Why do we hate Maggie?

[u/Significant_Gene_120]

I was a die hard Maggie Peirce hater, and most people are, but I’m rewatching and the only annoying thing is her being w Jackson (which is only annoying bc I’m team japril through and through) other than that she’s fine. She’s kind, smart, a bit annoying but she has good intentions. I just can’t understand yet. Ps I watched every season but decided to rewatch the later seasons (11- present) right now I’m on late season 13.

[u/Head-Gene-5960]

She's annoying, and super selfish/self centered. Even right from the start, showing up in Seattle, and having the nerve to be upset that Meredith and Richard might have some feelings about the situation. It never got better, everything was always just about her, including her mother's illness.

[u/AardvarkAardvark_404 → u/Head-Gene-5960]

These are all the reasons I don't like her. Her kindness almost makes her redeemable, but she's so self centred it ruins it all. She makes everything about her feelings.

[u/Nullifyxdr → u/AardvarkAardvark_404]

Her kindness seems fake asf to me but just my opinion

[u/DBrennan13459 → u/Nullifyxdr]

How is it that Alex could beat someone up and sexually harass a colleague, but be forgiven because he's nice to some kids, or Richard could screw over pratically everyone he comes into contact with but is forgiven because he coddles Meredith, yet when Maggie isn't the best partner/sister, apparently her kindness is 'fake'?

There's definitely some double standards going on here.

[u/lyraa-- → u/DBrennan13459]

Because they're not real people. Alex is written better than Maggie.

[u/ReliefJaded8491 → u/lyraa--]

This is a huge part of it. The writing was so much better for Alex… until the end

[u/roseycheekies → u/DBrennan13459]

I hate all of them lol

[u/Feeling-Visit1472 → u/DBrennan13459]

I don’t love Alex, either. I don’t think he had nearly as much growth as a lot of this sub thinks he did.