#thebfact that hes a deadbeat dad isnt my problem with rhe character its the way the narrative frames that as everyones fault but his

[robbyykeene]

I think my most controversial opinion is that I don't like Johnny. Like, I don't hate him, but after seeing his fans so excited to defend him from his shit, I just don't. Sometimes I feel like I'm just being contemptuous of white blonde men jsjsjsj sorry johnny you just dont make it for me

Lmao I don’t really agree but honestly anon valid! My feelings about Johnny (and every character tbh) are so complicated because it’s like. I think at the onset of the show he was a really compelling and sympathetic character who was flawed and complicated and in general just a great take on the character. And he is very blorbo to me. But as the show has gone on it’s all just gotten tired. Like I’m not averse in any way to a flawed protagonist who does terrible things…but the problem is that ck presented itself as johnny’s redemption story, and he has yet to make any real meaningful growth at all. the casual misogyny, the reckless endangerment of children, all the things about him that were clearly condemned by the narrative in the early seasons have now like. been turned into beloved character traits of his that the will never change. and it’s honestly just boring. because shows about bad people who do bad things can be good an interesting. just look at Barry. or sccession. or literally any show that's been popular on tumblr ever. but the problem with ck is that it wants to play this safe middle-ground where johnny can do bad things, but he will never have to ever face any meaningful narrative repercussions for it. and that’s just so so boring imo. and maybe if that’s the story they had started telling from the onset it could’ve worked, but because it wasn’t in season 4 johnny just came across as boring and stagnant and unlikeable. and so did like 99% of the characters tbh. at least to me. so tldr it’s not that I don’t like johnny, it’s that I very much love him and also hate what season 4 did to his character.

#like i just have no interest in a story telling me that deadbeat dads should be rewarded for doing absolutely nothing #thebfact that hes a deadbeat dad isnt my problem with rhe character its the way the narrative frames that as everyones fault but his #which is in contrast to the early seasons of the show when they literally emphasized just how much his failures as a father fcked his kids #life up #its like they want to have it both ways. they want us to sympathize with johnny that he feels bad about his failures as a dad #but they dont want us to blame him for his failures as a dad #which is just….stupid. because protagonists can do way worse shit than that and still be likeable #and johnny WAS to me until they started narratively blaming everyone else for his problems #because at that point what’s the point in the story at all #anyway! #anonymous #ck negativity #sort of???