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gravitytrips · 1 month ago

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You are so right.

massive amount of tags below but have some good thoughts

We’ve all heard the “Scout gets too much attention” rants in the fandom but I also want to say: Scout gets too much hate.

Like, he’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. He’s got voice lines pleading for his life, but every character has voice lines where they’re weak or losing.

He’s also not that annoying to anyone but Spy (besides the people he’s killing). I’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 he’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 ‘scout gets wreaked by everyone automatically’ is in Mann Swap where we see him use his skillset to match with heavy’s strength.)

It’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 “serious” 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 Scout’s role in any given media is “punching bag”#even in some serious things #reason number 828367382 why Emesis Blue is amazing #they aren’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 it’s always been really obvious to me that it’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 don’t make Demoman nothing but drunk and don’t make Heavy stupid #other mischarachwrizations that peeve me:#Making Medic an asshole. Like. He really isn’t. He’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 doesn’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 didn’t use to be THAT stupid #He’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 I’ll make my own post sometime later

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