Quote Originally Posted by Ray View Post
I'm pretty upset that Scratch has become a cliche character, even after she had some hope of being interesting. I was hoping better for her, but she's the "token black guy" (if you will) of We're Alive now and I sincerely wished it wasn't that way. Oh well, I can skip over parts where she shows up because it's easily seen exactly what she's going to do and exactly what she'll say now. ...... I LOVE We're Alive, but two of possibly the most interesting characters have become cliche and predictable

Ok Ray, not sure if you're just trying to be contentious to get some response, or if you even believe what you just wrote, but I'm just not seeing how the Scratch torture scene with Burt suddenly makes her a cliche character.

So it's cliche for the story to have a villain? Or are torture scenes now so overdone that they bore you?

What did you want, for Scratch to be shedding tears in self-conflicting remorse even as she raised the hammer to Shirley? Or to take her clothes off and fuck Burt so as to be less predictable??

Why don't you give some examples of what would have been less 'cliche'--if you can think of any--and enlighten the rest of us with your stunning insight into characterization?