I haven't talked about this in a while... But when I finally confronted them about it 6 months ago, they tried to deny ever defending Riliane or other World powers. And of course, he played the fiction card to dismiss my criticism. 😭
First of all, I couldn't care less about whether you enjoy her character or not, that is entirely subjective and depends on your personal opinion. But trying to paint her as a misunderstood victim when she was clearly the aggressor for the most stupid and pathetic reasons (and a literal bloody tyrant), even claiming she didn't actually mean to cause any harm is absolutely disingenuous and a huge cop-out! Especially when you stated just earlier that she was almost as awful as Adolf Hitler (which is also a load of BS). You must either be a massive hypocrite, or you're genuinely that stupid and naive if you unironically believe this nonsense.
Secondly, characters being real or fictional is irrelevant to the discussion—Since there are many fictional characters who are just as evil if not worse than Hitler and other real-life villains, including some that are otherwise complex and well-written. Most of them are still objectively irredeemable scum (with some exceptions), especially mass murderers and rapists. And not just anyone can be redeemed or deserves to have a change of heart in the first place, so miss me with that idealistic fuck shit LOL!
I also believe that her redemption doesn't fully wash away past atrocities either, and even demonic possession shouldn't necessarily absolve her of personal agency or responsibility. However, she's definitely nowhere near as horrible as lowlife scum like Hitler, Stalin, Genghis Khan, Imperial Japan or Leopold II;
Plus many other World powers/empires in real life are objectively just as awful, if not much worse than she ever was in the long term, and have committed even more horrific atrocities—some of which still continue to this day. Whether you like it or not, Political Evil exists in this world.
But implying she's just as heinous, yet also arguing that she was never evil at the same time is truly some fucking peak level delusion. You can't possibly have it both ways! The mental gymnastics are crazy with this fandom 💀
With all that being said, my biggest issue is that he now tries to deny saying any of that shit (even though he clearly did). I'm not even angry at this point, because the least they could do is own up to it and admit they were wrong LMAO!
Anyways, I've stopped caring about that crap a long time ago. Peace out!
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