[ SECRET POST #5453 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #5453 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.


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Comments

Re: Based on 1

[(Anonymous)]

Bully redemption episodes that hinge on the bullied just being ~~*More Understanding~~* and ~~*Treating Their Tormentors Kindly~~*. It shows up so often in children's media, but plenty of bullies *aren't* just taking out their own suffering on others, or hoping to have friends but completely unaware as to how, they're little sadists who are continually coddled while the onus of not being hurt is put on the victim time and time again.

Having dealt with suicidal thoughts/feelings at FAR too young an age largely due to bullying... it just makes me sick every time. I'm glad the kid in my life isn't dealing with a bullying culture in his middle school as I was in mine, but it still hurts to know he's getting these messages in his shows.

Re: Based on 1

[(Anonymous)]

The worst part is, you can see where the creators who do this in good faith were going with it. "Your bully isn't some kind of super demon, just a fucked up person" isn't necessarily a bad thing to teach kids. The problem is that in real life, understanding that doesn't make the bully suddenly stop being an asshole.
Honestly, as a bullied kid, I always kind of liked "now that we know the bully's weakness we can use it against them" stories, but those are few and far between these days.

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This one bugs me, too. Both for the reasons you stated, and because even if a bully is lashing out because they're suffering, or demonstrating poor social ability, that isn't on little 8-year-old Timmy to fix. That's something that needs to be looked at and intervened in by the adults responsible for the kids' well-being.