That's exactly what I was talking about. We're not supposed to like it, quite the opposite, because it's horrid behavior coming from a character that is plain and simple, a bad person.
The problem with sort of stuff is when the work (say, a game, a movie or whatever) puts these "bad" things on a positive light (and usually that has to do more with incompetence on the writing more than outright intent to hurt people), instead of attaching it to an antagonistic character that's shown to be a bad example. Or botching the morals of a story.
Basic writing as I said.
Of course we can also tell a story where a character that starts as a disgusting individual but throughout the story learns and improves. Not a very "dark" example, but the original Ratchet & Clank is about two individuals that don't like each other and act a bit like dicks, but as they work together and get to know each other, they grow and improve.
That's the handy thing with storytelling, you can do many things as long as think responsibly. It's all in the context and the intentions.
Oh boy, that's so true, at least with some old day translations. So many swear words thrown around, like in that one Final Fantasy IV fan translation. That one even had Star Trek references out of the blue! I believe that sort of thing was born from the "need" to fight back the usual censorship at the time.
I think today's fan translations are upheld to a much higher regard, though!
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That's a usual key element with this sort of archetype of character, they either project quite a bit, or their hostility is there to shield themselves. Less often is pure madness (like Luca Blight mentioned above).
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