I've been trying to wrap my head around it, but why is there such an intense notion in TTRPGs (D&D or otherwise) that you have to build out your whole-ass character before you can play the game?
Character creation in D&D absolutely *sucks.* Especially for people who don't know what the fuck they're doing.

To put it simply - I legitimately think most people would benefit from starting on a pregenerated character, followed by tweaking/rebuilding as they get comfortable with the campaign/mechanics/people/setting.

This is less relevant for people who have played previously and therefore understand what to expect from a finished character. But those people... I don't know how it happened, but every fucking group tends to have subconsciously accepted the notion of "pregens = bad bad always bad."

If your level of faith in others is that low, where the idea of "they are stepping into a role instead of laboriously creating a role from nothing" is abhorrent, then I don't think I can discuss my issues with you. Some people thrive when given some starting direction, and many will mutate their starting directions into something personal and unique over time. But it feels like there's some massive mindset which simply dismisses this approach before contemplating any potential upsides.

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Idk why I'm posting this here, it's not particularly FurAffinity-relevant, and I don't really expect to get any answers or discourse as a result.
tl;dr I just wanted to rant