>>85487063I hate this whole
>"You didn't watch enough or didn't watch it!"Meme that always comes up. It's like reddit-types always expect when someone watches a show they worship they'll glorify it as much as they do and if they don't have a holier than thou opinion well they must not have seen it right?
>His entire shtick is a facade created out of fear and pain. Yeah I get that he's pathetic underneath.
He has fears and is secures and is lonely, depressed, desperate and utterly in despair all the time. That's the reason for his drinking, real subtle.
The problem is, it doesn't make me care about him. It doesn't make his speeches or aesops more impactful or give an ounce of weight to the meaningless deaths. It's just there.
Unlike with Bojack, his drinking problems and pathetic character isn't what's supposed to make him tragic or interesting. It's how he deals with the nihilistic delivery of the show that makes him feel so brilliant. Rick is just a sad person disguised as an asshole.
Maybe I've got a confirmation bias but the show continually reinforces that with how blunt and in-your-face it is, and I detest that style. Everything is meaningless and sad because Morty said so or is depressing as shit because Rick rants about how it is, okay so fucking what? Good storytelling and characterization isn't a soap-box.
>You also don't know what Gary Sue A male Mary Sue. A character without (meaningful) flaws that interact with their environment and narrative. One who the narrative and setting places way too much importance and everything gets warped around just for them. A character clearly made for the author's avatar and viewers self-insert. One whose 'way better' than all the rest of the cast and more important obviously. An obnoxiously hypersmart competent character whose most interesting flaw is they suffer from "Depression."
It's amazing how even the premise of Rick and Morty isn't all terrible. It's just the handling of Rick that destroys any investment.
