Excuses (a rambly Invisigal post)
Something I've seen quite a few times is that Invisigal's "I have villain powers" excuse doesn't count when there's people like Malevola and Coupe who have more villainous powers. But this is just an excuse and the game doesn't let Visi get away with it.
When Invisigal says this, it's at the end of her shift in Chapter 3. Someone is getting cut, that someone being whomever is at the bottom of the leaderboards, and by the end of the shift, it's Invisigal.
Now, Invisigal is someone who hides behind a wall of snark and sarcasm to hide her true feelings. She doesn't seem to have a support system outside of Blonde Blazer and Golem, and even then she seems to keep them at arms length. She's mentioned to have joined the Phoenix Program willingly and actually sticks with it by the time Robert joins SDN.
Visi does care about doing a good job. But she keeps coming up short. So rather than admit that she cares about something that's slipping through her fingers, she just throws her hands up and says "it's fate! I have villain powers, it's meant to be."
Certain Invisigal critics are quick to point to Malevola, a literal demon, who's doing better than Visi, and use that as an example as to why Visi's no good. To that I say "well good for Malevola, but Visi is the one needing help right now."
To me, there's something shitty about this line of thinking, that Invisigal isn't trying or working to get better because she's not doing as well as someone else in that moment. Whether or not Invisigal's powers make her a villain isn't what's important. What's important is that Inivisigal thinks her powers are what make her a villain. Visi was at a low point and she needed some support and guidance. The same thing happens to Waterboy or Phenomaman in the next chapter.
And honestly, I don't think I care if someone dislikes a character I like. My problem comes from people shitting on a character for reasons that may pertain to people in real life. It's shitty to think someone is a lost cause because the speed of their progress doesn't line up with someone else's. It's shitty to deny someone help because someone else got by without it.
But I'm biased towards Visi, because I relate to her journey. I struggled with depression and anxiety that affected my grades and social life and just caused me to shut down. I'm still feeling it today, and there were times where I thought all the effort to combat it was a waste. All the therapy appointments, all the medication, all the money poured into it. There were times were I resigned myself to misery, thinking it's all there was for me.
What certainly didn't help was comparing myself to other people, people who had more reason to be miserable but still powered through it. Now I know that improvement looks different for everyone, and even though my progress is slow, it's still progress.
If there's anything you take away from this, let it be that you're entitled to your own opinions, but remember how harmful ideas may slip through and impact other people.
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