#BECAUSE he is a white male character

[mari-monsta]

It honestly really baffles me when people say adrien is a boring or simple character, I don’t understand where that comes from at all. Because I think the main reason he’s so compelling are his complexities, but in the same vein those complexities I think make him someone very easy to relate to. Like it’s fine if he’s not likable or relatable to everyone but saying he’s not complex is really just ???? To me. Just looking at how DIFFERENTLY he acts around different people and situations is so fascinating to me. Of course everyone takes different personas and highlights different aspects of their personality around different people but adrien is the king of doing it around the same people to the extent of which having his two personalities be the same is laughable to those who know him personally in his everyday life.

But it’s not out of no where, seeing his home life and the kind of person he’s made out to be by his situation it’s not hard at all to understand that he’s a person who is immensely self conscious. He’s constantly gauging others perception of him and whether or not he is “safe”. What’s more fascinating is the entirely different way this comes out in chat noir. Because adriens personality as chat noir is also deliberate to a certain extent but it’s deliberate in the way that that’s how he wants others to see him. He wants to see self assured and larger than life because in his everyday life he feels small and self conscious. The fact that this dichotomy is so easy to follow in his character but creates such a black and white image in his two personalities is so interesting!

Another thing I find completely fascinating about him are his high empathy and how that actually fucks him up more often than not. He’s acutely aware of how other people might be feeling and can easily sympathize. At the same time though he has a hard time understanding certain social cues and situations and seems very out of his element. I don’t think these things conflict at all. Adrien is someone who easily puts himself in other peoples shoes and can imagine and have sympathy for their situation, but that doesn’t mean he’s going to pick up on the social complexities of every interaction every time. Emotions aren’t the same as communication and when it comes to the later adrien works best with simple and straight forward interactions.

In the same vein because of his aforementioned situations he’s also a character who has a lot of repressed anger and frustration that has been building up for a very long time. In his everyday life, he feels powerless, small, and insignificant. He doesn’t have faith that anyone would listen to his thoughts and feelings and actually take them into account, because by all of his experiences no one really has. This creates a defense mechanism where he shuts himself out before he even gets to the point of sharing how he really feels. We see this really easily in his relationship with Nino. He loves Nino DEARLY, but there is something that we have seen in him constantly putting up walls emotionally. He won’t tell him when he doesn’t find something funny, he won’t tell him if he’s unhappy to do something even when it greatly affects his life because he is at his core afraid Nino will not validate those emotions.

As a result, all the frustration he’s built up from feeling powerless in his everyday life we see just. Randomly bursting out of him in inopportune moments as chat noir. It’s not that adrien is such a violent or angry person normally. But he’s so used to repressing and modulating his emotions regularly that when he feels somewhat safe to express any frustration ALL of the anger he feels constantly bubbling under the surface all of the time just suddenly rushes out, like a dam holding back hundreds of gallons of water. This happens repeatedly, and then as soon as he’s realized he’s let himself get out of control he immediately feels immense guilt and he stops the dam up even tighter. This is obviously not a healthy feedback loop but it’s fucking FASCINATING!!!!

A common thing that I feel like I see fans often misinterpret about his character in my own opinion is just how PRIVATE of a person adrien is. Adrien loves sharing his love and appreciation for those around him because he knows how it feels not to know, not to be sure of that affection. But in the same token, Adrien rarely if ever actually shares his real feelings with those he’s close to. He doesn’t like people prying into his life or his feelings and he is very private about most things. We don’t see him talking about what he likes, we don’t see him sharing with his friends his anger or frustration. And in the end Adrien is the one character who has kept his secrets most closely held to his vest. This is all despite being so grandiose and loud mouthed as chat noir. Even as chat noir, adrien rarely is entirely open about things going on in his life.

To me Adrien as a character isn’t interesting or compelling because he is shy or cute or sweet, but because there are a number of different facets to his personality that I can easily see reasons for and understand where his feelings come from. He IS sweet, but not without misplaced anger, not without repression, not without mistakes and messy emotions. Not without pain that we can both easily see the roots of but also have a wide spread variety of consequences from. We see how his formative experiences affect every aspect of his life even in ways he audience wouldn’t necessarily expect, but make complete sense. That’s so fun and interesting to me!!!! Let characters be messy but try their best anyways!!! Let characters hurt each other and try to put the pieces back together one shard at a time. People have complicated emotions that come out in ways we can’t always foresee or help, people make mistakes because of that. But despite everything adrien is a character who cares deeply for those around him and tries to do right by them despite all the rest of it, and despite sometimes not really knowing how.

It’s things like that that keep miraculous being an extremely engaging and compelling story to me. Most of the general things about adriens character are also things that I find interesting about marinettes as well! Of course the intricacies of her character are completely different, but the general hows and whys and complex motivations for her actions while maintaining the best of intentions are what make them both so interesting to me. So this is just a little love letter to adriens character because I wanted to talk about that and why I find him so engaging!

#I feel like I see people act like #oh adrien is just a white male character what is so interesting about him #when it’s. like. just a characters baseline identity does not . dictate if they are interesting #I’d also argue that adrien as a white male character that falls into so many feminine females character tropes is also FACINATING #BECAUSE he is a white male character #being a white male character doesn’t make a character interesting by default either tho obviously #any character should always have the depth and work behind their story to make them compelling no matter what #adrien is particularly interesting to me because of his dichotomy #but the same could be said about marinette #she deserves praise for being an engaging and compelling character just as much #ANYWAY. IDK WHY IVE BEEN RANTING SO MUCH LATELY. #THIS JS MY SECOND MIRACULOUS INSPIRED RANT IN THE LAST 24 HOURS

[bixels]

I feel like I've seen most of what interests me in FiMFiction for the time being, so I read through some good ol' reliable Stardew Valley fanfics last night, only to realize.

Haley x Female Farmer is basically Rarijack. Rarijack adjacent.

#personal #delete later #not art #unfortunate that i'm really not into the BIG popular ships in stardew #like. i downloaded talkohlooey's character sprites for my sdv because the men just look so much better #with talkohlooey sebastian actually looks like a cute guy i'd wanna date. default seb looks like a very very specific white boy. #like. the mod of an anime community discord server. #he looks like every white anime fan i knew in high school who very intentionally tried to look and dress more asian #so unfortunately i'm not really into any of the male bachelors. They are All White. #I went after Alex at first but he's a white bread jock. #So I'm really not interested in ships with Shane or Elliot or Sebastian which make up 2/3 of the romance fics #I do think Harvey is cute he has a lot of personality and he's a sweetheart #stardew expanded has victor AND olivia which is such a fucking win. Asians fuck yeah #I usually pursue Penny. Fluttershy vibes lmao #hopefully chocolatier has some dateable men who Aren't White. #Really can't recommend Talkohlooey's sprites more. Fantastic art style AND character design direction to boot. They made Emily Not #Terrifying Looking which is incredible. #still wish you could date the milfs though who said that #i said it. i'm fessing up. why did concernedape put all these women in unfulfilling marriages with mediocre/crappy men #what are you getting at.

[fayevalcntine]

The whole framing of Lestat as the sole symbol of patriarchy that fandom is so desperate to put him in doesn't work unless you deliberately ignore how he was also a victim of rape and abuse before he was turned. People want him to be fit into this strict role of "father figure/violent husband/perpetrator" that is only that and not even a whole person, and in doing so they need to push aside the fact that despite being his family's provider, he was also pushed into that role when his father forbid him from joining a monastery or gaining an education that he wanted. Lestat wanted to run away with a theater group as a kid, and actually managed to do so once Gabrielle gave him her blessing and monetary support in order to go to Paris. He didn't always want to be the provider, he was forced into that role and became despondent when he thought he would never get a chance to leave his home.

His new life prior to being turned is pretty much the antithesis to the whole "Lestat is a manly man who would sooner throw up than be compared to a woman" spiel: he lived with another man in Paris while also being an actor, having left his family and "responsibility" to them. The only family member he was ever close to was his mother, all the other male members shunned or ridiculed him. Add onto that the fact that his turning firmly placed him within the role of the damsel/victim: he's kidnapped from his bed by a stranger, taken into a tower and left to rot while being fed on for a week, before then being raped and violently turned all while never even being asked if he would consent to it in any normal circumstance. But you of course have to ignore all of this if you want him to only represent the aggressor/patriarch while Louis is the helpless unhappy matriarch of the family.

My issue isn't that I think Louis isn't a victim, it's that it's not unrealistic for Lestat to be an aggressor/abuser while also displaying traits that aren't regularly assigned to stereotypical depictions of male characters. He's abusive to Claudia while also having been a victim of abuse from his own family. He's not a good maker/teacher, but he also didn't even have one when he was turned. He's the provider/attempted protector of the family and seemed to like being that, while also having run away from his own family prior to this to act in a theater in Paris. He's a rich white man while also being obviously effeminate in public spaces, even to Tom's own bigoted humor.

Like Louis' own complicated story with being his family's benefactor and provider, you can't firmly place Lestat as being one thing or another in terms of gender ideals without deliberately ignoring parts about him that don't fit this. And I don't think it's an absolute necessity, when even in Louis' own story, Lestat isn't stripped of his effeminate mannerisms or behavior while also being the abusive maker/father/lover.

#interview with the vampire #lestat de lioncourt #like even Louis doesn't try to act like Lestat was only ever the powerful 'daddy' of the house #if he was I doubt he'd even feature Lestat wanting to be king of mardi gras and doing that extremely flamboyant display #to the public's chagrin/disgust #the only people in awe of Lestat's peacocking are the women in ep7 like that man was NOT accepted by other rich men like Tom #and I don't point this out in order to dismiss the notion that he could be abusive/horrible #rather that it's completely possible for both things to be true? #also to the people that will likely go: but how does him being a victim of abuse negate him being a patriarch #idk maybe redirect your question to the Edwardian wife fanatics that think that no male character can be a victim unless he is assigned #the female while he is in a relationship with another man 🤷‍♀️ #I'll never forget how someone was also like 'Lestat fakes his femininity for the public' why? no one likes his effeminate ass anywhere #he holds more power by being white + rich than by being effeminate in order to ''''hide'''' his power which he never has or cared to #when Fenwick suggested to Louis to get a business under Lestat's name it's because Lestat being white could pass segregation laws... #not because his effeminate mannerisms grant him more favor.....

[ronanceisintheair]

Hot take but I think we should explore the fun angst reality of Steve and Robin's friendship:

Steve being the only person Robin can confide in about her sexuality and yet it still makes her feel alone. Maybe even making her feel more alone in a way.

The fact that he can openly and endlessly flirt with girls. The fact that he can put himself out there and it doesn't risk his safety.

The reality that their situations are worlds apart. The reality that sometimes there just aren't things they can talk about. Because he wouldn't get it; he can't get it.

#robin buckley #steve can be a good ally and friend while accepting he just can't understand her situation #if you cry because you think they have to see eye to eye on everything then you're viewing them wrong #we got the emotional coming out but then it's like they fumbled the bag on the aftermath #we get Vickie angst but it's like brushing under the rug #if it's not just some white male character they will not continue the depth

[softestepilogue]

full offense but fandoms are unbearable because y’all are unlikable. y’all are so weird and i will die on that hill.

this is like the third time i’ve been in a fandom where a white male SIDE character is heavily favored by the fandom and they start jumping through hoops, and grabbing reasons out their asses, to prove why the main poc character is a terrible person. they will also ignore any wrongdoing of the side white male character.

it’s so fucking weird and exhausting.

#ed teach #Ofmd #our flag means death #i did a dumb thing and went through the ofmd tag #i usually don’t go through fandom tags cause like i said most of y’all are unlikable frfr #but anyway i’m seeing things like ed is an abuser and i’m like??? #did we watch the same show?? #and then of course i see the reason why #izzy hand stan’s of course of fucking course #coming to be the annoying part of the fandom because they found a white male they list after not being given attention #like this show isn’t even that serious to be sayin all of that #i should’ve known that the lack of discourse wouldn’t last but i was staying in my little bubble and imma go back there #but i just need y’all to know how unlikable y’all are and how borderline racist fandoms are and how exhausting it is #it’s truly truly exhausting #like please like your white male character you wanna fuck and leave the pov characters alone just shut up #i didn’t even dislike izzy. i didn’t care about him at all. i thought he was a loser funny little man #but now i hate him cause of izzy stans woobifying him and demonizing ed #10 points to anyone who can guess the other fandoms #there’s probably a million but there’s only been a handful i’ve been in #and they’re saying disliking izzy is ableist and classist and i’m like y’all really do not live in reality #please get off the internet. y’all are embarrassingly chronically online #op

[devine-fem]

Hello just a genuine question since I just read your bio, why the hate for Tim drake?

I just don’t like him. Like that’s it like theres no need to make up reasons. It’s really simple I just hate the characters and will likely complain about him on my page.

Like of course I have reasons but like it’s really gonna be summed up to me just not liking him.

#i find him genuinely vexing when i read him #i think his character is boring #a lot of the time he’s horrible to the characters i like #his fans are horrible a lot of the time #hes a white male character so im already disinterested #his character has inherently effected damian because of how popular he is #i hate how he is with damian #and hes SOOOO popular so its even worse cuz then i cant escape seeing him but i have him blocked #i think he should stay very far away from conner kent #very #conner deserves better #and so did steph #happy for him and bernard though #but yeah #tim drake #anti tim drake

[wallyslinda]

i truly cannot give a flying fuck on how some people who don't ship them (or even hate them) saw them as "unhealthy" or "toxic" bla bla bla

#just saw some bs posts here sorry not sorry i have to vent #like i couldn't hold their words because they literally would ship two characters if they both are white males #it's just obvious as of why #and when roy loves his girl and baby's mother canonically so what can i do about that? 🤷‍♀️ #and when he likes his woman “toxic” what can i do about that? 🤷‍♀️ #jaderoy #jade nguyen #roy harper #wallyslinda rants

[yioh]

sometimes it makes me really annoyed how fast the male characters in genshin become favoured by fans lmfao it’s so unfair 😭

#male character has a sad past: fans make intricate soulful art and fanfics abt them for years #female character has sad past: fans are like awwwwww:( and then forget abt them #like i can GUARANTEE u kaveh will have content created for him even months and months after his release #shenhe content after her story quest??? crickets. silence. #i would even argue that shenhe’s story was WAAAAAAAY sadder and heartbreaking but 🙄 #idk it’s just so unfair that ppl aren’t as interested in women like ik this has been a pattern for YEARS and likely will never change but #it fills me w so much rage #women are always better they’re always more interesting GRRRRR #i feel like the reason i hate kaveh so much is because how unfairly he is loved by fans compared to other characters 😭 #everytime i look at him i am simply reminded of colourism and another missed chance for a sickass design #i’ll literally never be over how much sumeru broke my heart lol it was actually so gutting 😭👍 i didn’t realise the colourism was gonna be #THAT bad and i didnt realise the fans were THAT colourist racist AND stupid #truly will never forget the ‘they’re in the forest where there’s no sun so they’re all white as fuck’ argument #can u believe that was real #anyways . anyways #ik everyone is sick of me talking abt this LOL it just rly annoys me because i liked this game sm before 🥲🥲🥲🥲🥲🥲🥲🥲🥲🥲🥲🥲 and the fans r #everywhere so i get spammed w content of characters i Do Not Want To See 😭

[alisaint]

i feel like sometimes (many times) people get realism / "if this were to happen to a real person in the real world context, then this character would experience and grapple with x, y, z" mixed up with text / what that character is actually going through in the story which is always going to be constrained by time, space, and the creator's biases and experiences

#thinking abt lucas bc if he were not written by a team of white people then yes his character would be different and have so #much more depth and he would be experiencing and going through things that the others don't #but as it stands.... he's chilling. lol. #the only time he got depth was in his book that was written by a black male author. #and tbh i don't really think it's right or fair to dog on people for saying that he's chilling bc he just.... is? like the duffers have not #touched any of the topics they could have as it pertains to being a black boy in a majority white racist small midwestern town #and the one time they did they still didn't even really touch on it fr? like somehow it wasn't abt him... even though #he was the one being attacked for being black..... and then we just never touched on that again lol #he went through all that scary ass supernatural AND real life racism shit and we don't see him struggle after #not like we see some white characters struggle #so no i don't think someone is being racist by just pointing out what's on screen. in real life shit would be mad different #but it's not real life. and what is written is so limited because this is a black character written by white people. #and tbh it applies to so much other stuff but tht jus popped into my mind like there's nothing wrong with adding to the text #but that shouldn't be confused with actually being textual..... u feel me? #and at the end he's not really chilling bc he literally almost died n had a gun pulled on him but other than that he's usually #the one chilling bc he's every other (white) character's fixer-upper. he's always the support character to help them #and advance their plots and development :/

[audhdnight]

I really wonder what goes through some peoples heads to see a post taking about all the reasons someone shouldn’t support a certain author (if they cared about racism or Zionism or literally just had any kind of care for other humans) to then comment “I love her books!! 🥰”

We know. And we know why. Choke.

#love when mediocre white women with mediocre writing skills get praised for ‘diversity’ #all because the male love interest is a (extremely fetishized) man of color #(hes never black tho. specifically described with lighter skin. but he’s darker than the fmc so 🤷‍♀️) #meanwhile no one in the book knows what consent is #and the fmc talks about conquering surrounding countries to gift to her children some day bc that’s a normal thing to do #and the only female characters of color are consistently portrayed as undeserving of love from men #and either get dumped or get dumped and then come out as queer #but hey it’s fairy smut so apparently we can’t criticize or we’re just against women expressing sexuality

[robbyykeene]

The problem I continue to have with this show is that as much as I love Johnny and Miguel’s relationship, it continues to come at the expense of Robby. And while this obviously creates Tension and Drama like you want in a tv show, there has failed to be any actual narrative acknowledgment that that is the cause of the tension and drama. And I don’t mean that there’s no acknowledgement of Robby and Miguel’s rivalry because like. Duh. But lately the show frames it as though the only problem is that Robby and Miguel are at odds, and once they finally become friends they can all be one big happy family with Johnny and live happily ever after. But Robby and Miguel’s contempt for each other was never the problem. It was Johnny’s inability to juggle the responsibilities of parenting his son while also being there for Miguel. Which is inadvertently what actually caused Miguel and Robby to dislike each other so much in the first place.

And I think that’s why I’m so just. Annoyed. Because they chose to characterize Johnny this way! They chose to make him an incredibly flawed person, and father in particular. And narratively and thematically that was a good and compelling choice! I mean, it was quite literally the foundation of the entire show. But more and more every season they’ve been outsourcing all of the legwork of Johnny’s redemption onto the characters around him. And if this is Johnny’s redemption story as they claim—if you want to create this flawed tragic character and then redeem him—then just do that. Commit to it! Don’t create a flawed character and then blame everyone around him for his problems, especially not the two kids who’ve been most affected by his faults and failings.

#like. i just KNOW this show. theyre predictable #and whats going to happen is miguel and robby will make uo and all will #be sunshine and rainbows #and yeah im exaggerating obviously #but reading what billy said in that interview #like. robby didnt ‘resist’ johnny being there for him johnny just. literally wasnt there for him. ever #and its so mind boggling genuinely #because the writers show one thing and say another #and i dont know what theyre so afraid of #of people not liking johnny? dont you WANT your audience to struggle? wasnt that the entire premise of the series? #to find this man loveable and sympathetic and then also kind of reprehensible in a lot of ways? #because if not then how is this a redemption story? #its just a male fantasy #white guy abandons his family succumbs to alcoholism beats the shit out of everyone around him and then with no work on his part is crowned #winner of everything and has everyone in his life tripping over themselves to have him forgive them #and if thats the show they want to make fine!!! but be UPFRONT about it for fucks sake #and i say shit like this and people accuse me of hating johnny and its like. you’re missing the point!!! i love johnny so much that #i actually care about him being a well rounded character!!! #i want to see him accept responsibility!!! i want to see him realize the damage HES caused as a result of his inability to process his own #trauma!!!! #i want the rich character that i was promised at the onset of this series!!! #hahdbsjsjjsjdjwjxnf #personal

[volfoss]

every popular male comic author who i hate will have leagues of fans who are like omg u just read his REALLY bad stuff the rest is better. it totally doesnt have the same problems as his bad stuff did. and then it in fact does

#well rape is more common than murder and so its not misogynistic i put it in there for most of #my female characters“ ”i as a white man can reclaim this antiblack character. because no one complained about the insanely racist asian + #stereotype in the same series so basically im innocent #twist rambles #looking right at ennis rn. but also like. every single fucking war ellis fan who is like omg hes sooo good at writing. i hate that man #but its very um. funny to me how people will be like gaiman is good at writing and then like? honestly his comics are kind of mediocre. #same shit with miller. why are we praising him for the dark knight. it is not good. like objectively. and EVERYTHING daniel way has put out #the wolverine stuff he did was SO bad and then i got well. 45 issues of him writing DP. it was not a good time. there is a solid chance i #hate a solid 50% or more of the popular male comic authors. #also. god sorry i will never get over alan moore. <- he said all this shit in an interview btw. insane.

[la-pheacienne]

Me going through Les Miserables fandom for 15 minutes on Tumblr and Goodreads:

@phytine @rhaenyragendereuphoria thank you for that truly unparalleled experience

#les misérables #cosette fauchelevent #marius pontmercy #rich WHITE girl syndrome? #adhdhjahsvahajxbbdja #and if it was a chinese novel with a rich female character in the 19th century how would you call that? #rich Asian girl syndrome? #in case you haven't noticed all characters in this novel are white #Marius a Stalker ? #are u literally out of your fucking minds? #what was he supposed to do slide into her DM's or hit on her in a bar? #you dumbasses it was insta-love because that was the only type of love at a time period where #females and males did.not.fucking.interact.with.eachother.like.at.all. #there was idealism at the time #it was the Romantic era that's what Romantic era and Romantic littérature means you bunch of crackheads #Madame Thénardier a beauty queen? #Waterloo was literally the best part of the whole book like #*foams at the mouth* #aspa rambles

[vanhelsingapologist]

hey I love your Strahd character illustrations SO much, and your tags and DM roleplay on Vargas inspired me, THANK YOU for spreading that. i owe you my life

Oh gosh, thanks! Whatever will I do with this life… hm.

MINOR SPOILERS? Idk man, this account is super bad at being spoiler free.

For the uninitiated, my DM uses Matt Berry as a template for Vargas, and does a pretty damn good Lazlo Cravensworth imitation. It made him such a distinctive NPC for us that our party actually sided with him instead of the usual bad and abusive decision. He’s still horrible and abusive. He just has a funky voice and smarmy personality that offsets it.

Off that note, it also makes Victor’s hatred of him funnier (though I think my DM has their relationship be a lot worse than the usual), because my DM has Victor imitate him loudly from the attic to get a rise out of him. It’s apparently an affectation Baron Vallakovich puts on to make himself seem more educated and confident.

I’d love to do a write up of how my DM played various NPCs someday, since she’s chronically, blissfully offline. Sorry for the comically long answer. I’m always here to discuss Strahd NPCs, bahaha.

#curse of strahd #vargas vallakovich #Val-lah-kay instead of Val-la-key. The works. #the party doesn’t fully know the extent of how bad he is and my character I’m playing currently only knows #because victor sees her as an intellectual equal which. gag. #I’m coming BACK for you white boy #I’M COMING BACK FOR YOU #silence male manipulator

[firstfandomfangirl]

big fan of male + female platonic relationships in media. less of a fan when it’s because one or both of them is gay.

#Rambling #ive been watching white collar #And the protagonist is a hot straight man who most women are attracted to #one of one of his coworkers; who is a woman #is completely immune to his charms #And I was like ‘yes. Cool. Normalization of male female friendships.’ #Aaand she’s a lesbian. #And I can’t help but feel like the implication is ‘wEll the only reason she’s not attracted to him is because she’s gay. otherwise she #would be. because he’s very hot.’ #Like??? #and pretty much every other recurring female character (excluding Elizabeth who is happily married) gets romantically involved with him at #some level #and I just. rrrrrgh. Let me have my friendships PLEASE #not just my friendships but my friendships that treat friendship as a viable alternative to romance #even if their sexualities match up

[bitchthefuck1]

Fan spaces for media centered around one Special Boy are truly thee most toxic places you have ever seen

#like if a fandom has one specific white boy darling you just know this shit is gonna be toxic as fuck #and i say this as someone who enjoys several stories that are mainly about one white man #like there are toxic people everywhere and whether or not a fan space sucks ultimately has a lot more to do with how big it is #but I'm not just going to pretend that this correlation doesn't exist #yes this is partially about dar*devil but also just from existing in fan spaces for many years and paying attention #to be absolutely clear this doesn't mean just stories where the protagonist is a chosen one or something #but if the primary emphasis of a story is placed on a single male character; especially if he's an adult; who gets uwud by the audience #then you better prepare yourself for some genuinely horrifying bullshit online #not tagging any of this because I don't want to be murdered #honestly I think the only reason that kaz brekker stans aren't completely unbearable is that the story is about an ensemble cast #i already have a LOT of issues w s*c fans here but if it was just him and inej as pov or main characters it would be a million times worse