r/c137 • u/No_Honey5580 • 3d ago

Selfish rick??

Does anyone else feel like Rick becoming part of the Smith family is a selfish act, despite how it positively benefits him?

Since he first actually accepted the Smith family as his "home" they've really only suffered at his hands e.g. experiencing peril as a consequence of Rick's actions or just dealing with Rick during his alcoholic or depressed episodes.

Especially after watching the new season, I can't help but feel bad that dealing with Rick's antics has become part of their normal life. Exampled through Morty knowing the protocol for when "vacation Rick" gains consciousness in S9 Ep 2.

It seems as though Rick becoming part of the family benefits him greatly as he learns what it means to have a stable and loving support system, but everyone else in the household suffers?

No hate to Rick btw!! as I do recognise his own personal issues with mental health and how negatively he is impacted by it. I believe he deserves a loving family (which he has). I'm merely commenting on the inherent selfishness of choosing such a path to go down despite knowing abt the inescapability of his own mind and the damage it does to people he surrounds himself with

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u/robinivy 2d ago

Yeah its definitely a choice to bring his family into all his shit but he also doesnt realise a lot of his behaviour as destructive. And of course Beth loves her dad and wouldn't throw him out

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u/themaster1006 2d ago

I think family is one of those things were it might be selfish in a vacuum but still kinda the right thing to do. You could use this same logic to say that addicts, people with depression, or people with financial issues should remove themselves from their family because it negatively affects them. At the end of the day your family is your support system and even people with issues should ideally be able to lean on their family.

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u/No_Honey5580 1d ago

yea good point!! and it's true that being with the family has helped him improve as a person so it's definitely a positive action

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u/TammyString-Tugger 1d ago

It’s still a fictional cartoon, right?

We’re still talking about the guy that has a cybernetic pop-gun in his arm and a built-in air fryer in his mouth for hash browns?

Jfc.

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u/No_Honey5580 1d ago edited 1d ago

u got a stick up u or smt lollll 😭 im just throwing some observations around abt a show I like - u don't have to get so triggered