User blog:CartoonFan14/Bad Is Bad

I know the title is something we should all know, but more often than not, I see this being brought up. What I mean is when a certain episode has a flaw, someone argues that since they did it intentionally, it isn't a flaw, now I really don't like this argument.

Take the boys in Save the Date, I think they're bad characters because their only trait is to be callous jerks. But people can argue that the writers are trying to make them jerks, and so they suceeded.

The problem here is that they are trying to be bad. If a kid tries to break a rule, if he breaks the rule, he did something bad, it doesnt matter of it was intentional. He still dod somethinf bad, and it is even worse knowing that he wanted it to be bad. So why shouldnt the same count for animation.

Intentional or not, the fact that their only character trait is to be jerks, and unlikeable, makes them bad characters, and nothing can change that.

Bad is bad, a bad character is a bad character no matter what, bad acting is bad acting no matter what, bad writing is bad writing no matter what. These problems, (no matter how minor or major) are problems, and shouldn't be excused, so we need to stop making excuses for them.