I was running through some old Portal 2 quotes in my head and realized that it Cave Johnson were a real person, people would absolutely hate him.
The Emperor of Mankind from Warhammer 40k. We’re supposed to root for his enlightened rationalism in contrast to what the imperium would become, but he comes across as an expansionist tyrant.
Captain! Jack Sparrow. Fun to watch and wonder how much he plans or if he’s just good at improv. But he’s routinely sacrificing his crew-members/friends for his own advantage.
Pete “Maverick” Mitchell.
Dude should’ve been cashiered and tossed in jail a long time ago.
Do you think Pokémon battles should be illegal, Ash?
No, of course not
Your pikachu is lying in a puddle of its blood.
We provide work for every town. Joy would be out of her nursing job if not for us.
Sheldon Cooper. Not sure if people love him as a fictional character either though…
Tony Stark would be controversial. A billionaire weapons dealer who indirectly killed millions of people with his weapons. Then he turns around and decides to be a superhero but continues to cause destruction and inadvertently kill people. A lot of people would think he’s only doing heroic acts for the praise.
In the comics and movies defense, within universe he is controversial and it is a major plot point with the Sokovia Accords / Registration Act to put some guardrails around him. And in terms of character growth, he supports those laws, even though they restrict his autonomy, whereas a younger version of himself wouldn’t comply and act as a reckless narcissist.
Barney Stinson is a creep whose actions border on rape and it was hinted he may have even been involved in human trafficking at one point
Donald J. Trump, the fictional character in Home Alone. Dude gave me the creeps, was looking at the underage Kevin like he was a pacifier
He’s widely loved?
The mentally deficient think he’s great
I mean… Yeah? In America, by the wrong sort of people, but… Yeah?
As a character in the film, no. He was barely even a character.
The main characters of ‘Friends’, perhaps excluding Phoebe Buffay. Once you try to figure out their morals, it’s baffling how they can be considered even half decent people.
As much as I love Friends, the show had a bad habit of loosening the character’s manners and morals for the sake of a joke. This habit gets worse as the show goes on.
I’d actually put Phoebe as the worst in this regard. Well, after the triplets and London, before that she was sweeter. It was like the writers decided she should inherit the meaner jokes from Chandler. Also she always lets the others down at the worst times.
Jesus
Pretty sure that was the story arc in the original series
The entire cast of It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia
We enjoy watching them because they are horrible people who never really succeed at what they are trying to do. I don’t think anyone would want to hang out with them.
Definitely not the main characters, but I’d love to hang out with Artemis.
That was basically the premise of Seinfeld.
IASIP was marketed as “Seinfeld on crack”
Quite literally, at times.
I’m continually amazed that characters of ‘Seinfeld’ are considered awful, while those in ‘Friends’ are supposedly fine. The latter are prime fit for an answer to this post, if one digs into their morals a little.
I love this show and can confirm, they are the worst
I hate this show because they’re the worst.
Bender
I think Fry would be kind of annoying too.
I know plenty of people like him
Jesus
Jesus with the caviat of who specifically would hate him.
People would hate the real time moralising, but would love free wine and would be amazed by his party tricks, like walking on water. That was pretty cool!
Willy Wonka may not be hated, but he would definitely be vilified. There is no way a candy maker who refused to allow inspectors into his factory would be allowed to sell candy to the general public.
Plus, under the current administration, ICE would break in and forcibly deport (kidnap) all the Ommpa Loompas.
Wonka is arguably guilty of slavery and even if he didn’t kill four kids, he at least traumatized four kids. And he laid off all his workers, leading some of them to become impoverished.
Plus, under the current administration, ICE would break in and forcibly deport (kidnap) all the Ommpa Loompas.
Would trump deport them for not being white, save them for being orange, or leave them there because they’re already slaves?
lol now THAT’S a brainteaser
I’m not sure… Elon is still praised as a visionary…
Besides Cthulhu?
Every trickster god like Loki, Q, Miss Frizzle…
Don’t forget bugs bunny
