Jul 23
like yeah in theory there’s nothing inherently wrong with liking and sympathizing with the villain of a story and even projecting onto them a little bit. it’s fine. we all do it. villains are interesting, they’re meant to be. but when the villain in question IS textually sort of emblematic of racism and assimilation and is shown to actively and knowingly work with klan members, like… idk! i don’t think the problem there is that I’M to squeamish to, like, engage with a character that has “dark themes”. i think they set up a character to functionally be a personification of white supremacy and for some reason you saw yourself in that! let’s sit with that!
