[ SECRET POST #3547 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #3947 ⌋

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

I agree that people decided Posey was a terrible actor from the beginning and never noticed the way he improved. But. Okay. Not trying to be controversial here, just being honest: Derek has literally millions of hardcore love-til-death fans and Hoechlin was also a terrible actor in S1 and the vast majority of S2. Stilted, lacking in charisma depending on his scene partner, with bad timing and worse line reading.

Also, people who say they hate Scott never provide evidence of Scott doing anything that other characters haven't also failed at. He doesn't face consequences for his terrible choices? Neither does literally anyone else on this show. (Also: he does face consequences, they're just not frequently causal.) He doesn't apologize? Same thing. He's made many irrational dumb mistakes? Yes! And he's 16-18, but you can't tell me the adults in his life have been the bastions of wisdom he and his friends need.

I'd say most people who proclaim they hate Scott have chosen a reading of him that's not supported by the show and based on what they want to frame him as.

I'm not talking about people who are indifferent to him, because I can understand that some people might find the Good Character who Does Good or Consistently Tries to Do Good boring. Some people don't love those kinds of characters and that's fine.

But the people who *hate* Scott? Did not watch the actual show. Or if they did, they were excusing the actions of absolutely everyone else, but going balls to the wall hard on the criticism of Scott. Which is... weird to me.

[(Anonymous)]

I'd say most people who proclaim they hate Scott have chosen a reading of him that's not supported by the show and based on what they want to frame him as.

Well... yes? People hate being spoon fed canon and are wont to interpret canon the way they see canon, not just in the exact way writers intended it. Accidentally making your protagonist go too far while still expecting the audience to view them as the moral center of the universe is a surefire way to make your audience hate them. Especially if people had trouble warming up to the protagonist to begin with due to incoherent writing, bad acting, or even just a failure to make the character fun/interesting/relatable enough. Conversely, accidentally making an antagonist too funny or relatable or sympathetic is going to get people to start liking them out of spite.

Acting is a contributing factor, but people forgive bad acting if they consider the character to be otherwise funny, relatable, charming, interesting, or just sympathetic. A bland character can be salvaged by good acting, but a badly acted bland character just isn't fun to watch.