Jun 13
It irks me to no end seeing very complex and good characters get bastardized through fanart or interpretation, getting the villain treatment and such, especially when it’s just someone who is struggling, at their lowest point in mental health in the narrative/does seem to or is implied to have some mental health condition (like I feel we should appreciate characters that are more realistic and show actual struggles and symptoms, and not villainize that, or completely ignore all the inherent good about their character, their arc, or otherwise mischaracterize so badly aughhhh
#cough cough justice for my boy#yamato ishida#he is not a villain or any sort of bad guy#you guys just suck at understanding him#antagonist does not mean bad guy#different opinion to main character does not mean bad guy#for this example in particular this was a struggling kid who was desperate to feel like he had a place in the team#and alongside his brother who he hadn’t been able to care for for years#my boy was doing his best#also for another example:#deltarune tenna#tenna is definitely struggling with so much mentally and in the narrative and like#he gets treated as a villain too#irredeemable or violent or just bastardized too#honestly these two characters are so similar in that they desperately want to be seen and not abandoned by their loved ones#they want to matter and they may not go about their goals in the healthiest ways#but dang give them some grace#one’s a kid doing his best and one’s an aging tv guy whose life could easily be ended as scrap if he fails to make his family happy#I’d crash out too#furthermore:#justice for my GIRLS#ableism and cisheteroamatonormativity are factors in all this#Justice for my girl Ragatha#she says she’d get abandoned or hated for showing a negative emotion#does it#the fandom subsequently treats her badly as she predicted#Ragatha’s whole thing is her defying her perception as a ragdoll and learning to express all herself#to realize people will still be there and love her even if she isn’t pleasant and perfect all the time#that that’s what makes a healthy relationship#sigh