Okay, I did exaggerate my opinion of Gummigoo.
But I never liked him to begin with, because I always found him cliche. Perhaps it's better for me to say I "couldn't enjoy" his character. Because I've seen a lot of stuff, & so he felt cliched - done already.
"What if an AI realized it wasn't real?"
"What if a video game character realized it was in a video game.
"What if an AI grew to care about someone else?"
"What if an AI started living with real people?"
"What if someone starts caring about an AI?"
"What if we killed off this character so soon after people have had a chance to get attached to him?"
"What if there was a rough & tough buff criminal guy who actually deep down cares about his family, & is a bad man who actually loves his momma & is doing bad things for a good cause?"
Lots of people like a good sob story. Even I do from time to time. But Gummigoo's premise didn't feel novel to me, & I didn't care about what he offered for the plot. Currently, I still don't. So seeing people fawn over him tired me of him further, making me resent him even more than I already did for taking up content that I found, personally speaking, lacking in novelty & unenjoyable.
Months of waiting & anticipation for the episode & so much of it is spent on him!
Like, I know he didn't get basically a whole episode dedicated to him, & wasn't really shown in animated form, but where was that love for say, Kaufmo?! & yet everywhere, videos & posts about people & how much they love him, how great Gummigoo is....
Heck, I had been keeping up with Goosework's Tumblr!
Dawn of the Final Day (Less than) 24 hours remain....
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March 21st, 10:41 PM
theentertainers asked: Who out of the new characters do you think the audience will find the most entertaining??
GW: I have a feeling people are going to like Gummigoo.
Just a hunch.
At the time, I wasn't optimistic about that, since I often found I didn't always agree with GW's tastes, even if I generally like TADC. Episode 2 was decent.
But knowing that what I found so unenjoyable was what was expected to be enjoyed made it even bigger let down.
Contrary to my disparagment with it, Gummigoo is not worthless, having worth in some people's hearts. Hype is a subjective thing, being an emotion, specifically, the level of excitement for things. With what GW said, I think I at least ended up feeling "overhyped"; There was a statement meant to raise expectations, & what I got was beneath them, even if other people may've had their hype matched or outdone. & although Gummigoo, so far, only has significance in 1 episode, in which he dies, & might return in the future, he's not a main cast member, & may not be of plot importance... but a lot of people know of him, so it's somewhat inaccurate to call Gummigoo a "nobody".
Sorry to have bothered you.
I just... well, Gummigoo is not a TADC character I like very much at all, whether he's a good character or not. I hope you don't mind that opinion of mine.