Back in 2020, I wrote a thread over on The Dead Bird about how a lot of people have Main Character Syndrome or Main Villain Syndrome. And some people have both, because they’ll do anything to be in the spotlight.
To sum up what I wrote, I said that these people basically want to be cruel to make themselves relevant, to be talked about, to be raked over the coals on nighttime talk shows.
That seems like what’s happening with a certain tech CEO, a certain rapper-turned-fashionisto-turned-preacher-turned-charter-school-operator, and certain infamous influencers.
They think that their bad behavior will be forgivable if they can establish themselves as “fashion geniuses” or “automotive geniuses” — even though their employees and assistants are the ones who are doing all of the hard work.
The only thing they work hard at is performing. When you realize that they’re performing — and that they don’t even have the stones to be good performers — it’s a bit easier to realize that these people are struggling and stunted.
Being the Main Character isn’t all that it’s cracked up to be. It’s hardly ever fun. These folks are grinding unnecessarily instead of grinning merrily.
For my part, I would rather be part of the supporting cast — and I would spend my offscreen time doing whatever it is that I want to do.
Jamais Mayville 