[ SECRET POST #6633 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #6633 ⌋

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Comments

[fscom]

07. https://i.imgur.com/KmzyFPj.jpeg

[(Anonymous)]

I hope your layered characters have a better grasp on basic terms of endearment than you do.

Seriously. No-one is saying these characters don't have depth or layers or whatever else. It's just an affectionate way of showing love and appreciation for their flaws and mistakes. You know, the stuff that gives them depth and layers in the first place?

[(Anonymous)]

People don't have to like something just because it's a term of endearment in some circles.

Also, I'll say that I don't typically see people use it when characters are showcasing flaws or making mistakes. It's more, "right there, they're smiling at each other, those idiots" and, "oh, look at this dork, he's so sad and conflicted in this scene."

DA

[(Anonymous)]

Yeah. Fuck the term "Blorbo". And I thought Woobie was bad.

Re: DA

[(Anonymous)]

+1000

[(Anonymous)]

It sounds like you picked the wrong career. You can’t control how others interact with and interpret your work. Just let that shit go.

[(Anonymous)]

Characters being complex doesn't exclude them from being idiots. Even if they are intelligent.

I am another writer, of both serious and comedic stuff, and I'd be freaking honored if they referred to my characters as such.

[(Anonymous)]

This. I refer to two of my current favorite characters as idiots because they ARE idiots in some fashion. One of them is highly intelligent, but he has the emotional perception of a brick. The other one is book-dumb but incredibly astute when it comes to reading other people.

They're both complex but also stupid in different ways.

[(Anonymous)]

I love idiots and losers, they're more complex characters than geniuses who are always right. I was just lamenting to my wife at lunch today that we don't have enough stupid loser main characters.

[(Anonymous)]

I don't care for it either. It comes across like various overdone forms of self-deprecation, just applied to others. And it's especially grating when people say it in response to characters acting like normal human beings or showing softness toward one another. I dunno, it almost feels less like endearment and more like discomfort with vulnerability and normalcy, where it's all got to be papered over with irony or, again, deprecation.

[(Anonymous)]

As someone who is nuanced with layers and emotions and is very smart (about certain things), I am also a huge fucking idiot who shares one brain cell with my besties sometimes. They're not mutually exclusive, and it seems so weird to be upset by that because it doesn't seem like they hate the characters?

[(Anonymous)]

Yeah, my BFF and I are both technically geniuses, but we also have a running joke about which one of us has the braincell on any given day because sometimes we are, in fact, stupid.

[feotakahari]

What I find really annoying is when one female character is designated the “mom” who’s sensible and cleans up after the idiots.

[(Anonymous)]

As a silly meme thing I find it amusing, but there are cases where fandoms take that silly meme and then turn a character who isn’t actually dumb into a bumbling idiot who’d never have made it 5 secs into the canon they come from.

So I understand your frustration to a level OP, but not to the point of it being disrespectful, it’s just annoying.

[(Anonymous)]

Different strokes for different people, we can agree to disagree and all that, but I did want to say thank you for giving me my new favorite phrase. As a writer, I would absolutely be more than honored and happy if my readers love my characters so much that they flatten them into squeaky toys for them to chew and drool on. It would make me so proud! After all, that's what I'm doing with my blorbos too, hehehe.

[(Anonymous)]

I feel like you're making a lot of assumptions about people's perceptions or lack thereof from a simple term of endearment.

[(Anonymous)]

I get why this can be bothersome, but realistically, fans will do what they want in terms of fandoming.

I personally don't like putdowns as terms of endearment. I grew up in a hostile, non-love environment, so I am very sensitive to judgment and criticism. I try very hard to be mindful that when people do insults/putdowns as jokes or terms of endearment, but I can't help feeling hurt. I have worked a lot on processing emotions and evaluating reality vs my interpretations.
It's a reminder to be mindful of nuances in being a human being.
We can't always get joy from simple kindness. We can't always have our emotions fully considered and understood.

How much work is it to be upset and is it worth the time and energy?