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A problem with Scott

I should probably make a proper post about it at some point but like my annoyance at when the Wolfpack say gross stuff in Roadtrip is partially due to Scott and the Narrator's responses.

Like, I don’t like Leonard's inclusion in Prom but at least every time he says something awful every single character reacts like 'woah wtf that sucked' and whatever. You at least know the main characters are decent people in that regard.

But when the Wolfpack do stuff like heckle Polly in an objectifying way, and she gets mad, Scott doesn't like try stop his cousins, he's just like 'aw cmon Polly I know they're a handful but never mind'. He never steps in to tell his cousins their behaviour is inappropriate and he still like brings his female friends to hang out with them even though Polly clearly dislikes them, probably partially because of that behaviour. At that point, either Scott is a problem because he doesn't understand that their behaviour is bad, or he does but is unwilling to stand up to it, either by intimidation or because he loves his cousins or he knows its bad but doesn't think it's a big deal. Obviously the main problem is that the wolfpack are being douchebags, but Scott is being part of the problem as a guy by not standing up for Polly / women in general to them.

And like, characters don't have to be perfect! Scott having this blindspot and issue can be like an interesting thing to explore I'm sure, maybe it brings tension into his friendship with Polly, it should definitely add tension to his love for his cousins. And maybe him addressing this with the Wolfpack could be part of him growing up and like standing up for himself against them too. There's stuff that can be done there.

What I find weird is when like Polly will be clearly mad at them, the narrator will be weirdly like 'well these guys suck lol but what can you do' and Scott won't even acknowledge it but the game continously tells us he's a good pure soul who tries hard to do the right thing.

I guess it makes me wonder when I see these lines where the wolfpack are outright misogynistic like... why are these lines there? What’s the point? It isn't being used to develop Scott or his relationship with other characters. It's not like actually addressing the misogyny. Is the joke just like 'some people say objectifying things haha isnt that funny?' And like I said before they show up fairly often for such minor npcs, so it's weird having some characters regularly say gross stuff for no good reason. I'd find it off-putting even if they weren't my favourites and I felt like opportunities for depth were being missed. So yeah I think there's lots of fun things that could have been done with them with having them say gross stuff that would have actually bettered the game without making Scott seem like a worse person.

#mez speaks #monster prom #the wolfpack #scott howl #monster roadtrip

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I do wish the Wolfpack didn't like say such outright inappropriate things in Roadtrip like im always hyped to see them but I do spend half the time like 'cmon guys' 😐

It's a bit strange that they actually have so much content in roadtrip (for non hitchhikers) like they have about 10 outcomes they appear in I think, but that isn't really used to give them any extra depth or development from Prom (except i guess it's more implied that they are actually bi like everyone else, compared to no suggestion of that in prom) and actually I feel like the more outright misogynistic stuff and less focus on their relationship with Scott is a downgrade from their characterisation in prom 🤔

(But I'm also annoyed by it because I'm pretty sure them saying more misogynistic stuff in roadtrip means basically no chance of getting them as romanceable ever 😭)

#mez speaks #monster prom #the wolfpack #monster roadtrip

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Oh! Did you know! Iyami’s zansu originated as a form of speech associated with women! More specifically, an archaic, shortened form of de gozaimasu, associated with the madams of old-timey high class adult entertainment businesses. This, like most of Iyami’s speech quirks, comes directly from Tony Tani, one of the comedians Akatsuka took inspiration from when creating him. Tony Tani’s influence is VERY visible on Iyami, from his flamboyant stage persona, his tendency to sprinkle English words in his speech (he introduced himself as “number one handsome boy” in English, for example) to his signature pencil mustache! In fact, Iyami’s voice in the 80s adaptation of the Osomatsu-kun anime is a VERY spot on Tony Tani impression by Kaneta Kimotsuki! Just listen to one after the other:

#im literally always repeating stuff he says in the dub #me is from france... why is this happening to me....

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I walked up to a restaurant entrance at the same time as this guy and he held the first door for me and then I held the second door for him and he said "we call that the Midwestern two-step" with a laugh and I've been thinking about it all day.

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Watched ghostbusters last night... not actually a very good movie?

#mez speaks

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chibita when the boys eat some of his great oden,

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Please be normal

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we talk a lot about ohhhh what if my calling is to be the greatest mammoth hunter ever and I'm wasting my talents in the modern era but we never think about what if Thog from 30,000 BCE was the only person ever born who could get a sub-7min Donkey Kong Country any%, and he never got the chance. what about thog

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I hate work I should be at the (remembers I don't want to go to the club) the imagination

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just asked my professor if he wants to feature on a song LMFAO

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beginning to understand chorochan

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happy lesbian visibility day :)

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(meeting my friend's buddy campbell) candle... great to meet. heard a lot about ya. these boys ever try to light you up?

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Going back in time to show leslie feinberg 'am i butch or femme' uquizes

#mez speaks

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todomatsu has an announcement

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