roblox has taken over my brain HELP

There's something to be said about Fanny and Golf Ball being two of the most thoughtful and selfless characters in the whole cast. They point out injustices or problems to be solved and have convictions of titanium yet the former is often mischaracterized as being a pissy intolerable bitch while the latter is often mischaracterized as angry and self-obsessed. Both are superficial and both are demonstrably, completely untrue.

Fanny is never angry towards people or things that aren't worth her energy, and her close relationships to people like Black Hole and willingness to get help from Tennis Ball and work with Ice Cube against One show that she is very open to collaborating with people for the greater good. She's SO kind to people! It's injustice and unfairness that she hates, and she's generally pessimistic in a way that allows her to see everyone, including herself, as capable of doing things, as she says, "worthy of hate." I can't believe this has passed over some folks when it's in the literal first episode of BFB, lol.

Golf Ball is similarly almost always justified in her belief in her ideas because she *knows* she is a brilliant capable team member that can contribute to her team. Her frustration if she shows it at all is usually from people underestimating her capabilities--linked in no small part to her being small, armless and a woman--and I think she very realistically responds to that injustice by putting a lot of responsibility onto herself, but when people don't also meet her where limitations stand, (for example being chastised for "managing the team" in a very arm-focused challenge) she understandably gets frustrated. When her expectations for herself remain unrealized, all of her sensitivities to her place in the game and the larger world resurface into a question of her worth, and she should be the last person in Goiky who should be doubting her ability.

Anyway, both Fanny and Golf Ball are fascinating character studies of women who have very solid moral cores but are misjudged by people who cannot work past their kneejerk aversion towards a woman who has a little bit of a shrill voice. Even though the series begins Fanny's character as kind of a joke, there's a lot of thought put into how she views the world and it's one reason I adore her, and the same can be said for how Golf Ball interfaces with being an autistic woman doing sciency things and reflecting real phenomena vis a vis injustice in the real world.

The Black Nerd. A common character type, the nerd will always be very interested in all things nerdy: science, video games, mathematics, etc. In an continued effort to combat stereotypes, the Black Nerd will be lack athleticism, probably being asthmatic (the nerdiest of conditions). The Black Nerd will dress smartly, suspenders and bow ties. They’ll always talk smart too, using proper English with complex words.

Now, I don’t have a problem with a black character being a nerd, indeed black people are a people; we aren’t all the same and we all have varying personalities. The problem I have is that too often we see a distinct disconnect between Blackness and the Black Nerd. The Black Nerd doesn’t listen to hip hop or rap, only classical music. The Black Nerd only has white friends, the only other black characters are into not nerdy stuff. The Black Nerd never ever uses AAVE at any time in any context.

Well @dumbey, seems we’re in similar boats