so I’m both a fan of Bojack Horseman and Rick and Morty so when I critique the fandoms it’s coming from someone who enjoys both of those shows but
the problem with a lot of the fanbase (Rick and Morty being especially bad about this, because Rick’s ability to perform escapism is due to his intelligence rather than his money, and the Rick and Morty fanbase is just bigger and less self-aware) is that they mistake the characters for heroes instead of antiheroes
both Bojack and Rick know what the right thing to do is, and occasionally they do it, but for the most part they avoid doing so because the right thing involves introspection and effort, which is difficult and requires strength of character – you’re not supposed to admire them for this
both of those shows are supposed to be tragic, but in the case of Rick and Morty the fanbase saw a societally unattractive, socially inept man make a few clever quips and construct a full body mecha out of the plundered remains of rat carcasses and are like “I want to be that guy, I want to be smart, the reason why Rick is in pain is because he’s smart and people ~don’t understand
ushim~” instead of realizing that Rick is in pain because he’s fucking depressed and his chaos is his way from escaping reality and not something to be emulatedI mean they literally explained this shit in that therapy scene its in the goddamn show yall
they got too wrapped up in the pickle rick excitement to pay attention to something coming out of the mouth of a character that isn’t a man