#bufford

[ladycathastrofe]

Sona + Selfship.

[medusasea]

No Internet, Suzy Johnson is not a Hatesink

I saw that the Hate Sink WIki and TV tropes listed Suzie Johnseon from Phineas and Ferb as a hatesink and I really don't get why.

For those of you who don't know, a hatesink is a special type of character that the audience is meant to hate. These characters do occasionally have redeeming or cool qualities, but they get overshadowed by their bad personality to the point you loathe heir mere existence or at least this is the author's intentions.

While pure evil villains can be hatesinks, they don't qualify if they have enough cool qualities for the audience to be entertained by them. Take for instance Scar from the original Lion King. He has no redeeming qualities, but he is also has tons of charisma and col qualities. Now this doesn't mean that the intentions was to not feel hatred towards his evil deeds. The reason he does not qualify as a hatesink is because he is overall entertaining to watch and he is also meant to be this way.

Jerks can aslo qualify as hatesinks, but not if they show a decent amount of redeeming qualities, are no worse than an average jerk or have entertaining qualities like for example being funny.

Now that I'm done with the definition of hatesink, let's move on to Suzie Johnson and see if the definition applies.

She is Jeremy's younger sister. She sees herself as the most important girl in Jeremy's life and she won't allow any other girl to take her place. Because of this, she antagonizes Candace. The Hatesink Wiki and TV Tropes list her antagonism towards Candace as a reason why she is a hatesink. Now sure, Suzie loses sympathy points for this, but as I mentioned, being unsympathetic isn't the same as being a hatesink. Not only that, but Suzie's actions while evil, are not meant to be taken seriously. The way she hurts Candace is through cartoony slapstick, from which Candace recovers fast, or through over the top, ridiculous plans, that are not possible in real life nor would it be possible for a real child her age to implement.

Can you seriously look at this image and think we are supposed to take Suzie's evil plans seriously?

Furthermore, her ability to come up with such complex plans is pretty impressive. Charisma often prevents a villain from being a hatesink or at least makes them a little impressive.

Another reason why I don't consider her a hatesink is because her evil deeds, on top of being played for laughs, are seriously NOT THAT bad. Now, don't get me wrong, she is extremely selfish and manipulative, but as long as she doesn't think you get in her way, she won't antagonize you. In "Suddently Suize" she revealed she doesn't want to antagonize Candace as long as Jeremy isn't around and she kept her promise. She even wanted to make paper dolls with Candace and taught her how to manipulate her own brothers, even though Suzie had nothing to gain from it. Sure, it's no much of a redeeming quality, but it gives Suzie some nuance, even if not that much. As for her manipulating people to get what she wants by being cute, tormenting Candace aside (she probably tormented others for similar reasons too, but again, only if you get in her way and her evil plans are played for laughs) what she gets isn't really hurting anyone. All we saw her get was Jeremy spending time with her and Phineas giving her juice. I don't condone her actions, but it doesn't seem like she outright hurts Jeremy or Phineas.

There is also the whole thing of Bufford being scared of her. Look, Bufford is or at least used to be a bully. Sure, he got tons of character development and he became way nicer, but he has engaged in bullying before, so it is possible that he provoked Suzie in some way. It is never revealed why she terrorized him or what exactly she did either. Bufford's fear of her is also played for laughs.

Moving on to what I consider the biggest counterargument to Suzy being a hatesink, her appearance in "Nerds of a Feather". In that episode Suzy wasn't manipulating or hurting anyone. She acted like a realistic kid her age. All she wanted to do was see children's stuff with her brother at a convention. She truly loves Ducky Momo.

Ducky Momo loves her too. Actually, it's Candace in a costume. Suzy would've antagonized her again had she known it, but Candace certainly recognized Suzy and truly meant those wirds judging by her happy facial expression which was shown in a scene and she didn't have to make it, since her face is completely covered.

If you hate Suzie and think I failed at changing your opinion, that was never my intention. I am not arguing against your personal feelings towards the character. I am not claiming you should find her funny, entertaining or like her. I don't claim your feelings towards this character are wrong. However, just because some people hate her, this doesn't mean it was the creators' intention. The definition of hatesink refers to the intention of the creator, not the end result. I was arguing against the idea that it was the creators' intention to make Suzie hateable. Given all the points I listed, they clearly intended to make her a funny, charismatic antagonist and they even gave her redeeming qualities.

[guy60660]

Bufford | Library of Congress

[sketchedboba]

This isn't Bowuigi/Mario related.

I just wanna see how many ppl grew up watching this show

Jacob Two Two was honestly one of my favorite shows and now I have an au of the characters being older and in high school.

I honestly love drawing Jacob so much, he's so serious sometimes that it feeds his anxiety.

Reminds me of someone else...

[coquettemouse]

Bufford: you are so mean to me sometimes

Leo: I'm not mean to you, you are just dumb

Bufford: he's kinda mean to me sometimes. He says- "dumb, dumb, idiot" and I look at myself on the mirror and say "dumb, dumb idiot"

Bufford, sighing: you are why I'm insecure

[mimi-0007]

Daisy Bufford was born on April 20, 1913 in Franklin, Louisiana, USA. She was an actress, known for Deep South (1930), Love on Toast (1937) and Forgotten Faces (1936). She died on December 18, 1987 in Contra Costa County, California, USA.

[hal-o-ween]

Pokednd update: A MEOWTH HAS JOINED MY PARTY! It was part of a feral clan of meowth living in the city we're in. We've been very nice to them, so they helped us with a boss fight. Afterwards, this particular meowth, who was the first member of the clan we had met, challenged us to a battle. I accepted, and once it was low on health I offered it a pokeball. It played with it, and caught itself! So I now have three pokemon!

[z34l0t]

[wdym-i-have-too-many-plushies]

I just imagined a buff chicken, I want draw a buff chicken, but with scrawny human arms and buffffff legs

[ebufford]

[catsofyore]

Winter! ❄️ “Trade card for The Bufford’s Sons Lith. Co., Boston, Mass., 1887” Source.

[a-trainer-on-the-internet]

have you never heard of phineas and ferb?/gen

it’s a kids show about two children (phineas and ferb) making wacky inventions while their family psyduck, Perry, is a secret agent who fights a goofy mad scientist named Dr Doofenshmurtz. I assume that is what anon is referring to.

you might like it, it’s cute and funny and there’s some good memes that came out of it (that “if I had a pokedollar for every time x happened… I’d have two pokedollars, but it’s weird it happened twice” meme is from there)

DOOFENSCHMIRTZ??????

...huh???

[hotvintagepoll]

this is a poll for a movie that doesn't exist.

It is vintage times. The powers that be have decided to again remake the classic vampire novel Dracula for the screen. in an amazing show of inter-studio solidarity, Hollywood’s most elite hotties are up for the starring roles. the producers know whoever they cast will greatly impact the genre, quality, and tone of the finished film, so they are turning to their wisest voices for guidance.

you are the new casting director for this star-studded epic. choose your players wisely.

Previously cast:

Jonathan Harker—Jimmy Stewart

The Old Woman—Martita Hunt

Count Dracula—Gloria Holden

Mina Murray—Setsuko Hara

Lucy Westenra—Judy Garland

The Three Voluptuous Women—Betty Grable, Marilyn Monroe, and Lauren Bacall

Dr. Jack Seward—Vincent Price

Quincey P. Morris—Toshiro Mifune

Arthur Holmwood—Sidney Poitier

R.M. Renfield—Conrad Veidt

[saturndoesnotsleep]

Silver Lining Relationship Charts

Bobby Bearhug

Aimee. 20 years old

Bubba Bubbaphant

Bufford. 21 years old

Kickin Chicken

King. 19 years old.

Picky Piggy

Priya. 21 years old.

Craftycorn

Camila. 18 years old.

Hoppy Hopscotch

Yoora. 19 years old.

Dogday

Samuel. 20 years old.

Catnap

Theodore. 18 years old.

[songue85]

Songue85 plays... a Pokémon Emerald Nuzlocke

I'm doing it vanilla, following Da Basic Rules, you know,

You can only catch the first Pokemon you encounter in any area;

If you fail to catch this Pokemon for any reason then you may not attempt another capture;

You must nickname any Pokemon.

plus 'Dupes Clause' for Rule 2 (If first PKMN found in Route is a copy of one I previously caught or part of evolutionary line of a previously caught 'mon, I may ignore it).

It's been quite a long time I've done a Nuzlocke, getting myself ready for a hardcore run. Currently training in the first Routes.

Recent catches:

Torchic ♀ named Chicktita;

Poochyena ♀ called Darlene; and

Wurmple ♂, Biff, recently evolved to Silcoon.

(I had caught another Wurmple ♂ before, Bufford, but he evolved and died due to a Marill crit'ing it, so new route, caught Biff, because I can catch repeats or just ignore them.)

Will post screenshots later.