Is "edge" a bad thing for characters? Does it even really exist? Is it just another reddit meme that puts a strain on creativity? Discuss.
Is "edge" a bad thing for characters? Does it even really exist...
Dylan Perez
Ryder Robinson
Edge is just being unironically attention seeking via cringe statements
Luis Peterson
Why do you think everything is always steeped in irony?
Edge is just a character trait.
Luis Jackson
It’s not edgy if it’s well-written and doesn’t come off like some chuunibyou garbage
Owen Young
Self aware edge is enjoyable
Luis Myers
Pretty much.
Connor Myers
The matrix was cool, but now people just call it edgy. which it is, but the word is quite toxic.
Luis Gomez
"Toxic" is also just as toxic lmfao.
Edgy has been way overused in my opinion and it's often used to tear another work down without any nuance.
Henry Walker
Good edgelord characters: Solid Snake, Guts, Rust Cohle, Travis bickle.
Cringe: Your pic
Chase Young
"Edgy" implies a shallowness to the character. In some way the writer has been deficient in convincing you that the character's dissatisfaction is earned. In the case of Shadow, it's likely because his world is so bright it seems inconsistent for his problems to exist. For the kill la kill chick, it's that she is largely borrowing the visual aesthetic without engaging in any of the discourse. I do not know any of the other characters depicted.