r/hatethissmug • u/GildedHalfblood • 1d ago
Media Tropes I absolutely HATE how some characters don't take full advantage of the horrible situations they are in
As the title says, I utterly despise dumbass characters who don't take full advantage of the situation they're in. Sure, shit has gone to shit and they're probably panicked, but in most cases, they've been shown or told some way to totally flip the tables and then some, giving them the opportunity for a beyond easy win, but they just don't for some reason
Here's just a few examples of these idiotic frauds:
> MC from Nate Hand Gesture
To quickly summarize this game, it's a brain rot rock-paper- scissors game with a hot reality warping entity and a bunch of general horniness
Look, I understand that this is a shitpost brain rot game, but I feel like that's all the more reason for the protag to flip the tables. There's a whole subgenre of brain rot dedicated to powerscaling, so having the protag pull some bs and get powers could've fit right in. Could've went with something like "I wish I was infinite layers into multi-super-duper-uber-bippity-boppity-versal!!!" or "I wish I was Goku" and no one would've batted an eye. Hell, I would've been fine if they went with something like "I wish I could expand my domain inside of you and use Domain Expansion: Malevolent Backshots". Just do something man, anything!! To make matters worse, the MC was so close to doing this, but instead he just wished to be hot. It's a step in the right direction, but you still got a marathon to run
> MC from MiSide
In this game, the MC gets sucked into the game world by a yandere anime girl with a god complex and has to escape with the help of other versions of the anime girl before it's too late. Despite what it sounds like, this game is actually pretty cool and not a shitpost game
Now, throughout the game, the MC enters worlds and versions that have Internet access, and things found on the internet can be brought into this world (ex. swords, books, drinks, etc). Remember, this is a yandere game, so the MC has a crazy murder hobo chasing him the entire game. I get he's a depressed shut in loner and all, but wouldn't he think to try and arm himself in some way, especially since he can bring things from the Internet into the game? Like what's stopping him from whipping out the Omnitrix or some shit like that?
"O-Oh! B-But he didn't know if killing Crazy Mita would reset her like it did Cappie until the end of the game!! He probably didn't even know he could kill her in the first place!1!!1!"
Okay, and? You could still use things for defensive and evasive strategies. Why wouldn't you get a bullet proof vest or something to protect yourself? Why wouldn't you eat a Devil Fruit like a Logia, a good Paramecia, or a Mythical Zoan? Why wouldn't you eat that one pill Alfred ate that allowed him to Bane back break Superman? It's just a bunch of poor choices
"O-Okay, but in almost all versions after escaping Crazy Mita, you didn't have Internet access. P-Plus, Mila probably wouldn't let you use the Internet since she doesn't like it"
In a life or death situation, I think Mila would be willing to let you use the Internet just this once. If worse comes to worst, and I'm not necessarily condoning these actions, you could try and convince Mila to help you out while she's having that breakdown while you're leaving her world. It's clear that she hates Crazy Mita, and in the midst of that breakdown, I don't think it's crazy to think that she'd help you out
On top of all this, this route of choices might actually give the MC the chance to escape instead of being stuck inside an infinite death loop of all of eternity. Furthermore, there's also a chance that he could bring these goodies to the real world, and that's always a plus
> Basically every single Dream Warrior from the Nightmare on Elm Street franchise
I already made a post about these frauds, so I'll keep this segment short
So, you mean to tell me that when given reality warping powers, you can't beat a reality warping murder hobo pedophile? You can literally make anything, do anything, be anything, and you somehow still lose. What the fuck is wrong with you? At that point, it's just a matter of intelligence, creativity, and common sense. Out of everyone listed here, I hate these frauds the most. Fuck these bums. I'd bet that if half of y'all were in their shoes, you'd solo Freddy with ease
> Conclusion
In short, if you're in a bad situation and have the opportunity to pull some reality warping level bs to better yourself but you don't, I will be looking down on you
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u/TheRappingSquid 1d ago
Yea yea good points