{"id":61920,"date":"2023-12-15T00:39:36","date_gmt":"2023-12-15T00:39:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2023\/12\/15\/the-terrible-best-friend-trope-a-strange-message-in-so-much-tv\/"},"modified":"2023-12-15T00:39:36","modified_gmt":"2023-12-15T00:39:36","slug":"the-terrible-best-friend-trope-a-strange-message-in-so-much-tv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2023\/12\/15\/the-terrible-best-friend-trope-a-strange-message-in-so-much-tv\/","title":{"rendered":"The Terrible Best Friend Trope &#8211; A Strange Message in So Much TV"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/l.lj-toys.com\/?auth_token=sessionless%3A1702641600%3Aembedcontent%3A3616053%262106683%26%26%26youtube%268OQi_SpbpSo%3Abd6960b8b46b2f62f94968309349e0b9da884344&amp;source=youtube&amp;vid=8OQi_SpbpSo&amp;moduleid=2106683&amp;preview=&amp;journalid=3616053&amp;noads=\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" class=\"lj_embedcontent\" allowfullscreen=\"\" name=\"embed_3616053_2106683\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Best friends light up our lives, but bad best friends can totally snuff out that spark \u2013 and for some reason, they\u2019re everywhere on screen. When we take a closer look at a lot of tv and movie friendships, we quickly realize that things are a little\u2026 off. Whether they\u2019re side characters with nothing but snippy remarks or main characters that can\u2019t see past their own issues, terrible best friends are a recurring theme. But\u2026 why?! Today, we\u2019re unpacking the truth behind this trope and taking a look at why these bad best friend stories can surprisingly be a good thing.<\/p>\n<p>timestamps:<br \/>00:00 What&#8217;s behind bad besties<br \/>00:34 Why we stick with sucky friends<br \/>04:30 Standing up to terrible friends<br \/>08:19 Making amends<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=8OQi_SpbpSo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">source<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/ohnotheydidnt.livejournal.com\/127426425.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Best friends light up our lives, but bad best friends can totally snuff out that spark \u2013 and for some reason, they\u2019re everywhere on screen. When we take a closer look at a lot of tv and movie friendships, we quickly realize that things are a little\u2026 off. Whether they\u2019re side characters with nothing but [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":61921,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-61920","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-hollywood"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61920","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=61920"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61920\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/61921"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61920"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61920"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61920"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}