#of cours most people make an effort to characterize Heavy coreectly
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gravitytrips Ā· 4 months ago
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You are so right.
massive amount of tags below but have some good thoughts
Weā€™ve all heard the ā€œScout gets too much attentionā€ rants in the fandom but I also want to say: Scout gets too much hate.
Like, heā€™s decidedly NOT a coward. I have no idea where people get that from. His entire backstory is that he got fast to that he could run into danger before the fight ended. Heā€™s got voice lines pleading for his life, but every character has voice lines where theyā€™re weak or losing.
Heā€™s also not that annoying to anyone but Spy (besides the people heā€™s killing). Iā€™m easier on this though because it comes from gameplay habits.
Also, Scout is strong. Maybe not physically, and certainly not as much as the rest of the team, but heā€™s quick, acrobatic, and whip smart about surroundings. He did single handedly take on a Heavy. Sure, it was his meet-the and everyone is overpowered but still. He puts up a fight. (My favorite subversive moment of the ā€˜scout gets wreaked by everyone automaticallyā€™ is in Mann Swap where we see him use his skillset to match with heavyā€™s strength.)
Itā€™s hilarious to punch the punching bag, ofc. But Scout is my least favorite of the main nine and it still kills me to see him in ā€œseriousā€ tf2 fan media with only his joke traits.
#Yeah#The characters most mischaracterized I think are Heavy and Scout#of cours most people make an effort to characterize Heavy coreectly#But like op said Scoutā€™s role in any given media is ā€œpunching bagā€#even in some serious things#reason number 828367382 why Emesis Blue is amazing#they arenā€™t even technically the canon characters but they are so well written#hate it when something is really obvious to me but not to other people#like clearly Scout is flawed#hes an arrogant asshole#but itā€™s always been really obvious to me that itā€™s an ACT#like father like son lmao#Expiration Date really solidified this belief of mine#i try to characterize the mercs correctly in my fics#dont make Scout a coward donā€™t make Demoman nothing but drunk and donā€™t make Heavy stupid#other mischarachwrizations that peeve me:#Making Medic an asshole. Like. He really isnā€™t. Heā€™s just got a few screws loose. There are several instances in canon that prove#he actually cares about his team. At least to an extent#When people make Engineer the Voice of Reason#that man is just as insane as Medic. He just doesnā€™t show it as much outwardly#when people make soldier totally incompetent#his stupidity and incompetence was really ramped up in the main comics but he didnā€™t use to be THAT stupid#Heā€™s more intelligent than you would think#Some docs have gotten Demo right and made him the emotional center of the team#he really loves his team as implied in the comics#This is getting long maybe Iā€™ll make my own post sometime later
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