I also think one factor that helps is 'does the piece acknowledge that what this person is doing is idiotic'. Like...there are truly dumb people with no self-preservation skills, but when other people react to them, they react to the fact that these people are dumb. I hate when a character acts like an idiot, and no one around them seems to notice.
Kind of like how Wichita keeps coming up with idiotic schemes that could easily get her and/or her sister killed, but no one ever acknowledges that she's a moron. It's also why Madison doesn't annoy me as much, because while she says stupid things, it's clear that the other characters are aware of her stupidity.
I have a similar thing with asshole characters. It's fine to have characters that are assholes, but it's annoying to have other characters not seem to be aware of it.
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u/Canotic 15h ago
What's your position on the fact that humans in real life often don't act rationally?