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grond_master t1_jdkljl6 wrote

Reply to Bring Back Firefly! by oldandopinionated

To some extent, they did extend the universe. There is a couple of series of comics that tell detailed stories of the team before, during, and after the timeline shown on TV. Plus a few novels too.

But truthfully speaking, nothing holds a candle to an actual TV show.

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Fanfrenhag t1_jdklf8v wrote

Reply to comment by IndyRevolution in ‘Outlander’ Sets June 16, 2023 Premiere Date For Two-Part Extended Season 7; Drops First Look Photos by DemiFiendRSA

Did not say that either

You love to put words into people's mouths and attempting any kind of convo under those conditions is more trouble than its worth

My best advice for you is to simply not watch it if you don't like it and stop obsessing over whether or not others agree with you

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unitedfan6191 t1_jdk7mfq wrote

Reply to Who’s a bad character in a good TV show by Helloimafanoffiction

Dawson Leery after like season 4 of Dawson’s Creek.

He started as a cliched and innocent hopeless romantic with aspirations to be a filmmaker but then at a certain point devolved into a somewhat jealous, bitter, angry, possessive person who also decides to run away from responsibility and commitments when it gets too tough and sometimes blames others. I don’t want this to sound too harsh as I would want to give him the benefit of the doubt and he was a teenager who made mistakes and there are reasons for a lot of his behavior, but I think as a character they kinda dropped the ball with him towards the end.

Jack Bauer on 24.

His defense in the name of national security for his barbaric torture and threatening innocents with violence and death if they didn’t so what he says became tired and a crutch after a while and his bad behavior couldn’t possibly be justified after a while. I was willing to have sympathy for him after loved ones either died or left him, but it doesn’t give him the right to point a gun at an innocent person and tell them he will kill them if they don’t do exactly as he says. He’s also displayed hypocritical behavior when he judges and criticizes people for doing similar things to what he’s done which makes him a little tired and unlikable for me after a while.

Karen Walker on Will & Grace, like The Todd snd Bulldog, was intentionally written that way but was still very unlikable even though I could still kinda understand her behavior to a point when you look deeper and realize why she acts the way she does and she displays great heart sometimes.

Others:

Ross on Friends for the obvious reasons anyone familiar with the show already knows. Rachel to a degree as well, but I think Ross’ list of douchey behavior takes the proverbial cake.

The Todd on Scrubs was a total creep and a perverted human being, but he was intended to be that way and he was only a side character.

The crew on Seinfeld in the latter years especially were largely horrible human beings.

Ryan Howard on The Office was a largely appalling human being, although he looked great in a fedora.

Bob “Bulldog” Briscoe, like The Todd on Scrubs, was a lawsuit waiting to happen on Frasier and a chauvinistic and openly offensive person like him couldn’t exist in real life.

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throwtheclownaway20 t1_jdk73gc wrote

Reply to comment by james_carr9876 in Who’s a bad character in a good TV show by Helloimafanoffiction

>Am I the only person who thinks Ted is a great character?

Probably. He's flawed, but nothing about him is interesting to me. I was a "nice guy" when I was younger and I've seen thousands more in my years online, so nothing about those guys who are outwardly milquetoast but secretly shitty is compelling at all. Barney was more interesting, because it turns out that his misogyny was basically a trauma response.

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