#my discourse

The possible reason for this misconception has two layers.

Non-native language users' speech patterns/utterances (short & choppy or word-chunk-like utterances; "Mom food love", "you no college", "Rocky new to ball") resemble first-stage speech patterns, occurring at a very early age, in infancy.

People generally associate language proficiency with their cognitive ability. Language is a powerful medium, which is used permanently once acquired & with much repetition, that can directly convey one's thoughts. Aligning with the said notion, people show great appreciation & respect to the people who have a way with words.

Misinterpretation occurs when putting these two together:

An adult non-native person's cognitive ability is equal to their current (non-1st) language level.

This misconception is prevalently & frequently consumed as jokes on sitcoms, especially as a hallmark joke for non-native characters.

(Character having an exaggerated accent with wonky pronunciation & wrong intonation. Mistook similar words or a certain word in phrases, and it happens all the time. The other character tries to rectify his phrase "No, it's~ not ~, (character's name). (*THAT DREADED LAUGH TRACK ENSUES*) At this point, you can probably hear the recorded laugh tracks any time that character utters a single word with their distinctive speech repertoire.)

Few examples:

Gloria Delgado-Pritchett (from "Modern Family") once shouted out with genuine frustration about being laughed at by others for her English.

Cha Eugene (from "Debut or Die" ("데뷔 못하면 죽는 병 걸림")), also a multilingual character (whose first language is English) and became an idol in Korea.

At first, the main character (MC) from the same group misconstrues Eugene as juvenile (not only that, BUT also his peppy, energetic personality & being the youngest member of the team heightened this notion). However, as they know each other more, MC realizes that Eugene is a very considerate & much more mature person, and he was blinded by the language. There are moments of this realization depicted in the novel, here and there.

So I’ve seen a handful of posts saying things like “Angel is the most interesting character in Hazbin”, “Charlie isn’t a good MC”, and “why isn’t Angel the protagonist”, and I wanted to give my two cents.

To start with, I do agree Angel is the most interesting character in Hazbin right now, but that doesn’t mean much when there’s only a pilot episode, two comics and a MV. Angel is an engaging character, but he’s also the one with the most screen time and focus thus far. Because he’s features so prominently, we as a fandom know and understand him better than we do the rest of the cast. The only other character with a comic right now is Alastor, and he’s meant to be not only a mysterious and enigmatic figure, but also not the ‘protagonist’ type. He’s bad and not only doesn’t want to change, but doesn’t think others can either, and in a series based almost entirely around the concept of redemption and changing for the better, he’s more likely than not going to be playing an almost antagonistic role at times.

Second, the complaint that Charlie isn’t an interesting character just doesn’t hold water when you consider how seemingly one-note Angel was in the pilot, brief moments of compassion aside. Charlie is the Princess of Hell itself but also a kind and nurturing person who genuinely cares about her subjects. This is already an interesting premise for a character, and the implications of her phone call with her mother set the scene for a ton of future development. Does Lucifer even love his daughter? Does Lilith? Do they support Charlie’s dreams, even if they don’t believe in her? If not, how did she acquire the hotel? Why did Charlie decide to try and redeem souls? How did she meet Vaggie? In all likelihood, the answers to these questions will be interesting to say the least. Additionally, seeing how Charlie reacts to various situations and how she develops as a character will make her a much more engaging main character.

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Hey anon! So first of all, I try to be as positive as possible on my blog because the world’s too damn sad as it is for me to be constantly spreading angry shit and making myself miserable in the meantime. That being said, it’s not my place to tell others how to think about something they feel strongly about (tbh I don’t think it’s anybody’s place to do so). I know my post makes it seem like I am but honestly, I was just really tired of people disregarding the other elements of the show that sent out a pretty positive message or were very well done in favour of being angry about their ships being threatened. I’m not saying I don’t have any opinions on the show, or that it isn’t flawed, because I do and it is, but I also think it’s good to not drown yourself with anger. If you disagree with the direction of the show, drop it and look for something else. It’s honestly that simple because looking at it any longer will just keep making you mad so just do yourself a service.

Now, I am not talking about the queerbaiting/poc/violence/etc. My post was very much only talking about ships because I have seen a lot of antis disregarding the good of the show to scream about their ships being threatened. It’s really not that deep and I didn’t want to make it that deep. I’m not about to start preaching to everyone what they should feel or should not feel because I know from experience that something that is okay for someone might not be for another. 

It is interesting that you say mere representation =/= good representation because that is definitely something I agree with. I will share my opinion on the following matter which has caused a lot of controversy about it: Ad@m’s death. A lot of people feel cheated about it because what we should have had is the representation of Ad@m and Shiro showing their love for each other which I can understand. But my personal opinion is that it would have been so cheap if they just. Made up. Like that. Clearly something went wrong in their relationship that could not have been mended, with each side being hurt way too deeply to just kiss and make up. Shiro’s sexuality aside, this is not something I would have wished for any pairing because it’s just such a crap way of “here, you wanted this? then have it, even thought it’s clearly not good or healthy and really just me trying to shut you up by giving you the end product”.  

I do have my own thoughts about Ad@m’s ending and Ad@shi’s story as a whole, which I think could have definitely been done in a better way. They could have given us more flashbacks about Shiro’s time with Ad@m pre-break up, just as a couple doing what couples do and honestly, that would have been better and fairer for viewers hoping for something. What the show runners failed to take into account is that the fandom watching it actually has a brain that can think independently so of course, people are going to be mad about the way it was introduced so suddenly and ended up being wrapped up so carelessly with no development whatsoever.

But I will say this: Ad@m was never supposed to be a main character or he would not have been introduced in a flashback for like 3 mins and most of it was him and Shiro having an argument. I truly do not think that ad@shi could have gone anywhere significant when Shiro returned, but I do think that there could have been some better closure. As for me, it’s no secret what I ship and it’s probably because of it that I think that there is still representation, just not the representation that some people want. Fight me on this if you will, just know that I have no patience for rude people.

As a side note, it’s also not a secret who’s the real show runner here. While the staff might be trying to get something in, if the Big Boss says no, it’s a no. You might think it’s a joke when people say that big businesses are being run by old white men but it’s actually true. Some of them have extremely outdated views and it’s not one word that will suddenly make them change. I know some people think “I’d rather there be nothing at all than have something really badly done” which I understand and can agree with. But sometimes the first step is to actually make people aware that this is even a Thing in the first place. So curse the Vld staff all you want but keep in mind who’s the real decision maker here.