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Originally Posted by Mystic Mock

Speaking for myself I like both characters personally.

I think I'd probably be more offended by them if the Show was telling me that Peter & Lois were noble people, the same with Quagmire or Stewie, but tbf to the writers they do acknowledge that the Griffins in particular are a trainwreck.

Peter’s character changed an awful lot as the series progressed, to be fair. I think a lot of what he was like in the beginning (a bit dim but not too stupid) was the fact that the debut seasons came out before the flanderdisation era so the dumber characters weren’t a total anti-intellect train-wreck.