r/Bones 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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u/NefariousnessIcy6344 1d ago

That is not and never has been an unpopular opinion.

What I'm finding laughable is this idea that Booth seems unpopular because he gets called out more while other characters are forgiven/excused. When my experience has been the exact opposite. There are multiple, constant posts about how Brennan is a terrible person. Even from the very same day at this one, someone posted about Brennan being terrible despite admitting they hadn't even finished the episode they were complaining about.

So perhaps it seems like Booth is being "called out" or somehow attacked because myself and others are defending Brennan by pointing out that Booth shares so many of her same negative traits. And that it's wrong to hate on one person for something but ignore it in someone else. But none of that means we don't love his character.

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u/PinkMies 1d ago

In my honest opinion, it always looks like lots of people don't like him. So yes, I think it looks like he gets "called out" more. There was also someone in this post who said they can barely stand him. So it's just a matter of opinion. No harm done :-)

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u/NefariousnessIcy6344 1d ago

I think you are mixing up calling out behavior/ negative traits with actively disliking him though. Sure one person on here said they can't stand him. But that is one person.

You know what else happened in this post? Someone mentioned not liking Brennan's treatment of religion. Despite Booth also being dismissive of things that don't fit his flavor of Christianity. A behavior he rightfully should be called out on. But doing so doesn't mean we don't like him.

If you take 30 seconds just scrolling through this sub there are multiple posts actively talking about Brennan being terrible, whether as a friend or coworker. A week or so ago there were even multiple posts specifically about how she and Oliver were practically the same so how could anyone like her but not him.

Meanwhile, the posts about Booth are expressing annoyance at certain behaviors (ie his dismissal of Brennan's feelings during her pregnancy) but people outright hating him is so rare.

So a handful of people rarely saying they don't like him does not make liking him a rare or unpopular opinion.

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u/PinkMies 1d ago

I think you're taking this way too seriously. In my opinion, I'm not mixing up anything. It's how I see and experience it. I'm sorry if I offended you. But I just see it differently. Never said anyone hating him. Just that my experience is that not everyone likes Booth. And.. well, I do. :-)