I am once again pondering the fact that Marty McFly is just such a fantastic character. Like, especially when you look at other male protagonists in the 80s, they all follow a similar trend. A lot are uber cool and suave, with the added side effect of also being a jerk. Many are popular jocks or whatever. Big flirts. Edgy and troubled or sleazy, etc.
And Marty is sort of in his own category entirely. Heās cool, but heās not? He skateboards and kills it on guitar but has 2 whole friendsāhis girlfriend and a disgraced scientistāand crippling self-doubt and canāt go a day without falling down or tripping over his own feet or nearly being killed by a car.
Heās polite. Heās respectful. Wonāt let anyone mess with the people he loves and doesnāt let a moment pass by where he can thank somebody or apologize for a wrongdoing. (seriously, Marty has beautiful manners. Like, it is quite noticeable how often he says, āplease,ā āthank you,ā āexcuse me,ā or āsorryā.)
His emotions are all SO BIG and he doesnāt hold back on them. He gets all animated when heās excited and yells when heās scared and cries when heās sad and pulls his friend into big olā hugs.
He literally never knows what is going on. Marty exists in the constant state of confusion. Between asking Doc to āwait a minuteā every other sentence and his ever-changing, scattered thoughts, Marty is just out there trying to survive. Just slow it down, alright? Heās a smart guy, but heās also got elevator music playing in his head. Really really fast elevator music.
Time means nothing to him. His watch is broken. Heās racking up tardies like itās nobodyās business. Stopping by the garage to look for Doc and play some guitar when he should be at school. Heās got to get out of that stupid suit RIGHT THIS INSTANT even though heās got one shot at the lightning strike at the clock tower.
Marty just. Does things. There is zero impulse control. A synapse fires and Martyās brain goes ā!!!ā and thatās that. Punch the bully whoās twice your size, buy that sports almanac, just Walk Away while Doc is talking to you. Buy that sweet leather jacket.Ā Ignore ALL instructions youāre given! Marty, you need constant supervision and I love you for that.
Heās just. Marty is the most character. Look at him.
They really knocked it out of the park with this guy.
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