#hating characters

[yorblair]

Fandom: This character is so overhated [insert 300 posts and rants how said character is so hated, bashed, criticized, suffers horribly at the hands of fandom]

Me , who hates/dislikes that character, struggling to find more than 3 posts and comments in total on ANY social media saying anything remotely negative and critical about this character:

[layandlive]

Things that annoy me from “La casa de papel”: ARTURO -__-

I’ve only watched 7 episodes and I already want him dead lol

[skrrmintothevoid]

I don’t know if it’s just a me thing, but I never understood why people hated characters. Like, genuinely hate.

Ok, that’s not quite true- I’ve almost disliked some, but that has less to do with the actual characters and more to do with how people react to them (see Bakugo. It annoys me when people mention him being redeemed when I don’t feel he has become any better of a person, even after his so-called redemption, but that’s just my view. Naturally, this view colors my thoughts on Bakugo). I just don’t see the point in hating a character because of what they do in their story when they’re all there to fulfill a role.

(This is excepting the times when they do affect real life somehow, maybe as representation or such, but I'm not qualified to talk about that.)

I don’t care that they’re evil/an asshole, I only care that they’re interesting or have the potential to be. They’re characters. Yes, Danzo Shimura is an unrepentant, morally repugnant bastard. Yes, Hiruzen Sarutobi is too much of a bleeding heart to be Hokage again. That’s the point.

Why are you wasting your mental energy on hating fictional characters?

This is a genuine question, by the way. I apologize if I’ve offended anyone.

[animetube]

People SKIPPING BORUTO'S DAD, HATING Characters, Politician Cosplays: The ForneverWorld Podcast Ep 5

[finnickfoxes]

do y’all ever read a story or watch a show or movie and just dislike a characters and there’s no real reason for it? But then that character does something bad or something gets revealed about them and you are just vindicated!

[sumiiikitty]

Random Thoughts

Ship fandoms can be really cruel sometimes. Would it be too much to ask for us to all get along?

[nytetyger-blog]

Oh really?

::blinks, boggled::

I read a post where if I say I dislike a *character*, I am being a negative angry person unless I accept it might just be my fault?

Um... no. Because, see, what you're actually saying is that if you like that character and I don't, you're right and I am wrong, and the fact is, we're BOTH ALLOWED TO FEEL THE WAY WE DO ... 

The way I emotionally react to how a character on a TV show, movie, book, or work of art-- yes, that is **MY** opinion. And I have the right to pull up reason after reason as to why I feel that way.

And if I make it clear by TAGGING my posts, you can easily avoid them and not feel hurt.

Case in point... I happen to really really HATE Cyclops from the X-Men; from the first day I read the comic I found him a sexist, snotty, officious prig. I also know some folks who LOVE the character. And I am allowed to say I hate him, and because we're adults, the friends I have who LIKE him will just IGNORE the posts where I rip a hole in Scott and not try to tell me I should not be mean and angry.

I have better things to argue with friends about... racism, bigotry, financial inequality in pay, political stupidity that harms many, the lack of affordable health care... but if I want to say a character SUCKS, trust me, I'm going to do it.