L - Say something genuinely nice about a character who isn’t one of your faves (chars you’re neutral on are fair game, as are chars you dislike)
L - Say something genuinely nice about a character who isn’t one of your faves (chars you’re neutral on are fair game, as are chars you dislike):
Hmmmm, tough one. I no longer really actively dislike characters? I'm mostly neutral if anything haha.
Toriel:
If I had to go with a few that I feel meh about one would be Toriel, for one. One nice thing I can say about her is that I find her very interesting on a pscychological level. She very clearly loves her kids a ton, but at the end of the day sometimes love isn't enough and this becomes apparent with how her parenting techniques pack out in both games. I know the fandom and so far even Toby tends to represent her as this very loving mother to the point they often kinda brush over her parenting techniques and I would really love for Deltarune to delve into this for a bit and make her realise the error of her way. Because man is she a complicated character when it comes down to this and it has so much potential to be even more interesting than it already is, not many tend to explore the kind of stuff going on in her life and I think that at the end of the day her heart is definitely in the right place.
Mettaton:
I know he's an absolute fan favourite and nowadays I can definitely get why! He's one of the few trans characters we've got in media, that's also well written and generally just a pleasure to see on screen, he's extremely entertaining, his design is fun and solid, his dialogue great, etc. Despite everything I always really enjoyed his gameshows, they were just so utterly ridiculous and his theme songs really slap. I remember really enjoying his battle back in the day.
Garnet Til Alexandros (Final Fantasy 9):
Gosh, I know many people absolutely love her but she's actually one of the few characters who, to this day, I still cannot enjoy. Which is quite odd, cause her story is one that would usually resonate with me!
To say something nice about her, I love her determination and how she manages to remain positive even when everything is working against her (her entire life practically having be a lie, her adoptive mother dying, seeing Zidane go through what he goes through, etc). I also find it nice how the game represents her "rebirth", the cutting of the hair, the use of a new name that fits her more. And honestly... Now that I think about it her entire story could be taken as a trans allegory as well, which is always something I love.
Those are some of the few that come to the top of my mind! But like I said before, I do not really dislike characters anymore nowadays. Moreso that I feel a bit meh towards some. xD
