I hate so-called "cool, calm, and collected" characters being presented as superior beings that are shown being correct so often that the consumer take-away message is that being emotionally cold and abrasive makes them smart too. :reddit-logo: worshiped characters like that pretty much since Digg collapsed and also LARPed as being the same way in their own self-descriptions. The "misanthropic genius asshole flattered by the script and by total screen time" cliche is related to this too.
Oh I really hate the “Annoying skeptic that doesn’t believe in magic” in worlds where magic is demonstrably real. Like, I understand the real life archetype you’re basing that on, but it doesn’t work because the real life version is a dick, but at the end of the day they’re also correct, magic isn’t real.
Constantly being the annoying skeptic makes no fucking sense when your friends can shoot fireballs from their hands