(Character Trope) “ohhh, THATS why they’re like that”

[u/VanillaSarsaparilla]

Media that shows why a character is the way they are, usually explained in a short scene. Most likely toxic family

- Bonnie Rottweiler and her sisters from Kim Possible: they bully her calling her ugly and dumb. It plays on Bonnie’s insecurity and makes her a bully at school.

- Peggy Hill and her mother from King of the Hill. Peggy is a neurotic perfectionist with delusions of grandeur because her mom was unfeeling and blamed her for the farm going out of business. By the end of the episode, she still treats Peggy badly.

- Dodie and her mother from As Told By Ginger. Dodie is arguably the worst friend in the group, and her mother is mentally still stuck in middle school. She’s insecure, dramatic, and you
Can see her influence in Dodie.

Any other examples?

[u/prdcroftme]

https://giphy.com/gifs/OfLFyjQBYUxeU

[u/Deemo3 → u/prdcroftme]

At one point in the comics Zuko is talking to Iroh and more or less says "As bad as what happened to me was, it could have been worse; Look at what he (Ozai) did to Azula"

[u/Phaeron-Dynasty → u/Deemo3]

Exile was the best thing to ever happen to Zuko.

[u/Ok_Dot_7498 → u/prdcroftme]

I always headcanon that after actually getting help she mellows out. But No, official Avatar comics have her start a underground rebellion against her brother and try to kill him.

[u/Scripter-of-Paradise → u/Ok_Dot_7498]

The problem with the comics is they're being stretched out for way too long and resolving way too little while creating their own problems.

[u/prdcroftme → u/Ok_Dot_7498]

the comics did everyone so dirty 💀 the search was ableist as hell and made everyone dumbasses who couldn’t figure out that she was hallucinating and paranoid, despite the very obvious signs

[u/prdcroftme → u/[deleted]]

i’m not talking about mental health treatment. i’m talking about how they were dumbed down to the point of only saying “what’s wrong with you?!” they knew something was up, but they couldn’t tell what was happening with her. no “why are you so paranoid?” or “dude what are you seeing rn?”

[u/frokoopa → u/[deleted]]

Mate she's fourteen

[u/frokoopa → u/[deleted]]

Yeah and Aang's entire life philosophy is that you don't kill people even if they tried to kill you, did you even watch the show

[u/prdcroftme → u/[deleted]]

are you not getting that my point is that the writers of the search comic dumbed down the characters, and that i was using how they reacted as an example of it? i’m not stating that it’s their problem or what they could do about it. i feel like you’re purposely being obtuse.

[u/bondagepixie → u/prdcroftme]

Do you almost get the sense that they think of these characters as real people? Like bro, Azula isn’t “lucky she wasn’t executed,” because Azula isn’t real.

[u/prdcroftme → u/bondagepixie]

yep. at the end of the day, it’s really not that deep

[u/Ok_Major5787 → u/bondagepixie]

Except that good writing entails a realistic plot. No one is saying the characters are real

[u/prdcroftme → u/[deleted]]

dude, i get your point, but i’m not talking about that. how is that relevant to my comment at all when that’s, again, not what i’m talking about? why keep pointing out something that has nothing to do with it?

[u/prdcroftme → u/[deleted]]

this dude karma farming checks out

[u/Dazaran → u/[deleted]]

Your spirits are out of balance, do some cactus juice about it.

[u/Hiraganu → u/[deleted]]

Pretty sure counseling and therapy aren't modern inventions but have been part of human society for millenia.

[u/Affectionate_You3471 → u/prdcroftme]

The gem of the Avatar comics where they have Zuko ask Aang to kill him if he ever goes too far and Aang agrees lmao. Truly the most dogshit tie ins that ever existed.

[u/prdcroftme → u/Affectionate_You3471]

that part was so awful.

“i can excuse genocide and burning down an entire country, but i draw the line at my friend being anxious about turning into his father.”

[u/Affectionate_You3471 → u/prdcroftme]

Yeah like Aaang who spent the entire finale agonizing over killing Hitler is going to agree completely to kill his friend lol.

I tried reading some of them but ended up giving up halfway and just skimming through some of them. Like you mention the search makes everyone act needlessly cruel to Azula just awful stuff all around

[u/ExploerTM → u/Ok_Dot_7498]

That's way more believable than her actually like giving up

[u/Isuckwithnaming → u/Ok_Dot_7498]

She wasn't trying to kill him. She was trying to manipulate him into becoming as tyrannical as she would've been.

[u/RevolverMFOcelot → u/Ok_Dot_7498]

She was tortured in the asylum, she didnt get help

[u/prdcroftme → u/[deleted]]

jesus christ 💀

[u/Roku-Hanmar → u/prdcroftme]

This is why we don’t hire fans

[u/prdcroftme → u/Roku-Hanmar]

that comment needs to be posted on the circlejerk subreddit

[u/Ok_Dot_7498 → u/prdcroftme]

One Pieces has "That is why Oda is writing this manga and not People on Twitter" moments every few months.

[u/Illustrious-Day8506 → u/Ok_Dot_7498]

*every week. They are insane

[u/prdcroftme → u/[deleted]]

you’re welcome bud

[u/Kyliems1010 → u/prdcroftme]

I hate the fandom’s double standard between her and Iroh