Gostaria que você escrevesse um paralelo entre Olicity e Klamille, acho que há semelhanças, pois tenho lido (nos faces do Brasil) comentários que tanto Felicity quanto Camile são ruins para os personagens principais das duas séries, porque fazem com que eles sejam mais humanos. Você concorda com isto?? Como?? Por quê elas são ruins para as séries?? Abraços querida. (Mari - BR)
Translation:I would like you to write a parallel between Olicity and Klamille, I thinkthere are some similarities, because I have been reading comments about howboth Felicity and Camille are bad for the main characters of each show, becausethey humanize them. Do you agree with that? How? Why are they bad for theshows? Hugs darling.
Ihaven’t been as invested in Arrow as I used to be, hence why I don’t reallywrite about it anymore. I suppose there are in fact similarities between thetwo female characters: they are the male lead’s main love interests; they helpthe men they love find their inner light; and they both get a great deal ofhate. You asked if I agree with the fact that both Camille and Felicity are badfor their shows: well, no, I don’t. I think that couldn’t be further from thetruth. But then again, my opinion has to do with my understanding of the showand the characters themselves, particularly Klaus Mikaelson and Oliver Queen.
Commonground can also be found between those two, because they are both on a herojourney and they both started off thinking they didn’t deserve love and afraidto see the goodness in them. The women they love have played a huge role inletting them know they were worth it, in showing them the light within by believingin them even in the worst of times, in guiding them towards it when theycouldn’t see it themselves. I can’t see how that could ever be bad for thecharacters or the show when the endgame is for both of them to finally embracethat light and become heroes by doing so.
I’llbe honest with you about the hate. When it comes to Felicity Smoak, 99% of it isn’t even relatedto the character but to a ship that was dead before it even began and was neverthe actual endgame of the show. People hate Felicity because Oliver Queen iswith her and not their fave. The same goes to Camille O’Connell: people hateher because Klaus’s love for her poses a threat to their headcanon fantasy thatis probably never going to happen. However, I refuse to try and analyze thathate or even justify it. It’s wrong, and it’s stupid, and I won’t even dignifythat sort of behavior by making it rational. Ship all you want, just don’t hatecharacters/actors because you can’t have it your way.
Still, your ask gives me the opportunity to share my two cents regarding the character of Klaus Mikaelson and his villain to hero journey, because in the end your question is about whether humanizing the main character, who used to be a villain, isultimately good for the show, regardless of who contributes to that process. If you would like to read the meta I wrote on that subject, here it is.
