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Comment on What's one cliche "Moral of the story" in media that you hate more than anything else?

Kyle@lemdro.id ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

“This character is a freak, let’s make fun of them for being different, even run them out of town.” Character saves their lives, usually using the thing that makes them different “Hey everyone, this character is the best, we love them!”

Acceptable theoretical moral: Love everyone. Actual implied moral: Love everyone because you’ll never know when they might be useful to you.

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MadameBisaster@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
Or worse only love them after they proved helpful

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- Kyle@lemdro.id ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
  It’s so gross.
  
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- T156@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
  Almost as bad is if they get treated worse for saving the town, with the townspeople blaming them for any collateral damage.
  
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stretch2m@infosec.pub ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
Rudolph’s Nose trope.

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- Kyle@lemdro.id ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
  Exactly. HATED that and the Clifford books as a kid for that reason.
  
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FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
It’s also kinda harmful to disabled people. The implication is they can only be accepted if they prove themselves exceptional

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- Kyle@lemdro.id ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
  Right???
  
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