Caution: Satire
I, the not particularly well loved but reasonably tolerated Mister Miracle, have decided to hate a comic book character on a completely arbitrary basis. Now, I've given this a lot of thought. In order to hate a character, with little regard for the actual quality of their body of work, I have to choose a character that is reasonably well established but is not particularly well-known to myself. This poses a bit of a problem, as I'm fairly familiar with most of the mainstream A, B, and C listers from most of the major publishers. With this in mind, I've set the criteria for choosing this character as follows:
-The character should be widely published.
-The character should have a reasonably sized fan-base who are capable of arguing about how unreasonable I'm being.
-I should not be particularly familiar with the character or read their comics.
-My knowledge of the character should be based solely on my observation of what is on their covers or from encyclopedia websites.
It took some time, but I've finally found such a character. I have decided that I hate:
Archie Andrews
In fact, it isn't enough that I hate Archie. In spite of my lack of knowledge of the character, it is absolutely essential to me that I convince other people to hate him as well. Now, why should I do this? I've made a list specifying a number of plausible reasons.
-I believe that I am a well-reasoned and intelligent individual.
-I hate Archie
-Therefore, I can make other people just as well-reasoned and intelligent as I am by convincing them that they should also hate Archie.
-By convincing others to hate Archie, I will feel more validated in my own hatred of Archie.
Now, the hardest part of implementing my plan is coming up with reasons to hate Archie that are based solely on my limited knowledge of the character. I've taken the liberty of making a list of my basic knowledge of Archie:
-He's a redhead.
-He lives in Riverdale.
-He's prone to indecisiveness when it comes to relationships.
And so I present to you my thesis, my magnum opus if you will. My collective assembly of point-by-point reasoning of why I hate Archie Andrews. Continue if you will, but be warned: your own perspective of the character may be forever skewed by what you read below:
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BLARGH! ARCHIE STUPID!
/Satire
I hate this character
Let's Be Friends Again did a good Archie strip
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