Who gives a fuck that trope is positive? I guess I do? Here are some other "positive" tropes on the site.
Bald, Black Leader Guy: The man in charge is bald and black.
Black and Nerdy: A black character is also very smart to a nerdy degree.
Soul Brotha: A black character who is
amazingly cool, always calm and in general "groovy."
Wow, he can't be bald, smart, or cool and calm. What can he even be? Someone in this very thread said he should be more like Dutch from Black Lagoon, the more positive trope right? But that would fall under
Bald, Black Leader Guy - no one even fucking noticed. And I've already posted a slew of other stereotypes from the same site that he could fall within - in my post where I said that he to me transcends all of them, as well as his earlier depictions in the remake. It's why I said I applaud them because it doesn't seem like they're shying away from what they created - they've made him more than
just that.
The Kingdom come stuff? I got asked for receipts, and I gave them -
that's it.
Best of all, the events in the game justify Barrett's actions and mannerisms - even the main character doesn't buy into what he's saying until later in the game. We know he's spitting truth against a world that doesn't care to listen. That's just angry black man? Naaaah, I hate how you guys see a black man leading the charge as just an angry nigga but I'm of the opinion that there is no immaculate creation - especially when you consider the issues Asian media has in creating black characters. I think they've improved on the initial creation in spite of his flaws as a character and elevated him - and that's great! Progress!
@TinyHipster, don't worry man I won't @ you for not being black here I appreciate what you're saying and I understand it. But looking at the tropes provided I genuinely think that if you were to somehow miraculously avoid using ALL of the tropes there - bam you've now made Black characters even narrower. I had a better response but I accidentally deleted the wrong tab. You know what I felt through his character, aside from the empathy he shows and his realer moments? It's that maybe you should actually listen to the angry black dude - because he's speaking facts. We're always walking on eggshells to make sure that our arguments are heard but toe the line to make sure that it's palatable for the wider society, that we don't lose our cool for fear of the message being lost. That's why I love his character. I can think of a multitude of "angry white dudes" running the show in games but they're not just whittled down to the bone with that, motivations are considered there, why not here?
K.Jack, I don't think you have to agree - I'm just passionately defending my position on this - I went back to read some of his old dialogue and he already spoke in broken english/ebonics. Aside from straight up making him speak patois or the queen's there wasn't much wiggle room - so instead they've broadened his character whilst retaining his flaws. Admirable. I don't think of him as an ignorant, racist caricature.
Anyway, I just posted because as soon as I saw the Tvtropes link, I read through the index and I read through the actual pages and man... Did you guys actually click the links? That ain't it.
Guess I'll go watch this Coonskin film and see if I'm worth listening to or not.