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Topic	is "the characters are unlikable" a valid criticism
averagejoel 08/12/21 9:52:02 AM #44:	Compsognathus posted... I mean it is if the writer is intending them to be likable. Like I don't think the writers of How I Met Your Mother wanted the audience to hate the protagonist of the series. But I have never met someone who actually liked Ted. So calling Ted unlikable is a valid criticism. I don't think author intent is at all relevant to this conversation, because you can't ever actually know what the writer intended --- peanut butter and dick <cite>averagejoel posted [p:957013721] in is "t... [t:79610088]...</cite> <quote>Compsognathus posted... </cite> <quote>I mean it is if the writer is intending them to be likable. Like I don't think the writers of How I Met Your Mother wanted the audience to hate the protagonist of the series. But I have never met someone who actually liked Ted. So calling Ted unlikable is a valid criticism.</quote>I don't think author intent is at all relevant to this conversation, because you can't ever actually know what the writer intended --- peanut butter and dick</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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