User blog comment:PyroGothNerd/Cliches/@comment-4849011-20140518025241

I'll probably post more comments soon (I don't feel like writing much tonight), but I just wanted to say that you deserve a standing ovation for this. Everything you've said is true, and your humorous descriptions just made the piece even better.

I have post-traumatic stress disorder, as well as friends who've had nervous breakdowns, and I especially hate how the mentally ill are often presented as being bloodthirsty killers, even in so-called "news magazines" who should be informing people instead of perpetuating harmful stereotypes. Please don't get me started on that. Does anybody remember that episode of E.R. that was criticized for making people with schizophrenia look like drama queens who will go on violent rampages for no reason? I think it was called "Be Still My Heart", but I could be wrong. Anyway, in my comics I have numerous protagonists as well as antagonists who have mental illnesses. As for cliches, the late Roger Ebert had a book full of them. It's called Ebert's Little Movie Glossary and it's one funny book. I'll let you know if I think of any more.