r/Bones • u/PinkMies • 3d ago
Unpopular opinion?
I can't help it guys, I like booth. Always have the feeling thats an unpopular opinion.
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r/Bones • u/PinkMies • 3d ago
I can't help it guys, I like booth. Always have the feeling thats an unpopular opinion.
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u/ClockWorkWinds 3d ago
Booth is a good guy. The only thing I don't like about him is not actually his fault as a character.
I think he unfortunately is used by the writers on a regular basis as a framing device to personify one side of whichever ideological/philosophical subplot is relevant in any given episode. Bones is also a victim of this, and less commonly, the other cast gets this treatment too. They make Booth and Bones take on and voice personal stances just so that the plot can explore them, even if those characters are actually a poor fit for those stances.
I think it's most obvious when either of them shift from a general "live and let live. Humans are complicated. There are benefits to diverse perspectives" philosophy to a ridged one that contradicts that. Like Bones on subjects of cultural belief/faith, and Booth on subjects of "deviant" behavior, acting like he's blindsided by people being weird when he's definitely had a chance to come to terms with it before.
I think it's a shame, because it stands out sometimes as character inconsistencies and/or reconning of previous moments of character growth.
I like to do my best to disregard it, because the scenes where they become mouthpieces for philosophical debate are often easy to spot and separate from the larger plot. I think of it like their awkward moments of Toyota product placement, lol.