#bufford

[ladycathastrofe]

Sona + Selfship.

[sialiasnest]

Some myconids

Whatcha doing?

I know what we're going to do today

"You know what I hate about the Unclimbable Mountain of Unclimbableness? Just to get there, you have to cross the Uncrossable River of Uncrossableness!"

You guys are so busted

[medusasea]

No Internet, Suzy Johnson is not a Hatesink

I saw that the Hate Sink WIki and TV tropes listed Suzie Johnseon from Phineas and Ferb as a hatesink and I really don't get why.

For those of you who don't know, a hatesink is a special type of character that the audience is meant to hate. These characters do occasionally have redeeming or cool qualities, but they get overshadowed by their bad personality to the point you loathe heir mere existence or at least this is the author's intentions.

While pure evil villains can be hatesinks, they don't qualify if they have enough cool qualities for the audience to be entertained by them. Take for instance Scar from the original Lion King. He has no redeeming qualities, but he is also has tons of charisma and col qualities. Now this doesn't mean that the intentions was to not feel hatred towards his evil deeds. The reason he does not qualify as a hatesink is because he is overall entertaining to watch and he is also meant to be this way.

Jerks can aslo qualify as hatesinks, but not if they show a decent amount of redeeming qualities, are no worse than an average jerk or have entertaining qualities like for example being funny.

Now that I'm done with the definition of hatesink, let's move on to Suzie Johnson and see if the definition applies.

She is Jeremy's younger sister. She sees herself as the most important girl in Jeremy's life and she won't allow any other girl to take her place. Because of this, she antagonizes Candace. The Hatesink Wiki and TV Tropes list her antagonism towards Candace as a reason why she is a hatesink. Now sure, Suzie loses sympathy points for this, but as I mentioned, being unsympathetic isn't the same as being a hatesink. Not only that, but Suzie's actions while evil, are not meant to be taken seriously. The way she hurts Candace is through cartoony slapstick, from which Candace recovers fast, or through over the top, ridiculous plans, that are not possible in real life nor would it be possible for a real child her age to implement.

Can you seriously look at this image and think we are supposed to take Suzie's evil plans seriously?

Furthermore, her ability to come up with such complex plans is pretty impressive. Charisma often prevents a villain from being a hatesink or at least makes them a little impressive.

Another reason why I don't consider her a hatesink is because her evil deeds, on top of being played for laughs, are seriously NOT THAT bad. Now, don't get me wrong, she is extremely selfish and manipulative, but as long as she doesn't think you get in her way, she won't antagonize you. In "Suddently Suize" she revealed she doesn't want to antagonize Candace as long as Jeremy isn't around and she kept her promise. She even wanted to make paper dolls with Candace and taught her how to manipulate her own brothers, even though Suzie had nothing to gain from it. Sure, it's no much of a redeeming quality, but it gives Suzie some nuance, even if not that much. As for her manipulating people to get what she wants by being cute, tormenting Candace aside (she probably tormented others for similar reasons too, but again, only if you get in her way and her evil plans are played for laughs) what she gets isn't really hurting anyone. All we saw her get was Jeremy spending time with her and Phineas giving her juice. I don't condone her actions, but it doesn't seem like she outright hurts Jeremy or Phineas.

There is also the whole thing of Bufford being scared of her. Look, Bufford is or at least used to be a bully. Sure, he got tons of character development and he became way nicer, but he has engaged in bullying before, so it is possible that he provoked Suzie in some way. It is never revealed why she terrorized him or what exactly she did either. Bufford's fear of her is also played for laughs.

Moving on to what I consider the biggest counterargument to Suzy being a hatesink, her appearance in "Nerds of a Feather". In that episode Suzy wasn't manipulating or hurting anyone. She acted like a realistic kid her age. All she wanted to do was see children's stuff with her brother at a convention. She truly loves Ducky Momo.

Ducky Momo loves her too. Actually, it's Candace in a costume. Suzy would've antagonized her again had she known it, but Candace certainly recognized Suzy and truly meant those wirds judging by her happy facial expression which was shown in a scene and she didn't have to make it, since her face is completely covered.

If you hate Suzie and think I failed at changing your opinion, that was never my intention. I am not arguing against your personal feelings towards the character. I am not claiming you should find her funny, entertaining or like her. I don't claim your feelings towards this character are wrong. However, just because some people hate her, this doesn't mean it was the creators' intention. The definition of hatesink refers to the intention of the creator, not the end result. I was arguing against the idea that it was the creators' intention to make Suzie hateable. Given all the points I listed, they clearly intended to make her a funny, charismatic antagonist and they even gave her redeeming qualities.

[guy60660]

Bufford | Library of Congress

[sketchedbon]

This isn't Bowuigi/Mario related.

I just wanna see how many ppl grew up watching this show

Jacob Two Two was honestly one of my favorite shows and now I have an au of the characters being older and in high school.

I honestly love drawing Jacob so much, he's so serious sometimes that it feeds his anxiety.

Reminds me of someone else...

[queerteen-in-quarantine]

NOOOOOO someone help !! My friend just called Mako and Prince Wu teenage Baljeet and Bufford

[marcosvargas97]

Mortimer y Bufford

Dibujé estos dos animatronics de Creative Engineering Inc.

[ben-the-hyena]

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