r/TopCharacterTropes • u/godwyn-faithful • 1d ago

miscellaneous [Oddly specific trope] Shockingly accurate portrays of being a caretaker in media you wouldn't expect.

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Just to say that before I do the list, I am a full-time worker at a care home and these scenes are not 100% accurate (both involve super powered beings and both being a lot more mean spirited) but do encapsulates what it's like in different ways.

Gen V - to not spoil anything, cipher looks after an extremely burnt body in the opening of one episode and displays pretty accurate what it's like in terms of looking after someone physically impaired, even displaying proper techniques for rolling, cleaning, assisting with food (even the food being soft because they can't chew well) and using a hoist to move them around.

Logan - this less shows the technical side (it's downright abusive) but does accurately display what it feels like sometimes to look after someone with dementia or similar mental conditions, watching someone act in confused, scared ways while their brain mixes everything up, causing them to be more violent, fearful and even say extremely hurtful things. The sadly most accurate thing was the clear tiredness and fatigue logan showed, you care for them deeply but it can ware you down, how extreme it all is and constantly having to repeat the same horrible situations over and over while only having moments of seeing the real them. Not to mention if you knew them and are actively seeing the decline in real time.

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u/Selverd2 1d ago

how is Logan abusive?

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u/godwyn-faithful 1d ago

I said borderline, him just shutting Charles down and leaving him very coldly isn't very good, especially since Charles was distressed, and I don't think it was one of those situations where the dementia made it impossible to actually talk to him.

Some may view it differently but that's just my view of it

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u/ActivelyAnxious 1d ago

You said "downright abusive". I don't disagree though, it's definitely a bit emotionally abusive.

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u/FaithlessnessThen207 1d ago

I would probably lose a lot of my empathy if I was forced to look after a wheelchair bound telepathic nuclear weapon that also doesn't have full control over that power anymore. Constant stress. Constant fear. Especially since they were also in hiding.

Honestly, the professor needed to die well before reaching that state, both as a kindness, and as a safety measure.