- Joined
- Apr 6, 2014
Kids make for satisfying protagonists because normally, being a kid is all about being told what you can't do, having limitations placed on you, not being good or experienced at things, and getting bossed around by people who know better than you. So it's cathartic to see a story with a kid protagonist that you identify with who eats all the odds, proves themselves worthy and succeeds where all the adults failed and told them "No." It's why Shigeru Miyamoto views Mario as a kid, why Sonic is basically a teenager, why Stranger Things is so popular, etc.I said this before and I’ll say it again. Why are these women so obsessed with preteen/teenage protagonists?
Excuse me if I say spergy and MATI here, guys, but this obsession these people have with teenage/preteen characters is just disgusting to me. I could understand if they were writing to help disabled or unfortunate kids but we all know they’re not helping anyone. These are all self-insert wish fulfillment, power fantasies and propaganda.
I understand a teenager or a child doing this but these are grown-ass men and women who are obsessed with reliving their childhoods as fictional characters. And for what? It won’t change the past or make them happy.
It just boggles me the more I see it.
The only thing about it I find annoying is when all the adult characters are absolutely fucking useless at best or downright dangerous hindrances at worst. Like in the new Psychonauts game, every single adult character is either a useless piece of talking furniture, tries to do something useful but totally fails or an outright villain, and all of them are either moderately nice to you at best or grumbling, rude and dismissive at worst. If it's meant to mimic the frustrating of being a kid in an adult world, it's doing a great job. But it really pisses me off and breaks my sense of disbelief when a couple ten year olds running around doing Fortnite dances manage to accomplish more than an entire building full of adults. Are you fucking kidding me? Is everybody here that goddamn useless?
Imagine a world where every single adult is MovieBob and you'll understand the sheer frustration and horror of that existence. "Mr. Chipman! Monsters are ripping through the veil of reality!" "SHUTUP WHITE TRASH OBSOLESENT! I NEED MORE CHEESY CHICKEN FINGERS TO FUEL MY WRITINGS FOR THE SUPERIOR FUTURE!"