"hides her true potential and caring nature."
Mariner is garbage. OP is projecting onto her because of a "label" coding, that's where this appeal is coming from, not the writing, but what box Mariner fits into.
Self-destruction hurts you, vs sabotage of everyone else & being a burden and hardly ever taking accountability for it.
Chops boimer's leg in the first sequence of the series, tho while drunk, she never apologized for it. Episode 1. This "caring" Mariner
If the show had competent writing she'd be held accountable for what she does wrong from jump, thus having nuance.
If she was a horrible person on purpose & kept getting in trouble and suffering consequences, thus suffering on two different fronts. OP's arguments might actually hold some weight & Mariner would've been the best character in Lower Decks.
She's self-destructing & suffering punishments in isolation because she doesn't want to end up in a dark place
But if she doesn't suffer consequences & just domineers & treats everyone (Boimer) like trash, and just gets away with it- it doesn't work.
Then this tragic backdrop is vapid, it only holds weight if she's acting the way she is and suffering for it, kinda like how the show kicks Boimers ass 24/7-- thats how you get empathy from the audience and thats how the narrative can work.
But only if she suffers consequences & gets put through hell, like Boimer. If she just does what she wants most of the time, it doesn't work.
If Mariner's level of insufferable is acceptable representation of ADHD Coding or whatever, we really need to raise the bar of what we think is good characterization. this aint it
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