Two types of irritating characters
Hello, how are you all? Today I will talk about a very personal topic, which I have wanted to discuss for a long time. These are two types of characters in fiction that I hate or, at least, seem quite insufferable to me. What I am about to say may sound very direct, but as I said, it is just my point of view.
Ready? Here I go.
In the first place, the characters are exaggeratedly "good" or too moralistic. These appear in works of different genres, from comedy to horror. However, it is in the latter where their shortcomings are most noted. I'll give an example from a zombie game: One group of survivors meets another. The second is desperate and tries to rob the first, so a shootout begins. In the end, the group that was attacked returns fire and kills almost all but one. He begs for his life, and one or more members of the first group plead to let him live, ignoring the fact that he and his group recently ambushed and nearly killed them. In the end, for sparing his life, he persuades the most naive member of the group, shoots him in the back and then escapes while the rest sleep. The sad thing about these cases occurs when one, as a player, already sees it coming from before and still has to wait for the inevitable to happen, all because of a moral and stupid character.
In countermeasure to the above, if there's one thing I hate more than "too good" characters, it's "hypocritical" or too cowardly characters. Let's go back to the example from before, but this time, from the point of view of the traitor character. This has a group armed and willing to kill another to steal and survive. Suddenly, he finds himself with another equally competent group. They attack them, hoping that they will be weaker. But they are not, and they kill his entire group. When there is only one left and he sees that he has no escape, he begins to whimper and beg for his life. I don't know what you think, but this type of character (at first arrogant and in the end complete cowards), are the ones that irritate me the most in fiction.
It was quite pleasant to be able to talk
about this, I am attentive to your opinions.
Hello Alejo!, I found your blog super interesting, I think that the subject of narrative structures and the composition of characters in fiction is something that is very important when creating quality and really entertaining stories. I must say that I didn't quite understand your ideas about the "hypocritical characters", but I understood the basic idea, and it was super interesting!
ResponderBorrarHello! I hadn’t noticed those things before I read your blog hahaha. But I think in reality everyone notices that same archetype of characters in different shows or games, like a copy-paste of some sort. My opinion about it is that, yes, they may be boring or tiring to watch or play but in reality it is not the characters fault, the ones to blame are the companies or writers that reuse and reuse those techniques. They got to know, people are complex and those types of characters do not help in the experience of watching something or playing a game.
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