Wide-Eyed Idealist

A character far too idealistic for their own good.


 * I'm very much this trope. I like to think that people, as a whole, are genuinely good, at least in their own minds, and that very few people are... well, evil in the sense that they just do everything ForTheEvulz. Of course, I'm still well aware of atrocities such as the Holocaust, slavery... And they were all horrible, but the people committing them, even if everyone else can all agree they were immoral, probably didn't think they were doing anything bad. ...Right? ;w; (Oh, and it helps that I'm also quite literally wide-eyed; a lot of people tell me I have enormous blue eyes.)


 * Strangely, I turned into one after going through about five years of Break The Cutie. Even after being bullied I think people are basically good, and that everyone deserves a second, maybe even a third chance to redeem themselves. The only time I think someone is truly evil is if they know the consequences of what they're doing but do it anyway, and even then I think 'evil' is honestly a pretty strong word to use.


 * I was more cynical as a child actually; I used to think some people were bad and some people were good, but I later realized it was a lot more complicated. I think nearly everyone should have a chance at being forgiven, if they work at it and are truly sorry for what they did. I also think everyone has an impact on the world, and everyone has significance. I'm also a total optimist who can see the bright side to most things.


 * I am this to possibly a really annoying extent. My friends aren't idealists to the same extent, so they come off as more cool, I suppose. They probably consider me very naive; I believe everyone has some amount of good in them no matter who they are, and I'm very reluctant on using the world 'evil' to describe someone. I don't like to swear and I'm determined to always donate to charity and be as good as possible despite my fiesty personality around my friends - I never talk about someone behind their back and I hate myself if I think mean things. I'm also a huge optimist and will always focus on the bright side of things. I don't call myself naive though, I used to be more cynical or realistic, and I know there are bad things in this world. I just don't think we should get all bogged down thinking about them when there is still so much good in the world too.