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⌈ Secret Post #3330 ⌋

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[Uchuu Kyoudai (Space Brothers)]

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[Roald Dahl]

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[X-Files, "Mulder and Scully Meet the Were-Monster"]

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[Agnus Dei/Les Innocentes]

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[Whitechapel, DC Emerson Kent]

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[Undertale]

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(Tales from the Borderlands)

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[Steven Universe]

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Hate is strong, but Rhys on Torchwood annoyed the living daylights out of me.

I don't think that was as much his fault, though, as it was the fact that I just don't like "family member the hero has to Keep Secrets From" characters unless the secrecy is short-lived. After a few episodes/chapters it gets annoying.

Wow. I never realized, until just now, how much I hate that trope. It is always so useless because somebody always finds out who you are and attacks you family anyways. AND THEN THE FAMILY MEMBER CAN'T EVEN PROTECT THEMSELVES.

Exactly. What's the point?

Ugh, yeah, it's the worst trope. There are very few times when it's actually justified, imo.

I always found it weird on Buffy when they had that trope with Joyce. I was actually kind of with her when she said in season three she couldn't believe Giles never told her. You really should tell someone's mother that they're out slaying vampires. (If they're fifteen years old, anyway, which Buffy was in the first season.)

I think they do it mostly just to get that family member out of the way, and avoid having to actually deal with it (and with the chance they would become the voice of reason or actually support the hero emotionally in their time of need, and thus lessen the drama). That, and it's so much easier to have the "oooh hideeeeee" drama than actually having the characters communicate.

...you know, I'm suddenly realizing that in one of my stories I had a mini-plotline that was sort of like that, where the villain shows up at one of the heroes' houses and wacky hijinks and they don't tell the family and all. I AM RETHINKING THIS PLOTLINE.

This. Slayers appear to be taken away from their families most of the time. Buffy was different because Giles treated her differently and recognized that she was someone who needed attachments to function. But for a while he still followed what he had been taught because he didn't know better, and Buffy was protective of her mom and also didn't want to be stopped from slaying.

Turin from the Silmarillion. What I hate the most is that he never learns from his mistakes and the narrative still treats him as a hero (bordering on woobie).

Nell from NCIS LA. HATE HER!!! She absolutely perfect. She's the bestest computer expert ever. She's also able to use a gun, despite being a tech. And is immediately comfortable going undercover. Everyone wants her for their agencies. She really is a Mary Sue. And, she basically made my favorite character redundant. Worse, they made him interested in her while she seems like she could take or leave him.

Elena from Without a Trace. I actually quit watching this show (right after Martin was shot, a storyline I was REALLY invested in) because of her. I caught the last season and had to fast forward any time she was on screen.

Eric from CSI Miami. Self-righteous asshole. A lot like Turin in why I hate him. He's never called on his attitude. The narrative always treats him as if he was right. When he's wrong, he's never made to say he was sorry. And his relationship with Calleigh completely warped the writing of the show and both characters.

Tauriel. Maybe not hate to the level of the others on this list but I really hated what they did to her character. I hated that she commits treason and pulls a weapon on her king, but HE'S the bad guy. I hated how they never actually let her have a voice or a backstory (everything we learn about her is in promotional material). She feels like an insult to the fans.

Ugh! This was supposed to go under the main thread. My bad.

I want to agree with you on Turin - he's a terrible character who does everything wrong and more importantly does stupid things at every turn.

I don't hate Tauriel, but I agree that she doesn't have any decent background and ends up pretty useless. It makes me happy to write a little side-plot in RP about arranging to ship her off to Himring to get her away from Kíli in a way that is outright mean either.

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