• MIDItheKID@lemmy.world
    5·
    1 day ago

    Mark Brendanawicz in Parks and Rec. I think he was supposed to be the calm and sensible one in a cast of looney, but good lord he was boring. I guess people didn’t necessarily hate him, but he was so bland they just forgot him. He never made any more appearances after leaving, and was never mentioned. Even in an episode where Ann is reminiscing about her past boyfriends, they didn’t mention him because he was so unlikeable that the writers forgot about him.

    • Scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.techEnglish
      3·
      1 day ago

      And then they made him a weird ladies man that didn’t fit his character all. He was the poochie of parks and rec, and he wasn’t even added later

  • inb4_FoundTheVegan@lemmy.world
    65·
    3 days ago

    Haven’t seen it posted yet, but I wanna get ahead of the inevitable mention…

    Skylar White went above and beyond for Walt, she was a queen put in an impossible situation where she did the best anyone could’ve. People hate on Sky but however she was (just another) woman trapped with a violent and dangerous man trying to stay afloat to protect her kids.

    If you think Sky was the worst part of Breaking Bad, then you didn’t understand the show.

    • dmention7@midwest.social
      21·
      3 days ago

      Not sure I agree about Skylar being meant to be liked.

      Despite being an anti-hero, Walter was the protagonist, and the show was presented in such a way that you’re generally rooting for him, even if you don’t really like Walter as a person.

      On the other hand, Skylar is pretty much doing the sane and rational thing of trying to make the best of an impossible situation (as you noted), but she’s still impeding or opposing the protagonist for much of the story. Since the story is being told from Walt’s POV, it’s hard to truly like Skylar as a character to the point where you are rooting for her. And that contradiction is part of what made the show interesting IMO.

      100% agree though, if you actively dislike Skylar or think she was the worst part of the show, you’ve missed the entire point.

    • Ech@lemmy.ca
      16·
      3 days ago

      This one frustrates me so much. Skylar wasn’t perfect, but she gets so much hate. It’s so stupid.

      • FatVegan@leminal.space
        3·
        2 days ago

        Isn’t that like a Joffrey situation where he just played the role so well that people legit hated him

        • Ech@lemmy.ca
          5·
          1 day ago

          1) I’m talking about the character, Skylar White, not the actress, Anna Gunn, though the actress doesn’t deserve hate either. 2) My first point is that the character doesn’t deserve the hate she gets. She reacts (mostly) rationally to the hurricane of shit her husband brings down on their family. The character isn’t perfect, no, but none of the characters in the show are. The only context in which Skylar is “hateable” is if it’s from a position that considers Walter a good guy, which is fucking insane.

      • inb4_FoundTheVegan@lemmy.world
        12·
        2 days ago

        Omfg. Yes! Yes it literally is!

        This is exactly what I am talking about. By the time Sky fucked Ted she had already served Walt divorce papers, changed the locks and got a job to support herself as she was leaving her gaslighting, lying and violent husband. And even then she didn’t actually fuck Ted until Walt admitted he was selling Meth. Sky could/should’ve gone to Hank right that moment, but instead she kept Walts secret and did something for herself. Exactly like Walt had been doing for months starting his bloody empire. That is without a doubt going above and beyond what Walt deserved or what would’ve been best for her.

        Honestly even that was only the most technical form of “cheating”, they were divorcing. But even so, if you want to focus on Skylars 1 body count of cheating then remember Walts body count of 3-4 murders. It’s such a double standard to place her in the wrong.

    • hateisreality@lemmy.world
      4·
      2 days ago

      I mean in her case, I like to think the actress is so damn good I hated her character… Vs someone I think cannot act.

      But she was written that way, just like Hank (oops Walter…) was written to appeal to us, despite him being a literal fucking monster and Skyler being the best wife she could be in that situation.

    • Lumidaub@feddit.org
      11·
      3 days ago

      I need to make this obvious: ⭐⭐Wes**T**ley⭐⭐🤩🏴‍☠️ is the opposite of what OP is looking for, whereas it is Wesley who needs to shut up.

      • Taser@lemmy.dbzer0.com
        2·
        2 days ago

        My bad!

        Thanks for the correct. Just finished S02 (again), and he’s in the opening credits. You’d think I paid more attention 😅

        But he really needs to shut up.

  • zabadoh@ani.social
    30·
    3 days ago

    Replacement characters:

    Dr. Pulaski on STTNG. “PMS Bitchface” some called her.

    The replacement Duke brothers.

    Chrissie (Suzanne Somers) replacement on Three’s Company. And the replacement for the Ropers wasn’t that great either.

    • LEM 1689@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
      2·
      3 days ago

      There were two characters on Threes Company to become roommates after Chrissy left. Cindy was a mid season replacement in season 5, and then Terri started at the beginning of season 6. Cindy was a disaster, figuratively and literally. Terri was a more empowered role.

  • Iced Raktajino@startrek.website
    29·
    3 days ago
    • Scrappy Doo
    • Poochie (on The Simpsons but he was a parody)
    • Pretty much any child character added halfway through the show’s run

    Edit: The character of Jenny on Unhappily Ever After. She was played by Stephanie Hodge, and she was supposed to be the star of the show. Everyone hated her character, and she eventually got written off, came back as a ghost, and then abruptly left again.

    The series was initially written as a starring vehicle for Hodge, whose character Jennifer was the focus of the first few episodes. However, the series soon turned its focus to Jack Malloy, a schizophrenic, alcoholic, and lazy husband who was kicked out of the house in the pilot episode. … By the show’s third season, Tiffany Malloy had become the breakout character, and Cox became the de facto co-star of the show along with Pierson.

    In the fourth season, producers decided to kill off Jennifer’s character, but returned her as a ghost. After continuing to torment her family as a poltergeist known as “Dead Mom”, the Malloys realize that the show doesn’t work without Jennifer as their common enemy. Jennifer is then brought back to life after a metafictional sequence, commonly used in the show, in which a network executive enters the house and explains to the characters that, due to the jokes no longer being funny, “Dead Mom” is no longer dead. Jennifer then returns and is overjoyed to be restored to life, until she sees the gigantic mess the family left for her to clean up. Jennifer throws a massive temper tantrum and vows to take terrible revenge. Nevertheless, Hodge decided to leave the show anyway, and several episodes after Jennifer’s “resurrection”, she eloped with a lesbian lover and was never seen again.

    – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unhappily_Ever_After

  • Lumidaub@feddit.org
    13·
    3 days ago

    A whole host of women on Supernatural who fans were supposed to ship with the main characters but who ended up rather same-y and at best were met with indifference. It got better in later seasons but never really good.

    #Justice4CharlieAndEileen

        • Lumidaub@feddit.org
          8·
          2 days ago

          Killed her off-screen, needlessly. Best character in years, could’ve easily become member of the main cast or at least regular recurring (make her a technomage!!), but nooooo, women on SPN just die, y’know, like it’s a law of nature. They KIND OF brought her back later but ugh.

    • tgirlschierke@lemmy.blahaj.zone
      3·
      2 days ago

      i’m gonna be honest, from all i’ve heard about the show, the thought of a heterosexual pairing never once crossed my mind or social media feed

      • Lumidaub@feddit.org
        2·
        2 days ago

        The CW violently disagrees ;D

        🪽

        especially when it comes to Dean, Dean is SO heterosexual, straight as an arrow, red-blooded American, no frills no nonsense, likes women exclusively, loves Cas like a brother /s

        • Ech@lemmy.ca
          1·
          1 day ago

          loves Cas like a brother

          Ah, that explains a lot of the fanfic.

      • 1SimpleTailor@startrek.websiteEnglish
        4·
        1 day ago

        I’ve grown more fond of Wesley as I’ve grown older. He’s only ever really “annoying” in season one, but the entire show was rough back them. I wish we had gotten more of Wesley post season 4, during TNG’s peak years.

  • bamboo@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
    11·
    3 days ago

    The new characters in LOST who were part of the plane crash but only introduced in Season 3. Everyone hated them immediately, and just when they get their backstory and have a bit of character, they’re killed off halfway through the season.