Luz and Amity were still fucking enemies with Hunter after these episodes until Hollow Mind and Labyrinth Runners, that's not a fucking support system, Lily. They still disliked him after the episodes where they met him until they knew they could trust him.
AND IN THE EPISODES WHERE THEY MET HIM they acted hostile towards him. Luz bitch slapped Hunter and explicitly told him she didn't like him, Amity kept Hunter tied with abomination goop and showed distrust in him. That is ALSO not a support system since they barely fucking supported him.
The reason why they don't have much hostility towards Hunter the next time they see him is because he's done things in episodes like ASIAS or Labyrinth Runners that prove they can trust him, and since they clearly see that he was just a victim of Belos' manipulation.
"attack it, lash out like a dick, or huffing copium" is also an extremely disingenuous and downright false description of Hunter's actions in those episodes.
Hunter did not have a support system in Season 2A, Lily. Luz and Amity were not friends with Hunter until Season 2B. They were not there to support him 90% of time before 2B.
Someone is super upset that people on twitter are dunking on her and she can't get in her oh-so-epic rebuttals on there because she was suspended for the billionth time, huh?
Lily and Mikila saying that Hunter is bad for being an "overdone trope" so weird to me because like. Aren't ALL character archetypes over done??? In fact, this same logic can be applied to other characters within the show itself. Luz Noceda is an overdone trope; she's the bubbly "quirky" female protagonist who is also very kind and empathetic.
Her character archetype is actually more over done than Hunter's when you really think about it, especially in terms of Disney protagonists in the 2010s and early 2020s. Amity Blight is also an overdone trope; a bully character who goes through a redemption arc and becomes one of the main characters. Also has abusive parents as a way to explain their behavior and earn them sympathy from the audience. Amity's archetype, like Luz's, is arguably more overdone than Hunter's in a lot of media even outside of Disney.
Of course, this isn't exactly a bad thing; tropes are tools after all, and you can make generic ideas work with the right execution. Luz and Amity execute their respective archetypes well due to them having real depth and development over the course of the show, and, guess what? Hunter also executes his archetype pretty well too.
Story tropes are not inherently good or bad, they exist in every story and can be used effectively to create a compelling narrative, so docking points from a character for being a "over done trope" feels like a very bad faith critique, since, again, this same logic can be applied to other characters within the show.
Lily's only problem is that Hunter is an archetype she doesn't like and therefore her critique is heavily biased.
....Also he's an "angsty white boy" and Luz and Amity aren't. Sorry, I almost forgot.
not my meme but you all do know about this right? It feels like it's getting buried right now and I feel like its proponents are trying to take advantage of that.
this art, that I spent 6 HOURS on today, is a revamped work from a drawing I made in 2015 or 2016 for @princesscallyie of Princess Morbucks and her Pokemon team, at least their single stages, based on the team Callyie drew. I’m 99% sure Callyie has said this team has changed since then but hey, I wanted to touch up the drawing with my current skills
this art, that I spent 6 HOURS on today, is a revamped work from a drawing I made in 2015 or 2016 for @princesscallyie of Princess Morbucks and her Pokemon team, at least their single stages, based on the team Callyie drew. I’m 99% sure Callyie has said this team has changed since then but hey, I wanted to touch up the drawing with my current skills