Why are medics called "girlfriends"?

[Steve from America]

It seems to be a derogatory term among the community.

[derpzy]

Primarily pocket medics who cling to their soldier/heavy/demo like a clingy girlfriend.

[20 hotpockets in my femur]

They're pocket medics who never heal anyone, and actually become a detriment to everyone on their team except for their soldier/heavy/demo boyfriend. It's just like girlfriends irl who never leave their boyfriend.

i mean, being a pocket is still being a detriment if you're not healing anyone who actually needs it.

Even Medic bots (the tfbots, not the robot medic) can still heal people and not be a detriment to their team.

But honestly, if you wanna pocket your soldier/heavy/demo boyfriend, go for it, i'm not stopping you.

[EightEqualsD]

Because players who are disguising or revealing themselves as a girl. So they think if a girl plays tf2, she will pick medic.

[Menoly]

It was a term created by the bias that female player main medic (and pyro) more often than other players and how they usually stay with the playstyle of healing one player or their actual boyfriend.

[Cursed Hawkins]

Originally posted by Not Derpz:

Primarily pocket medics who cling to their soldier/heavy/demo like a clingy girlfriend.

Derpz pretty much has the understanding unlike the others who are only in it for the stupid memes.

[HoBoMiKe]

many girls drift towards the healer class (though many don't)


also guys consider the medic to be their supportive "partner" who depends on and cares for them while they are the "breadwinner" leader who is getting the kills and defending them.

medics, regardless of the player behind the screen, typically just ignore this term and do their job.



some take to being courted by battle classes like a bird to the sky, while others don't like the treatment and consider it derogatory.

[bouchon]

Many female players tend to gravitate towards medic for some reason, and they often have a boyfriend who also plays the game and happens to main a power class. So naturally, they're going to prioritize him over their other teammates.

And now whenever people see someone being pocketed (mostly as a joke) they say that that person has a medic gf.

[Cursed Hawkins]

Originally posted by ☁CrystalPeridot☁:

I kinda feel like that i am the only Medic main, that never pockets a team member (Unless my Übercharge is ready, and i need a Soldier/HeavyDemo to attack agrassivly).

I heal anyone, regardless of them having an unusual or not, i find unusuals worthless anyways, plus i am not a materialistic person who only heals people with expensive items.

You're not though I wouldn't consider myself a main anything because in my personal opinion maining one specific class is just a way to underman your team due to lacking certain classes like for example power classes like Soldier or Demo, there just seems to be more and more people that aren't exactly willing to swap off their main if they can help it. We've all seen multiple snipers or multiple spies way too many times.

[HoBoMiKe]

i mean, it's really not "derogatory..." it's just like a nickname.


if it is, most medics have gotten used to being kicked around by now, by their own team and the enemy team.


think of it as the medic's version of "w+m1 pyro" or "trolldier." it's just a codename for a player that is clinging to 1 class.

[rad_knight]

because its an insult. thats why it seems derogotory

[seidensha employee of the year]

It’s usually for pocket medics. Good meds are usually called “med”

[Josh]

For peeps who shove their gun up somebody else's ass

[green]

Cause they think Medic is hot.

[Josh]

Originally posted by Hunter in the Green Vest:

Cause they think Medic is hot.

hey stop that