not evil and she, believe it or not, doesn’t beat people with sticks!! Hope this helps!!<\/p>\n

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Okay. Yeah. I know.<\/p>\n

Here’s the one where I’ll actually comment, okay. Yellowjackets.. while it’s impossible to excuse half of the things that happen, you have to think about the fact these are teenage girls with a literal sociopath being the only one with survival skills. Enough Said. \u201cThey ___ though!!\u201d I literally haven\u2019t seen the show all the way through and I hate them all so much. (I’m talking about the girls when they’re younger. NOTHING justifies what happens when they’re older i DONT care)<\/p>\n

This one is technically a joint with what was going to be #5. “Oh btw i have mental illness,” In which characters are reduced to having one mental disorder of the other.<\/p>\n

In Yellowjackets there is a character, Lottie, who has Schizophrenia. People blame her for the happenings of the story, but honestly.. Lottie, girl. Lottie my diva.<\/p>\n

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Type Five: Oh btw I have [insert disability\/mental illness]<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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This one can go for a lot of characters. Characters in Arcane ranging from Jinx to Viktor, they\u2019re ALWAYS reduced to some infantilized version of themselves. Or they\u2019re evil or something.<\/p>\n

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The main problem I have with this is that it reflects really badly in real life on people with this disability\/disorder. While representation is SO important, for all kinds of things, for so many reasons. (Take Cho Hyun-ju, or player 120 from squid games as example of how media representation went well) sometimes characters are reduced to JUST that aspect. If you portray every character with Bipolar Disorder the same (as erratic, out of control, violent, and crying all the time) then people really aren\u2019t going to know that\u2019s not what the disorder is. The same thing with schizophrenia, or even physical disabilities like mobility disorders. If you depict people with something and THEN throw a bad stereotype on top of it then you\u2019re just strengthening that stereotype!! Don\u2019t!!!<\/p>\n

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Type Six: Everyone’s type, apparently (I’m boring but at least I’m cool (looking))<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

This applies to just having a nice cohesive design, like with half the background ponies in My Little Pony. When I ask your favorite the most out of the way better be, like, Apple Bloom. I don’t want to hear something about Sparkle Wing who has two sentences as her Wikipedia page.<\/p>\n

Other than that?<\/p>\n

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Daryl Dixon.<\/p>\n

He wasn’t even in the comics. He wasn’t important at all in the first few seasons. I had more interest in a hundred other characters before him (Me when i lie). He became popular in the 5th season, due to high demand and likability from fans.. Maybe i’m a bit guilty for this one, and it’s redeemed since he did get his own seat as part of the main cast later on, and even his own show. (Even if that show isn\u2019t exactly good<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Honorable mentions: Moost of the Aftons. I was genuinely convinced when getting into five nights at freddy\u2019s that there would be any amount of real lore on these people, but no. Yall really took it and ran. After that is Kieran Duffy from Red Dead Redemption 2, who i am also guilty over.<\/p>\n

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That is all of the possible things I could think of and this is all I\u2019ve thought about for two weeks.. mmmm\u2026 I\u2019m not driving myself insane for no reason so yay!! We\u2019re through!! Any other things you see or know or want to share please tell me about it because characterization is VERY important to me!!! I have so much to say about all of these characters and I fear I cannot articulate those words onto a page so if I said anything wrong or in a way that didn\u2019t make sense I LOVE feedback !!! Have a nice day <333<\/strong><\/p>\n

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My next few blogs will\u00a0probably<\/em> be character studies on a few i’ve mentioned here (cough karara cough WHOOOO SAID THAT) because i love them and no one knows them like i know them (katara mmmm…. mmmm….)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Helloo!! I\u2019m not done being mad!! \u00a0 This is a direct continuation of my last blog post, in which I talked about mischaracterization and\/or misperception within fandom spaces and common things I see which I hate. If you haven\u2019t seen that one, go look at it!! This isn\u2019t self advertising!!! Trust!!!! If I add more … Continue reading “Yelling about Mischaracterization Pt. 2”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":117,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[48],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21842"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/117"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21842"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21842\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21964,"href":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21842\/revisions\/21964"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21842"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21842"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21842"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}