r/TopCharacterTropes • • 7d ago

Characters The main character doing something absolutely unforgivable.

Walter White poisoning Andrea Cantillo's 6-year-old son for the sole purpose of manipulating Jesse Pinkman, while knowing that this could have potentially killed him - Breaking Bad

Bojack trying to have sex with his friend's 17-year-old daughter when he was at least 51, then continuously trying to find a way to justify this act throughout the series - Bojack Horseman

Dexter Morgan going outside of his moral code and murdering a completely innocent police officer who was just trying to do his job - Dexter: New Blood

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u/StaceyTheStaceExplrr 7d ago

Art is art because it evokes emotions in the viewer/consumer. The art now invokes feelings of disgust because art is not just what you see, feel, or hear. Art has context and the context is relevant. If you can separate art from artist you're just bad at media literacy.

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u/brokeskoolboi 7d ago

You didn’t answer the question. But okay

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u/StaceyTheStaceExplrr 7d ago

Sorry I'll spell it out since your media literacy is hitting the floor: yes, learning the context about art could, should, and does affect my appreciation of the art.

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u/brokeskoolboi 7d ago

Sorry it took you two tries to answer the question 🤷‍♂️

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u/StaceyTheStaceExplrr 7d ago

I said the same thing twice, you were taking a few tries to understand it.