>>118982160it never shouldve tried to be 'all deep and serious n shit'
it was a silly comedy about an absurdly genius god-like drank motherfucker and his little weenie grandson. their dynamic was made for eachother and played off of eachother well, the story was simple but full of potential for humor and it was genuinely funny in a lot of ways at the beginning. rick was the definition of a mary sue and it WORKED, because the whole universe and show was structured around it just for him to win as a big ol 'fuck u' in everything he does for no reason whatsoever other than to have a laugh. it works
now that theyre trying to make it all serious, him being this overpowered doesnt work anymore. a mary sue god character can work in some ways if their universe and story is created to facilitate that. but not in this case, not when theyre trying to make him all sympathetic and sad for no reason. so they also started trying to knock him down a peg and now it just comes off as obnoxious.
its all a result of people who just cant accept comedy as comedy and nothing more. they see a character like rick and either wanna "fix" him, or prove how much better and smarter and more intelligent they are than he is.
rick isnt real. hes a cartoon character. he CAN be a thousand iq smug bastard. you cant. youre a fucking person whos not a genius and the god of his own universe, and you dont live in a story that lets you win all the time simply because thats how your world is structured. if you try and act like him youll look like a tard. if you try to one-up him or even prove him wrong youll still look like a tard because hes written to be overpowered and thats good as long as you let the inertia continue.
