takethekeyandlockherup:

jimmuhcat:

I wonder what I missed bc all of a sudden my “Barnabas Hater” ask blew up in my notes.

See I’ve never understood the spammers on that topic-

naturally we enjoy this fictional character, We love the show!

but also a big part of that is watching him make angry, mind-numbingly bad decisions, and then curl into a fetal position and scream ‘why me?’.

It’s like Basil Fawlty of Fawlty towers, we the audience have an certain affection for him and his exploits- and most of it is expressed by watching between our fingers and groaning.

Yes this exactly.

I once described him half-jokingly as the Leeroy Jenkins of Dark Shadows. He ruins everything he touches, especially the well thought out plans of much smarter people, but man if we don’t love him for it.