in some fandoms, hiveswap especially, there is a form of cuteness aggression where people will look at a character they either hate or love and still want them to go through unimaginable horrors regardless
it gets to the point that you will see a person describing wanting to torture a character and throw them at a wall and it is not immediately obvious whether they genuinely despise this character or want to marry them
I think the best example that I’ve seen is lonner
~13 years old troll with a lollipop and a little sailer’s outfit and the fandom is divided between wanting to nurture and protect him and wanting him to die a violent and bloody death. maybe it is the fact that he’s so innocent and whimsical or maybe we are just hungry for tragedy
I also think that is the mark of good writing and character design if you can make a character that has literally done nothing wrong at all and still have people want to throw him into oncoming traffic
Hiveswap has been really great at designing characters that, despite their small roles, are insanely lovable to the fandom. even the background characters have fans and every character has some form of care and love put into them. it’s my firm belief that every character is somebody’s baby
I’m still waiting to find a troll that I have a strong attachment to because none of them have been particularly alluring to me. it’s not to say that I don’t like any of them but I’d like to have an all time favorite and be able to say that with confidence. I’m hoping that act 3 will have them and I’ll finally get to meet my baby
