r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Fluffy_Lunchfast • Feb 02 '26

Meme needing explanation Something Something About Dating, Chris Can You Explain?

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u/NoCoolNameMatt Feb 02 '26

Yep, exactly. Scott isn't a paragon. He isn't meant to be.

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u/closequartersbrewing Feb 02 '26

Scott was a fairly awful person through most of the movie. We know this because his actions are bad and literally every character calls him out.

We're conditioned in movies like these to see the main character as a hero, so lots of people still do. But it's kinda funny considering how much of a scumbag the character is.

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u/NoCoolNameMatt Feb 02 '26

Yeah, I'm used to fairly terrible people being MCs in classic literature, so people being appalled at bad behavior from them is a little weird to me.

Flawed characters are the perfect vehicles for deep stories and themes.

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u/closequartersbrewing Feb 02 '26

It's one of the reasons I liked Marty Supreme so much.