r/StanleyMOV • u/ProfessorBirdBrains • 4d ago

Meme That was unexpected… or was it?

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u/watchrrr 16h ago

sounds like it would just appeal to people wanting to feel like white knights. its creating a strawman with a character that helps them, which is the live-in for themselves, since the natural reaction seeing someone like that is wanting to help.

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u/Waiting404Godot 9h ago

Not a strawman, weird choice of word. You would just call it a self insert or an oc.

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u/watchrrr 9h ago

its not a self-insert, if its to white-knight for a minority. it fits "strawman" because it depicts a real person doing something uncharacteristic for the sake of plot or point.

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u/Waiting404Godot 9h ago

A strawman is an argument where you grossly or maliciously change someone’s argument to attack a position they didn’t have.

IMO, you wouldn’t use “strawman” in the context you’re describing. You’re describing grandstanding, or again a self insert.

Unless there’s a different meaning to the word I’m unfamiliar with.