Lyn

Ive noticed a pattern on the internet

Whenever a character can be described as more then two words, as more then good or bad

They either get a tremendous amount of hate or a gross amount of coddling

It upsets me

A good example of this is Jax

He is a complex character who does bad things.

Jax is not a good guy.

This is overall what it sums up too.

But he also is not evil, he is not irredeemable

What I feel people confuse about characters who are antagonistic and have backstorys is they take that backstory as an excuse for said characters actions

Jax having a bad homelife is not an excuse for their actions. They have done terrible things

No one in the circus owes him forgiveness, especially Gangle

But just because you do something bad, does not make you bad.

The other side of the Jax debate is that Jax is nothing more then a piece of shit who derversed to die

This side of the argument is just an example of how unempathetic the internet can be

You very well can feel for a character while still holding them accountable

Im fine with people still not liking Jax, or saying they personally wouldn't forgive him

But saying that he deserves death and some people even mocking his trama and saying he derversed it, thats just disgusting behavior

That makes you just as bad as Jax

I am aware Jax has been confirmed to be a trans women, happy pride! Ive also heard that its ok to use both he or she, and im using he because thats what most people are familiar with.

This is a big excuse to rant about all my favorite characters who have injustice done to them

Another example of this, is Basil from Omori

People typically either think two ways about him that ive seen

Basil gets dumbed down to a victim a lot, or someone who could do no wrong.

Basil stabbed Sunny in the eye with garden shears.

Basil staged sucide to cover up manslaughter

Basil is a heavily traumatized character, with abandonment issues, and a guilty conscience.

Basil is no better then Sunny

Basil did do wrong

This brings me to the other side of what people tend to think about Basil

A villain

People tend to think this because of Basil attacking Sunny, because of Basil being clingy, because Basil staged Maris sucide

Are these terrible things that Basil did that no one owes him forgiveness for?

Yes

But if you say you hate Basil for this, you have to hate Sunny if you dont want to be a hypocrite

Sunny killed Mari, Sunny also staged Mari sucide even if not his idea, Sunny abandoned all of his friends, Sunny mistreated Basil

Sunny has hurt Basil, as Basil has hurt Sunny

Basil wanted to protect Sunny, and his protection was abcured by trama and fear

What Basil did was a terrible thing

Action is always more important then intention

But acknowledging intention is important for understanding and empathy

I feel as if the whole of Omori is often so misinterpreted

Some people take it as what Sunny did was completely forgivable

Some people take it as Sunny is a terrible person

Some people take it as their excuse for their own self depreciation

Omori is a game about overcoming depression and owning up to your mistakes and facing yourself.

What Sunny did was awful,(even if he didnt mean it) it was a misfortunate tragedy

And what made it worse is that he lied about it

Everyone has a right to be angry about that, everyone has a right to take their time to forgive Sunny, if they even want to at all.

Sunny was 12 when he pushed Mari down the stairs, he was a child, who was angry at his big sister

Sunny made a mistake, and that mistake hurt others, and theres nothing he can do about it

There's nothing he can do but to do better, to be better, to face his mistakes head on

Mari was pushing Sunny really hard for their recital yes

And ive heard people say that Mari and Sunny are equal

Which FUCK NO

Sunny took Mari's life in no way are they equal

Ive heard people say "Mari would never forgive Sunny"

Mari does not need to forgive Sunny, but its heavily implied she does

As the saying "My thoughts will follow you into dreams" appears near her grave

I feel like this implies that Mari thoughts and wants for Sunny, are carried into the dream world

We keep seeing ghost Mari tell Sunny to face his mistake, and that she wants him to forgive himself, which is probably what Mari would want

Ive also seen people in the Omori fandom dumb down every character to just "sucidal and silly"

Ive seen people say Sunny is just like them bz theyre depressed, which its a great thing to find a character to relate to, and who makes you feel seen

But when I bring up the fact that Sunny is a strong character, a character who overcomes his fears and agony, I get told

"No Sunny just wnats to khs"

Which is a terrible interpretation of the game and character

In Omori you see Sunny first learn how to calm down, then focus, then persist, then overcome

Which is a beautiful buildup in my opinion

But how do you see that, play Omori, or watch Omori, and think "huh this game is about how being depressed is ok"

Did you even play the game?!?!

I understand that people struggle that people are depressed that people struggle ive been there

But i dont have much tolerance for those who choose to wallow in their own self pity, those who refuse to try.

Because if you dont try, nothing will ever get better

You are a quitter and that is on you.

Its sad and I hope one day those people will learn how to try, and I wish them well, and I hope they find the path of betterment.

I also see people not understand Monika from DDLC

Ive seen her dumbed down to a "yandere" or just "evil"

Monika didnt want the MC, she wnated the player, you.

Monika realized that all her memories were fake, that all her friends weren't real and had no free will, that when the game ended she would die

And so she at first, altered her friends code to be less likable, so you would choose her, so she would get to talk to someone real, so she wouldn't die

Then she altered the code too much, that the characters starting killing themselfs

At the end, she just took care of Natsuki herself and told you about what happened

If you close the game in the "Just Monika" segment she'll tell you that whenever the game isnt open it hurts and its just nothingness

When you delete Monika she reveals she made back up for the other dokis and go on a speech

"I lied. I didnt delete them, I just couldnt bring myself to. I loved my friends

I loved the literature club. I really did love the literature club. "

She'll bring everyone back, and Sayori will have the same reaction Monika did to being in a game (yet I dont see people call her evil)

And Monika will stop Sayori and thank him for making her friends happy

Monika is by no means a evil character

One of my favorite characters ever is Chara from Undertale

They often get called the "demon child"

This one is wrong by almost all means

Id say Chara is the most innocent character out of Jax, Sunny, Basil, and Monika

Chara was abused by humans on the surface, and jumped Mt. Ebott to kill themselves

They failed and were taken in by the Dreamur family

They were known as the hope of the underground

Chara and Asirel loved each other dearly (SIBLING WISE ISTG)

One day, Chara and Asirel baked Asgore a pie but mistook cups of butter, for buttercup flowers which are poisonous

Asirel remarks that Chara laughed it off

A lot of people say that this means Chara enjoyed the pain

But laughing is seen as a way to express sorrow in the underground

Toriel laughs when you kill her

Snowdrake dead mother laughs even tho shes in chronic pain

The phrase "you laugh but nothings funny" appears numerous times

This does not prove Chara enjoyed Asgores pain

Chara gets an idea from this

Chara wants monsters to not be trapped underground

Chara hates humanity, as they were abused by humans, and as humans are the reason those they love are trapped underground

So they poison themselves with buttercups, they kill themselves, sacrifice themselves for their family

The plan fails, as Asirel was to much of a pacifist to fight back

Chara is the narrator of the whole game, and without them you couldnt save Asirel

They are the ones who tell you

"There's one more person to save"

There is no cannon age for Chara, but based on the sprite and the way they behave I think 7-12 is the range, I personally believe 9

But they are a child (that means stop shipping them)

Chara in genocide aids your path

They do not do it for you, you choose to kill everyone they ever loved

As they say

"I woke up, I was confused at first, our plan had failed, why was i back? But then you, you showed me the way"

They are a small child, very impressionable

When they realize you killed everyone literally just for the sake of killing everyone and not for a greater purpose they say

"You think your above consequences

Your mind is perverted, you make me sick"

They make you sell them your soul if you wish to continue the game, and will make sure you cant get a happy ending as you dont derverse one

Chara is not an antagonist, they aid you in your gameplay, unless you do genocide.

Thats my rant, thanks for listening