people will really try to be like “ugh why do you hate X character for doing X thing when Y character did Y thing and you like them?” and sure, let’s take, idk, Terezi and Vriska. both did some fucked up shit. both were raised in a fucked-up society and fed a bunch of trolls to Vriska’s lusus. Terezi even straight-up led both Dave and John to their deaths, and regardless of her feelings about it afterwards, she still DID that. so why do Vriska’s actions seem to get her so hated?
it’s pretty easy to see why. very few people know someone who directly led to someone’s death on purpose. and the timeline shit involved in Dave’s? yeah, that situation just isn’t presented to us in reality. but everybody knows a Vriska. everybody knows someone who’s manipulative, who victim-blames those they abuse, who twists people’s words around and makes things all about them. they know people who are ableist as fuck, who are cruel and spiteful, and regardless of what made them that way, their actions are still just as fucked up and wrong.
we can brush off the ridiculousness of Eridan and his doomsday devices, but everybody knows someone who is just as insufferable. we can’t always look past those qualities, especially en masse, no matter how “good” those characters end up being in their actions because, fundamentally, we know those people far too well, and seeing people excuse their actions makes us rightfully disgusted. and that’s not to say you can’t like a certain character. i fucking love Vriska as a character. i think she’s a fucked-up, horrible person and i love to see (Vriska) reflect on that. but don’t come for people who see too much of their reality in characters like these. chill.
