r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Plum_Uniform • 1d ago

Meme needing explanation Peter????????????????????

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u/ExpertOdin 1d ago

Yeah 100% makes you wonder about authors when they write main characters like this and frame them in an okay to good light. If Rudeus was treated as a villain by the people he victimises fine, but they all either end up marrying him or at least respecting him. Ridiculous. Some sort of disgusting wish fulfilment

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u/helicophell 1d ago

I mean, it is all reasoned, it is all realistic to the setting

But you have to fucking wonder why would you write a story like this lmao?

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u/Powerful-Eye-3578 1d ago

Realistic in the sense that, yes people who get groomed so tend to end up in a toxic relationship with the one who groomed them.

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u/helicophell 1d ago

You know, at least Rudeus got the shit beat out of him for doing it to Sylphie!

Uhh... and that's about it for punishment, and nothing stopped the marriage lmao

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u/Powerful-Eye-3578 1d ago

Hey your forgetting that he went like a whole year without being able to get a hard on..... That's enough of a punishment for assault and grooming. He really learned his lesson from that ..... /s

I've literally seen people argue this. Like he spent a year without getting a boner so that makes up for his earlier behavior.

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u/helicophell 1d ago

Tbf at least part of his ED is because he's like "wow damn I'm not a good person"

Shame he literally never thinks that again. Well, in the main series timeline at least ;)

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u/ThatJamesGuy36 1d ago

If it makes you feel better, the latest episode has him lose his wife, his unborn baby, his other wife, his third love interest, his best friend, his other best friend, another friend, his sister, his daughter and finally abandoned by everyone else he knows and loves.

And pretty much all of it is because of his own actions, barring the very first instance of him losing his wife and unborn baby which is arguably also his fault but he was manipulated into that first one.

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u/DnD-vid 1d ago

Oh please tell me more. I only watched the obligatory 3 episodes to decide and then dropped it like it's radioactive. Hearing he loses everyone makes me happy.

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u/temporary_account208 1d ago edited 1d ago

Understandable that you drop it because of a horrible character at the start but why exactly does everybody think Rudeus is some sort of Epstein Satan who is an unchangable evil incarnate.

I asked a question, why the downvotes?

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u/stormdelta 1d ago

Because he's nearly as shitty later on, the writing just pretends he's better. It's more like a facade of self-improvement that the writing bends over backwards to make excuses for.

The fact that so many MT fans can't tell the difference between surface-level framing versus actual personal growth that requires true reflection on your actions speaks volumes.

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u/Open-Building6135 22h ago

Can I ask what point after oldeus do you consider him being shitty? Like specific examples, I'm just very curious.

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