Hot takes from different media I like that would end me up in this situation:
*Addison from Z-O-M-B-I-E-S WAS A VICTIM TOO in the way that she would've been alone except for Bree when Zed (the guy a lot of people like to baby) would've still had a lot of supporters and friends if everyone of the monsters were segregated from humans again and realistically would still probably be picked on because she's not "monster enough" or "human enough" to be in any of the groups (like most mixed-race people are treated)
*The Sparrows in Umbrella Academy were victims of Reginald's abuse and it shows in a more subtle way if you just pay attention to detail.
*Duncan and Courtney from Total Drama were always a toxic couple even before the whole Gwen thing, I do not care if you like them, but at least be mature enough to realize those facts and not blame it on one girl who is so hated for no reason in this fandom.
*Not every masculine/weird/tough girl in media is a "pick-me", or needs to be saved from some type of internalized misogyny, I am saying this as a genderfluid person who was masculine during childhood. Sometimes cis/trans women are just like that because every woman is DIFFERENT! A lot of times these women are fighting against misogyny and wrongfully pitted gender stereotypes themselves and do not need to be put in a misogynistic or victim label by the same women they are trying to fight for/with against the patriarchy.
*You are a fake fan if you hate a person just because they aren't the person you ship with the main character or a very loved side character.
*"They are annoying" will not cut it as an acceptable reason to hate a character for me, I'm sorry, there are many good reasons to not like a character, but if you just say that without elaborating, I will not interact with you further.
*Lisa Simpson is an 8 year old gifted girl in a society wanting to change a world where the winners are the stupidest, drunkest, evilest people you'll ever meet (who, may I say, are often men). She is being raised by an alcoholic father (who is not a very good one no matter how hard he tries) and an enabling mother. Her brother is a reckless prankster who gets away with nearly everything in her eyes. Smart people in her town are treated like shit, give her a fucking break!
*The older Disney movies had VERY many problems in their storytelling, views, depictions of certain characters, love stories and writing because of the time period some of them came out in, only a few of them were actually good. If you're only romantizing them and demonizing new movies because a few of them may suck ass, don't talk to me about good writing.
*A pure evil villian that is wrong about everything is NOT "Peak storytelling", yes, sometimes it is needed to teach a lesson to small children, or even to make a fucking point, but it is not needed in even most stories and I personally like villains that make me THINK outside of "evil villain, always wrong, do bad shit"
*Realizing that a person's trauma DOES effect a lot of their mindset and choices later in life and excusing their actions because of that WILL NEVER BE THE SAME THING!!!! Also an add-on, sometimes it IS the fucking trauma, yes! Sometimes the horrible split-second decision that makes you hate a character IS all because their mind was warped by the horrible things done to them or that they have seen that basically fucked up the way their entire brain works.
*Luther's trauma should be taken more seriously in the Umbrella Academy and I really wish people wouldn't boil it down to "Dad sent me to the moon"
*Everyone in TD had every reason to be afraid of Dawn, while she is my favorite character, I understand why everyone was afraid of her, I would be scared too if some random girl came up to me and told me straight up my own childhood trauma to my face!
*You have every right to create a tragic backstory for any made up character in fiction, I may not like it, nor may I interact with you or interpret that character the same way, but at the end of the day it's your decision and I totally respect you going beyond "it's not that deep"
*Charlie from Hazbin Hotel is OVERHATED!!! Ya'll literally excuse Stolas, Vox, Alastor, Andrealphous, and VALENTINO even though they have DEFINITELY done worse! Don't try that whole "well she didn't care bout her father 🥺" Bullshit on me! She literally ran up to her father in that scene everyone talks about where she supposedly "didn't care" and Vox literally went on a rampage just because he got rejected! Yeah, Alastor could've been nicer, but at the end of the day it was his decision, he is not obligated to like anyone just because someone else likes him.
*STOP TREATING ASEXUALS LIKE BABIES OR THAT THEY ARE ALL THE SAME THING! SOME ASEXUALS CAN HAVE SEX, DO SEXUAL THINGS, OR EVEN HAVE DIRTY MINDS! SOME ASEXUALS HAVE ROMANTIC SITUATIONS OR RELATIONSHIPS!!! I AM SICK OF EVERYONE TRYING TO DEFINE OUR COMMUNITY!!!
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