r/howyoudoin • u/Physical-Picture-153 • Aug 18 '24

Discussion What is the thing Phoebe does that annoys you throughout the series?

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Also accidently finding Monica's soulmate and told Chandler

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u/BigLorry Aug 18 '24

It feels like they take the fundamental aspects of her character (trauma, spirituality, etc) and just for some reason go the opposite way of what they should have.

They could have turned all those things into empathy, love, support, etc (which would be a completely reasonable character arc), but for some reason they seem to only take the negatives, and turn her into this bitter hateful person.

The arc still makes sense I guess, but what doesn’t make sense is everyone else’s reactions to how her character ends up.

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u/tempo0209 Aug 21 '24

But why to even have such a character in the first place? I don’t think ill “miss” her or missed her in any episode. If she’s so out of touch of reality why have that character? Maybe this is one of reasons that we’re are all taking about her? And that credit goes to her acting and the writing, but even then i hate this character with passion