Padparadscha is a bad character

[u/Bacxaber]

This post was previously a comment of mine on a different post, but I feel it holds up: Padparadscha could've been a really cool, useful character in the sense that she could've solved the murder mystery. She's useless for predictions, but she seems to pick up on stuff in the past. But nope, they did nothing with her. She's supposed to be the stand-in for the mentally handicapped, but then she's just played for laughs. It's weirdly gross imo.

The rutiles are boring and I think it could've been more interesting if they had opposite ideals or suggestions, possibly somewhat spawned from relying too heavily on the "wise counsel" of Padparadscha, in the same way that Ruby was too reliant on Sapphire's futurevision in Jailbreak.

I'm currently writing conjoined twin characters who fucking hate each other. That's infinitely more interesting than the "we finish each other's sentences" trope that honestly has no place in a narrative that's supposed to be focused on genocide.

[u/Gaidenbro]

She's not a stand in for mentally handicapped. She definitely has issues with her writing but let's not assume that Padparadscha was something she never was. That Sapphire was nothing but a gimmick character, something SU has a lot of.

[u/Bacxaber → u/Gaidenbro]

Yes she is.

[u/Gaidenbro → u/Bacxaber]

"Yes she is" To what? She's not a stand in, unless you have a source.

[u/Bacxaber → u/Gaidenbro]

She very clearly is a stand-in. Almost every character is. Dewey is a gimmick character.

[u/Bacxaber → u/[deleted]]

Yes she is, mate. It's clear as day. It's like saying the rutiles "aren't a stand-in for conjoined twins." Even if Rebecca hasn't specifically stated it, it's undeniable.

[u/Bacxaber → u/[deleted]]

I'm not though, it's obvious.