I've been seeing people talk about Madhouse and complaining about how G was written, one person in particular claiming that they couldn't accept that she was the one who did wrong given her situation (I guess they're talking about Violate or something). What do you think about this?
What G did wrong was not ask first before forming an extremely deep mind meld, bordering on a hive-mind with someone.
There are people who believe having a good reason for doing something bad makes that thing okay. G needed that bond to not die, and so therefore she should be excused of all wrongdoing.
It's a very adolescent view of morality.
There's also Comic!CD's actions, particularly the way she holds it above G's head and makes passive-aggressive threats. This is completely over the line of an acceptable response. And it's something G gets furious about, and even snipes at Comic!Mikaila for trying to bother her about it.
But it's worth pointing out she is called out on this by her own girlfriend. I don't know how to make that more clear to the reader that this is not supposed to be supported.
The problem is twofold.
For one, people who don't like me are being contrary. It doesn't matter how good I write a story, they will contrarily argue against it no matter what. It's just part of what comes with a parasocial obsession. The target always has to be in the wrong all the time no matter what and your opinions will mold around that.
The fact that one of the characters is an author surrogate doesn't help this.
For two, a lot of people need one character to be clearcut "In the wrong" in a fight. Preferably NOT the character they like more. It's that "sacrifice the story for personal catharsis" garbage that I talked about in the Korra video.
This story doesn't have that. G's actions aren't exonerated just because she had a good reason for doing it and Comic!CD went overboard in her reaction to it. You just move on and try to rebuild the broken trust.
And this isn't even the first or last time G has been in the wrong in some way, or unreasonable. She's possessive, she's asocial, and she has the manners of a dwarf. She's not an easy person to get along with, and frankly her and Comic!CD's friendship starts the story at a very bad place, held together only by codependency.
Both of them feel deeply unfulfilled in their lives, and both of them aren't treating each other very well. It's only when their unhealthy lifestyle is resolved (Comic!CD and G both have actual partners, Bonnie comes around, the house is more lively and more like a real family) that things start improving between them.
It doesn't come with them really reconciling how things had gone in the past, but that's because the blog was termed before I could do that.
