What Measure Is a Non-Badass?: Difference between revisions

If the character in question is far more badass than the fandom gives them credit for, they may well be [[Underestimating Badassery]]. In rare cases, the fandom know that a character is badass, but dislikes them all the same, either because the character isn't "badass enough" or because they are badass for reasons other than, for example, fighting ability. A quick way to test this is to think about what a character actually does in fiction, and wait to see if any [[Fridge Logic]] emerges.

 

 

This trope is possibly a consequence of [[I Just Want to Be Badass]]. The [[Wish Fulfillment]] aspect of fiction generally makes people want to see characters they identify with do things that are cool/heroic/manly (i.e. [[Badass]]), which allows them to experience Badassery via a proxy of themselves. When the audience is denied their [[Wish Fulfillment]], they may dislike it and displace that dislike onto a character. Generally, any character that isn't a nail chewing badass (and/or is capable of showing... *eugh* ''emotion'') will be instantly dismissed as a [[The Scrappy|Scrappy]] or [[Creator's Pet]].