#mischaracterization rant

this became longer than expected so skip if you don't have time, i don't mind

i've seen some people say how harle is a rapist while pierrot is a sweet baby (ignoring him being killer cuz idk if anyone really give a shit about that). no. just no he isn't. imo he is far from it. i useally pay attention to how characters act and react to certain things and i've noticed that while harle backs off when seeing the mc is uncomfortable with how he's acting. i have two examples, one for day one nd one for day two. for day one in tent scene after his show when he gets close enough to you that you hit the tent's wall he says some about you liking this (i don't remember the line and since im writing this night while i can't sleep i dont wanna play the game rn) and if you pick the option that you don't like it, he backs off instantly. in day two in the tent scene (the one where pierrot tied(?) you to the bed) he gets ontop and basicaly flirts with you and i think if you asked him to stop the scene ends faster then it would've if you were okay with him doing this. now on to pierrot. i have a few examples of why he's more of a sexual assaulter than harlequin. in day one, he kisses you in your sleep (in day one when you first wake up it says you have a strange taste in your mouth, probably and hopefully only a kiss from him) then again in the same day when you say you probably won't come back he literally drugs you and keeps you in a tent, you might say what about when the route where you buy druged food and eat it? well, after he found out you were druged. despit knowing where you live and most likely able to bring you home, he does the same thing -_-. day two, when he breaks into your house and you step away he fucking throws you on the bed and pins you. you might be saying what about the other tent scene with harle. if i'm not wrong (plz correct me if i am, i want this to be valid and unbaised as possible) it was said that harlequin would've stop if you were uncomfortable with it why he didn't stop when you tired to hit him or the fact you were scared? let's be honest, we all knew what was gonna happen if we followed and so did the mc but unlike us, the mc didn't know they were monster until later in that day, that why the mc was scared, not because they didn't want it

i'm not making this because i hate pierrot and love harlequin. i love both of them and in fact i hated harle at first until i payed more attention to his reactions. i love pierrot and i do call him my sweet little baby boy but if this was real life, i wouldn't like him because of how he acts, i might feel comfortable enough to talk to him but enough to let him touch me in any way (not because i hate him, i'm just very picky about who gets to touch me in any way) while with harle, i would trust him with my drink, i would pick him over a bear, and i would trust him to keep me safe in a bar or club without drawing too much attention and i would feel comfortable enough to let him hold my hand

The Dandy’s World fandom is actually insane when it comes to Mischaracterization. I’m not trying to hate because there’s not much lore to go off of but it’s low-key starting to pmo with how much of it there is. Cause, how the actual fuck did you mischaracterize SHRIMPO?!? He’s quite literally the textbook definition of a one-dimensional character, THERE IS ZERO CHARACTER TO MISCHARACTERIZE!

And I’m not talking about people who give him a back story, depth, and/or development, I have no issues with that and think it’s really cool. What I’m talking about is people going “He’d be homophobic!!” NO THE FUCK HE WOULDN’T!! He hates everyone and everything, he’d be LOVEphobic!

“He’d support Trump!” He’d hate Trump, and any politician ever.

“He’d like ICE!” He’d think they’re dumb and can’t do their job right at all.

“He’s racist!" yeah, TO THE HUMAN RACE!

The only thing that Shrimpo doesn’t seem to hate in canon that isn’t himself is Finn, and even then it’s just, he mildly tolerates Finn more than the others. And, like I said, it’s not just a handful of toons that the fandom mischaracterizes, IT’S ALL OF THEM! The only one that I don’t see get mischaracterized a lot is Pebble, THE FUCKING DOG! And I’m pretty sure they’ve still managed to do it!

Like, the ship Fruitcake (Sprout x Cosmo) I think is really cute, but everyone does it WRONG!! Idk if this still happens, but people would make Sprout this yandere for Cosmo or something and it just pmo. “Sprout would kill for Cosmo!” yeah, he’d also kill for literally any of the other toons. He’s protective of ALL OF THEM, he cares about ALL OF THEM! If him and Cosmo were dating, he’d be protective, NOT POSSESSIVE!! There’s a big difference.

I am not trying to make fun of lesbian Ragatha head canons or anything like that. This is about CERTAIN interpretations of her.

First off, Ragatha is her own person and very often she is watered down to just being an accessory to other characters, ESPECIALLY pomni. It’s honestly insane.

“Ragathas jealous of Jax and Pomni getting closer cause she’s a lesbi-“ NO??? Even if she was that should not be the takeaway and it’s genuinely driving me insane. People point out how she interacts with female NPCs and such, and are like “oh she’s so gay” though with all of the evidence we have it’s looking a lot more like it’s related to her relationship with her mother. She looks for approval with any female characters she interacts with because she is a people pleaser and lacked a positive maternal figure in her life.

Could she be a lesbian? Yes. Heck even I see her as one but she gets dumbed down to being gay and it JUST pisses me off because people forget she has a personality, she is a person.

No, he did not care for yarnaby, it literally said so in one of his letters… WTF are y’all talking about??? That man cared about progress and his own gain and those two things only. That man was a cvnt and that’s why I love him </3 stop making him seem like he cared for yarnaby or I’m going to start fights on the internet

If you want to check it out here’s the link:

https://archive.org/details/kirby-of-the-stars-anime-bluray-box-special-booklet/page/n4/mode/1up?view=theater

As much as I love this booklet, I have one major issue with it…

Look at this image for a second and tell me if there is something wrong with it:

If you answered Knuckle Joe being in this category, then you are correct 🎉🎉

I seriously love this book so much, but Knuckle Joe being in this category feels so wrong. I often wonder if the person who made this book watched ALL of the episodes he was featured in. In the episode “Here Comes The Son” he wants to get revenge on the Star Warrior who is responsible for killing his dad. After hearing the truth, Joe doesn’t know how to react so he relies on anger as a way to respond to Meta Knight’s story. Unfortunately Joe doesn’t know that his unhealthy coping mechanism would later turn him into a monster. Knuckle Joe’s way of coping from the loss of his father a mix of anger, hatred, and vengeance and if not checked on, can lead him to lose control of himself. During the battle with Kirby, Joe is very focused on his anger that transforms him into a needle monster, scaring him for life. If Knuckle Joe only appeared in that episode, I can see him being in this category, but since he appears in multiple episodes where his character grows, it doesn’t feel necessary to add him here. After transforming back into his regular self, Joe would later reform and focus on justice rather than vengeance. As a way to redeem himself, he becomes a Monster Hunter in order to destroy as many monsters as possible, most notably Masher (also known as Masher 2.0 in a later episode). “Monster Management” is an Episode that has SOME flaws, but it’s also the episode that grows Knuckle Joe into a better person and willing to become a hero (if your curious about the flaws I pointed out about the episode, check out my 4KIDS rant I made a while back). It’s honestly impressive that a child/teen was able to think of all of these plans in order to outsmart an entire corporation. Even though his plan wasn’t really that well executed in the show (makes sense for his age), he succeeds his mission by manipulating the sales guy by sending one of the strongest monsters, just for Joe to later defeat the monster with the help from Kirby. Meta Knight notes how impressed he is to Joe’s growth that he even says this to him:

(Episode: Monster Management (JAPANESE VER))

“Have you chosen the same path as your father, to defeat demon beasts?”-Meta Knight

Also in the same scene, Knuckle Joe wants to help his friends in case they are in danger, so he tells Kirby, if there’s something bothering him, Joe is always eager to help:

(Episode: Monster Management (JAPANESE VER))

“You can always call on me if anything happens. I’ll come as soon as I can.”-Knuckle Joe

These lines also prove that Knuckle Joe isn’t hunting down these monsters for himself, but is actually hunting down monsters to save the people around him. You know another person who hunted down monsters for the sake of the universe? It was Knuckle Joe’s Father, Jecra. He was literally a Star Warrior who risked his life in an attempt to stop the war eNeMeE made, even if it ended up with him getting kidnapped by a monster. Knuckle Joe is not a selfish brat, but is a heroic fighter who would be willing to follow his father’s footsteps and become a better person.

Knuckle Joe is strong, smart and determined and would do anything to protect the people he loves. LITERALLY IN THE BEGINNING OF “MASHER 2.0” YOU LITERALLY SEE HIM HUNTING DOWN MONSTERS DESPITE THE FACT THAT HE IS PUTTING HIS LIFE AT RISK TO PROTECT WHATEVER THAT BLOODY ORANGE PLANET IS (probably his planet filled with people that he is fond of (I also heavily checking out my lore dump about that scene))! WHAT IS EVEN THE POINT OF ADDING SOMEONE WHO IS LITERALLY HUNTING DOWN MONSTERS IN A MONSTER CATEGORY!?!?! IT LITERALLY MAKES NO SENSE!!!!! EVEN AFTER HE WAKES UP AND TELLS TIFF ABOUT MASHER, HE DOESNT CARE ABOUT HIS INJURIES AND WANTS TO DEFEAT MASHER SO HIS FRIENDS WOULD’NT BE IN DANGER!!!! NO MATTER IF MASHER WAS UPGRADED OR NOT, KNUCKLE JOE WANTED TO DESTROY THE MONSTER FOR GOOD INTENTIONS, NOT JUST FOR HIMSELF!!!!!

Also did the publisher forget that in the movie, Knuckle Joe is one of the three rouge destroya pilots? He literally became a pilot, so that he could help Kirby and his friends defeat eNeMeE (which Kirby SUCCEEDED). If Knuckle Joe didn’t reform himself, the war with the GSA members and the monsters would’ve continued. THATS HOW IMPORTANT JOE, SIRICA, AND ARTHUR ARE!!!! If it wasn’t for them, the Halberd would’ve never made it to eNeMeE territory. The pilots couldn’t destroy all of the bad Destroya ships, so Joe warns Meta Knight that three Destroya ships are after the Halberd and they should look out.

(Episode: Fright to the finish)

"I hate to tell ya this, Meta Knight, but I got some bad news for ya! Three Destroyas got through. They're headed your way!"- Knuckle Joe

Near the end of the same episode when Kirby and his friends escape from the fortress, Knuckle Joe is concerned for them and says this:

(Episode: Fright to the finish)

“I hope they all had time to…get away!”-Knuckle Joe

If Knuckle Joe wasn’t a good guy, he would’ve had no worry for Kirby and his friends to return. Not only should we celebrate Kirby, Tiff and the Halberd crew for stopping the war, but we should also appreciate each of the rouge destroya pilots for helping them enter the fortress.

Another thing I don’t get at all is that the description describes Joe as someone who is plotting to destroy the universe. HE LITERALLY DID THE OPPOSITE OF THAT BY SAVING THE UNIVERSE!!!! The only monstrous thing he has done is avenging his father, NOT PLOTTING TO CONTROL THE UNIVERSE!!!!

WAS IT THAT HARD TO PUT HIM IN THIS CATEGORY INSTEAD!?!

(IGNORE HOW MY TRANSLATOR MISTRANSLATED FUMU AND BUN’S NAMES)

Okay, he isn’t always with Kirby, but he is still a good friend to him. They should’ve also made a side character category and he would be included alongside some guest stars. Or a Star Warrior category where not only the book gives us information about the Star Warriors themselves but also the people who are related to them.

Also another error that I noticed in this book is that they used his normal colors instead of his monstrous colors.

IF YOU ARE GOING TO LIST KNUCKLE JOE AS A MONSTER USE THESE RENDERS:

NOT THIS:

If you want to make an official source for your characters, you should fully understand them before you decide what category they belong to. Knuckle Joe did start as a vengeful person, but he ends up becoming a very important hero to not only Kirby and his friends, but also the universe. His character is clearly written to show how a person can change after a traumatic experience. Imagine how traumatizing it would be to transform into a needle monster, his transformation makes him realize he is doing something wrong and that he should change. Since he is a kid, he might not realize that doing some of these things are wrong, but still has the time to learn and improve himself. Nobody is perfect, people have flaws and it’s best for them to learn from them. He has learned from his mistakes which ended up changing who he is for the better. Seeing the writers throw away his character development like that is just disgusting, especially since it’s the main point of his character. If it wasn’t for Joe and the other rouge pilots, the Halberd would’ve been destroyed and Kirby would never gain peace to the universe.

EXTRA:

Basically my rant in a nutshell

Ralsei is implied to be a representation of Kris’s want to be like their family, and while yes Ralsei resembles Asriel, it’s stated that he especially LOOKS AND ACTS LIKE TORIELLLL!!!!!!! KRIS LOVES THEIR MAMA AND WANTS TO BE LIKE HERRRRRR